Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Incubator/Belgian military history

Welcome to the Belgian military history group, an initiative of the Military history WikiProject.

Purpose & scope
There are currently task forces for French, German and Dutch militaries and I feel Belgium would be a valuable addition to the list. It is, after all, the "battlefield of Europe" and MilHist plays an important part of Belgian history. As with any country, there are hundreds of military biographies etc. and minor articles which would naturally fit into the project, however there are also a number of World War I and II battles which would fit equally well. I feel a task force is needed here in order to better co-ordinate Belgian-related MILHIST articles in general and to improve the generally quite sparse existing coverage.

Participants

 * Brigade Piron (talk) 10:29, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Rjensen 16:20, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Alberto Fernández Fernández (talk) 17:36, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Direct Belgian involvement

 * German occupation of Belgium during World War II
 * Belgian government in exile
 * Free Belgian Forces
 * Belgian Resistance
 * Belgium in World War II
 * Battle of Belgium (1940)
 * Battle of Fort Eben-Emael
 * Battle of Waterloo
 * Belgian ship A4
 * The Holocaust in Belgium
 * Belgian Congo in World War II
 * Comité National de Secours et d'Alimentation

Occurring in Belgium, not involving Belgium

 * Battle of Lanzerath Ridge
 * Battle of Messines (1917)
 * Operation Bodenplatte

High-importance articles to improve

 * Battle of the Yser
 * Belgian Forces in Germany (Cold War)
 * Belgium in World War I
 * Immediate Reaction Cell (Paracommando Brigade)
 * Franco-Flemish War (1297–1305)
 * Belgian prisoners of war in World War II

Requested articles

 * Military History of Belgium


 * Belgium in the Congo Crisis
 * Belgian collaboration during World War I
 * Belgian collaboration during World War II
 * Belgian Neutrality
 * Comité national de Secours et d'Alimentation
 * Armée Belge d'Occupation (after WWI)
 * Rio Nuñez Incident (1849) (see this)

Resources

 * Add categories, templates, etc. here
 * Add external links here
 * My Library of Belgian history-related books is at the disposal of the project.Brigade Piron (talk) 07:25, 15 September 2013 (UTC)