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This article assembles portions of other articles and adds new material. see the talk page at Talk:History of Belgium. Rjensen (talk) 10:01, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The importance of precision

I'd just like to spotlight a feature which pervades this otherwise very good article. It is exemplified by: "The Germans were angry" (formerly in the "Rape of Belgium" paragraph). Does this indicate that several million Germans were, indeed, angry at Belgium? The overall message is fine, but unfortunately the language is so broad as to sound like the whole idea is made up. Could we be a bit more precise in the rest of the article? Best wishes --Brigade Piron (talk) 11:47, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

well it's what happened -- German soldiers (in Belgium) were very much angered and outraged at what they thought were atrocities committed by Belgian civilians, so they retaliated in kind. (the atrocities they thought happened to them were imaginary) Rjensen (talk) 12:05, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

schleiffen plan

The whole point of the plan was not to conquer Paris but to swing by it, 'keep the right wing strong'. The Belgian and BEF success was not that they stopped an attack on Paris but that they cut the German offensive in the north off — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.8.92.201 (talk) 17:10, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ARA "the American arm" of the CRB?

The article currently states, that at "its peak, the American arm [of the CRB], the American Relief Administration (ARA) fed 10.5 million people daily". In fact the ARA had not been the "American arm" of the CRB. The ARA was the successor oft the United States Food Administration and founded in February 1919. ----130.83.23.163 (talk) 09:36, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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+== ARA "the American arm" of the CRB? ==
+The article currently states, that at "its peak, the American arm [of the [[Commission for Relief in Belgium|CRB]]], the [[American Relief Administration]] (ARA) fed 10.5 million people daily". In fact the ARA had not been the "American arm" of the CRB. The ARA was the successor oft the [[United States Food Administration]] and founded in February 1919. ----[[Special:Contributions/130.83.23.163|130.83.23.163]] ([[User talk:130.83.23.163|talk]]) 09:36, 16 November 2013 (UTC)