Asians on the Western Front: The Forgotten Soldiers of World War I
About a quarter of a million Asians were present on and near the front in Belgium and Northern France during the First World War.
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3 ResultsHow Belgium Helped Shape the British Identity
Britain and Belgium became culturally entangled as a result of their interaction in the period between the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War.
The Spanish Flu in the Netherlands. Like A Scythe Across the Country
One hundred years ago the world encountered a Spanish flu pandemic which cost an estimated 50 to 100 million lives. But in the Netherlands it was long underestimated by the government. Medical historian Leo van Bergen sketches the devastati...
