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Image 1 — Wreck of a V1 flying bomb shot down over Brussels in 1944 by a British anti-aircraft unit in Uccle
Image 2 — Wreck of a V1 flying bomb shot down over Brussels in 1944 by a British anti-aircraft unit in Uccle
Image 3 — Wreck of a V1 flying bomb shot down over Brussels in 1944 by a British anti-aircraft unit in Uccle
Image 4 — Wreck of a V1 flying bomb shot down over Brussels in 1944 by a British anti-aircraft unit in Uccle
Image 5 — Wreck of a V1 flying bomb shot down over Brussels in 1944 by a British anti-aircraft unit in Uccle
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Wreck of a V1 flying bomb shot down over Brussels in 1944 by a British anti-aircraft unit in Uccle

Currently on display at the Military Museum in Brussels (more info in comments)

u/WarHeritageInstitute — 8 days ago
▲ 173 r/belgium

Postman Victor Van Hamme after his release from Fort Breendonk

After 5 months there, he had lost 33 kilos and contracted tuberculosis (more info in comments)

u/WarHeritageInstitute — 1 month ago
▲ 117 r/belgium

New footage from upcoming VRT series "Breendonk"

The series is set to premiere at Film Fest Gent on October 14th, and will air on VRT this autumn.

u/WarHeritageInstitute — 1 month ago
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A tank arriving on Boulevard Anspach 82 years ago today, marking the liberation of Brussels

Around 19:45 on september 3rd 1944, a British Cromwell tank rolled through Brussels, driven by a young Lieutenant, John Dent of the Welsh Guards. It was the first liberation vehicle to reach the city that evening.

u/WarHeritageInstitute — 1 month ago
▲ 402 r/TankPorn

Welcome back, big guy

Our Fahrschulpanzer Leopard 1 is back in the courtyard of the Military Museum in Brussels, after a weekend at Soesterberg Zomeroffensief in The Netherlands

u/WarHeritageInstitute — 1 month ago
▲ 189 r/belgium

Not to one-up anyone's first-day-of-school fit pics, but ours came with a matching helmet and looks like it could take a few hits.

u/WarHeritageInstitute — 1 month ago
▲ 113 r/HolyShitHistory

In this opera house in 1830, a performance of La Muette de Portici got so intense a tenor shouted "To arms!" at the crowd, and accidentally started the Belgian Revolution

u/WarHeritageInstitute — 2 months ago
▲ 66 r/brussels

196 years ago, some people walked into this opera house. They walked out into the Belgian Revolution.

25 August 1830, La Muette de Portici, Muntschouwburg, Brussels. Curtain falls, riot starts. (more info in comments)

u/WarHeritageInstitute — 2 months ago
▲ 377 r/belgium

196 years ago, some people walked into this very opera house. They walked out into the Belgian Revolution.

25 August 1830, La Muette de Portici, Muntschouwburg, Brussels. Curtain falls, riot starts. (more info in comments)

u/WarHeritageInstitute — 2 months ago
▲ 418 r/belgium+2 crossposts

This WWI bomber was missing its propeller for decades. A Facebook post from southern France solved that.

u/WarHeritageInstitute — 2 months ago
▲ 58 r/belgium

In de Commandobunker in Kemmel is het alsof de Koude Oorlog nooit is gestopt

This bunker was built in secrecy in the 1950s as the Belgian army's last fallback base in case of a Soviet invasion. It's still almost entirely intact.

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u/WarHeritageInstitute — 2 months ago
▲ 8 r/belgium

The eclips through the telescope of the Royal Observatory, atop of the Triumphal Arch in Cinquantenaire Parc.

Solar flare top left!

u/WarHeritageInstitute — 2 months ago
▲ 356 r/ww1

The remains of the L30 Zeppelin, one of Germany's most successful WWI airships, preserved in Belgium

On this day in 1914, Germany invaded Belgium, beginning the Battle of Liège. During the night of 5–6 August, a German Zeppelin (not the L30) carried out the first air attack on a European city, bombing Liège.

u/WarHeritageInstitute — 2 months ago