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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jlblonde, post: 1528790, member: 32000&quot;]<b>Belgium WWI</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Germany invaded neutral Belgium and Luxembourg as part of the Schlieffen Plan<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieffen_Plan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieffen_Plan" rel="nofollow"></a>, trying to take Paris quickly and catch the French off guard by invading through neutral countries. It was this action that technically caused the British to enter the war, as they were still bound by the 1839 agreement to protect Belgium in the event of a war. After four years of occupation, Belgium emerged ruined at the end of World War I. The king returned from Yser, the sliver of territory he controlled throughout the war, leading the victorious army and acclaimed by the population. In 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles" rel="nofollow"></a> the area of Eupen-Malmedy<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupen-Malmedy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupen-Malmedy" rel="nofollow"></a>, along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prussian_Moresnet&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prussian_Moresnet&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow">Prussian Moresnet</a>, was transferred from Germany to Belgium. Neutral Moresnet<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_Moresnet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_Moresnet" rel="nofollow"></a> was transferred to Belgium as well. An opportunity was given to the population to &quot;protest&quot; against the transfer by signing a register, which gathered few signatures. The Vennbahn<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vennbahn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vennbahn" rel="nofollow"></a> railway was also transferred to Belgium. Two former German colonies, Rwanda<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda" rel="nofollow"></a> and Burundi, were mandated to Belgium by the League of Nations<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations" rel="nofollow"></a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]201224.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Belgium - 5 Centimes - 1916 - KM #80</p><p>[ATTACH]201002.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]201003.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Belgium - 10 Centimes - 1916 - KM #81</p><p>[ATTACH]201004.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]201005.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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