Over the course of the French Revolution (1789), extensive territories were annexed to France. In…
After the fall of Napoleon, French domination of Europe ended. The Congress of Vienna reshaped…
When the First World War began in August 1914, many men from what is now…
During the war, all the warring countries publicly debated annexations. This was particularly pronounced in…
In this way, freedom of the press was significantly restricted. German newspapers were no longer…
In the German propaganda press, the entry of German troops into what is now East…
In September 1944, the US Army marched into what is now East Belgium. There were…
How should the Belgian state treat the soldiers who had fought for the enemy? How…
After the Second World War, the Belgian government did not continue its liberal policy of…
German-speaking students were confronted with the language dispute between Flemings and Walloons at Belgian universities…
The first constitutional reform granted cultural autonomy to the French, Flemish and German language communities.…
With the Maastricht Treaty (1992) and the abolition of border controls of persons in the…
