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Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg 8 (Travel Guide)


Free Download Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg 8 (Travel Guide) by Mark Elliott, Catherine Le Nevez, Helena Smith
English | July 26, 2022 | ISBN: 1788680545 | 320 pages | MOBI | 41 Mb
Lonely Planet’s Belgium & Luxembourg is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the countries have to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Wander through Brussels’ Grand Place, explore the caves of the Ardennes, and indulge in Belgian chocolate and beer; all with your trusted travel companion.

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Medical histories of Belgium New narratives on health, care and citizenship in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries


Free Download Joris Vandendriessche, "Medical histories of Belgium: New narratives on health, care and citizenship in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries "
English | ISBN: 1526151081 | 2021 | 400 pages | PDF | 38 MB
Medical histories of Belgium reshapes Belgian history of medicine by bringing together a new generation of scholars. Going beyond a chronological narrative, the book offers new insights by questioning classic themes of the history of medicine: physicians, institutions and the nation state. While retracing specific Belgian characteristics, it also engages with broader European developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Medical histories of Belgium will appeal to Historians of Belgium in various subfields, especially cultural history and political history and medical historians and medical practitioners seeking the historical context of their activities.

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Panzer III vs Somua S 35 Belgium 1940


Free Download Steven J. Zaloga, Richard Chasemore, "Panzer III vs Somua S 35: Belgium 1940"
English | 2014 | pages: 83 | ISBN: 1782002871 | PDF | 5,2 mb
This fully illustrated study pits Germany’s PzKpfw III tank against France’s Somua S 35 in the vast armored battles that opened the campaign.

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Belgium in the Second World War


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English | 2014 | pages: 348 | ISBN: 1783376074 | EPUB | 15,5 mb
This WWII history sheds light on Belgian resistance and fighting from the battle against Nazi invasion through its occupation and liberation.

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Medievalism in Nineteenth-Century Belgium The 1848 Monument to Godfrey of Bouillon


Free Download Simon John, "Medievalism in Nineteenth-Century Belgium: The 1848 Monument to Godfrey of Bouillon "
English | ISBN: 1783277637 | 2023 | 250 pages | EPUB, PDF | 17 MB + 37 MB
This study of the monument of Godfrey of Bouillon offers new insights to the political uses of public monuments devoted to figures from the past, modern uses and appropriations of the Middle Ages, and the role of historical culture in the creation of national identity.

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For Rex and for Belgium Léon Degrelle and Walloon Political and Military Collaboration 1940-45


Free Download For Rex and for Belgium: Léon Degrelle and Walloon Political and Military Collaboration 1940-45 by Eddy de Bruyne, Marc Rikmenspoel
English | August 19, 2004 | ISBN: 1874622329 | 304 pages | EPUB | 10 Mb
Nearly 60 years after the end of the Second World War, the name "Degrelle" remains controversial in Belgium and abroad. Was he a traitor to his nation, or a hero for anti-Communism? Until recently, the only information available on the man and his political movement came from Degrelle’s own memoirs, or from works heavily slanted for or against him.

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Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg (Travel Guide)


Free Download Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg (Travel Guide) by Mark Elliott
English | October 1, 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BLHMDGYQ | 325 pages | EPUB | 10 Mb
Lonely Planet’s Belgium & Luxembourg is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the countries have to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Wander through Brussels’ Grand Place, explore the caves of the Ardennes, and indulge in Belgian chocolate and beer; all with your trusted travel companion.

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