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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jlblonde, post: 1529399, member: 32000&quot;]<b>Belgium WWII</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Belgium was liberated late in 1944 by Allied forces, including British, Canadian, and American armies, including a small Belgian national contingent. On 3 September 1944 the Welsh Guards liberated the Belgian capital city Brussels. The Second British Army seized Antwerp on 4 of September 1944, and the First Canadian Army began conducting combat operations around the port that same month. Antwerp became a highly prized and heavily fought-over objective due to its largely intact deep-water port facilities and that French ports remained in German hands or unusable until late in 1944. The Battle of the Scheldt in October 1944 was fought primarily on Dutch soil, but with the objective of opening the waterway to Antwerp. The port city was also the main objective of German armies in December; the inability of the Allies to end the war in 1944 meant that Allied troops had to winter in Belgium, during which time the Ardennes Offensive was launched by the Germans, resulting in heavy fighting on Belgian soil that lasted into 1945.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]201320.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Belgium - 25 Centimes - 1943 - KM #131</p><p>[ATTACH]201321.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]201322.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Belgium - 1 Franc - 1946 - KM #128</p><p>[ATTACH]201323.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]201324.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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