Great War
King Albert honours the fallen
King Albert honours the fallen
Videozone - 11/11/09 - The Belgian King on Wednesday attended a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Brussels to honour those who died in war.
Robert Fisk returns to Flanders Fields
Robert Fisk returns to Flanders Fields
This Week's Video News - 11/11/09 - On the eve of Armistice Day, war correspondent Robert Fisk visited Flanders Fields with the VRT news programme Terzake. Mr Fisk's father fought in the Great War. Father and son were regular visitors to the Flemish battlefields. (VRT Terzake - 10/11/09)
The Great War in a nut-shell
The Great War
The Great War in a nut-shell
The Great War - The Great War did not just start out of the blue. It followed many years of rising tensions between the Great Powers. The conflict was sparked by the assassination in Sarajevo on 28 June of the Austrian crown prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife.
Robert Fisk of 'The Independent' on the Great War & more
Robert Fisk of 'The Independent' on the Great War & more
This Week's Video News - Robert Fisk, the war correspondent of the British broadsheet 'The Independent' was a guest in the VRT's talk show Phara. Mr. Fisk's father fought in Flanders during the Great War and he has been a regular visitor to the Flemish battlefields. (Phara - 09/11/09)
The Great War in photographs
The Great War
Archief Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis, Brussel
The Great War in photographs
The Great War - At the end of 1915 the Belgian government understood that photography could be an important element in waging a war of propaganda.
