1941 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1941 in Belgium

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Events

  • 1 January – Léon Degrelle calls on Belgians to collaborate with Nazi Germany.[2]: 850 
  • 14 January – Radio Belgique launches V for Victory campaign.[2]: 850 
  • 21 January – Belgian government in exile reaches an agreement with the United Kingdom that Belgian Congo will become part of the Sterling area and enter the war on the allied side.[2]: 850 
  • 3 March – Dedicated Dutch-language Radio België begins broadcasting from London.[2]: 850 
  • 25 March – Twenty leading figures from the vicinity of Liège taken hostage in retaliation to sabotage of the railway, including former government minister of public works, Jules Joseph Merlot.[2]: 852 
  • 5 May – Flemish collaborationist organisations Vlaams Nationaal Verbond and Verdinaso, and the Flemish section of the Rexist Party, sign an agreement to merge.[2]: 851 
  • 16 May – Anniversary of the German invasion marked by strikes.[2]: 851 
  • 22 June – 337 left-wing activists arrested to prevent.[2]: 851 
  • 25 November – Université Libre de Bruxelles closes to protest plans to appoint pro-German professors.[2]: 852 
  • 6 December – King Leopold marries Lilian Baels in captivity.[2]: 850 

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References

  1. ^ "Leopold III, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
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