tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post6107144291017541336..comments2024-02-14T22:57:55.638-05:00Comments on The Cross of Laeken: King Leopold's BroadcastUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-61500906009228990342009-02-21T01:05:00.000-05:002009-02-21T01:05:00.000-05:00And yes, the Belgians were very heroic, NO ONE has...And yes, the Belgians were very heroic, NO ONE has the right to treat them with contempt.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-56406037095400814212009-02-21T01:01:00.001-05:002009-02-21T01:01:00.001-05:00That's great that you have an audio copy of the sp...That's great that you have an audio copy of the speech! Thanks for the comments.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-80269845455566342582009-02-21T01:01:00.000-05:002009-02-21T01:01:00.000-05:00Thus a little nation of 8 million souls approved e...Thus a little nation of 8 million souls approved expenditures to raise an <BR/>Army of twenty infantry divisions, and one Calvary corps and troops for the <BR/>fortifications, in all 650,000 men. To form a strong army of 650,000, <BR/>Belgium had to mobilize 8% of her entire population or 46 % of the men <BR/>between the ages of twenty and forty years of age. It was a tremendous <BR/>effort and strain.<BR/> Can any historian doubt had the British or French made the same effort <BR/>would Hitler have stayed in the Rhineland?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03377183268656025297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-30319387302972273792009-02-21T00:55:00.000-05:002009-02-21T00:55:00.000-05:00This speech which I'm very fortunate to have a...This speech which I'm very fortunate to have an audio copy of, outlines clearly the Belgian policy of Armed Neutrality which was adopted by Belgium after Briton & France failed to take action against Germany when in 1936 the Germans re entered the Rhineland de- militarized zone..Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03377183268656025297noreply@blogger.com