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Aéronautique militaire 199-200 Cavalry Corps 57, 70, 91, 93-102, 119-120, Abwehr 166 133, 138, 149, 162, 174, 183, 187, 191, 193, 203, Action Nationale 37 208, 220-221, 225-226, 236, 240, 242-244, Activists 26, 28, 30, 35 247, 260, 269 Albert Canal 5, 58, 83, 92, 117, 139, 150, 184, coverage and service time 103-110 193-197, 208, 211, 215-217, 219, 226, 240, deployment controversies 19-22 242-243, 252, 259, 265, 267, 270-271 and Depression 67-69 Albert I, King of the Belgians 1, 8, 20-24, 28- divisions 22-24, 55-58, 60, 63, 66, 78-79, 82- 29, 33, 38, 52-54, 62, 71, 75, 80-83, 141-142, 83, 85, 90-92, 94, 96, 99-100, 102-103, 106, 172, 180, 208, 213, 229, 256-257, 265 108, 117, 129-130, 132, 134, 138-142, 144, 146, Allied First Army Group 1, 241, 244-245 149, 151, 156, 158, 160-161, 163-164, 174, 187, Allied (Great) Powers 12, 35, 36, 41, 109, 190-191, 193-194, 202-203, 205, 208, 217, 112-114 220-222, 226-227, 229-230, 236, 239-241, Allies 1-2, 5, 10, 24-25, 33, 35-36, 60, 70, 84, 243, 246-248, 251-253, 256, 258-260, 269- 87, 96, 110, 112, 116, 135-136, 141, 150, 165, 270 180-182, 185, 188-190, 192, 194, 196, 198, 201, 1st Cavalry Division 100, 236 208, 210, 213-217, 220, 225, 228-230, 232- 2nd Cavalry Division 100, 236 233, 235, 238-239, 242-249, 252, 254-255, 2nd Infantry Division 66,158, 202 259, 262-263, 265, 267, 271-272 3rd Infantry Division 161, 205 Anschluss 190 4th Infantry Division 161, 226, 229, 243, anti-Semitism 166 252 Antwerp (see also PFA) 3, 15-16, 19-23, 25, 30, 5th Infantry Dvision 160, 222 32, 35, 38, 58-60, 64, 66, 75-76, 80, 90-92, 6th Infantry Division 187, 202, 226 100, 104, 106, 117, 124, 133, 135, 138-141, 7th Infantry Division 139, 151, 158, 240, 143-145, 148, 150-151, 154, 164, 187, 193-196, 243, 259 203, 211, 217, 219, 231, 245, 248, 257, 264- 8th Infantry Division 139, 151, 158, 161 265, 270 9th Infantry Division 139, 151, 158 Austria-Hungary 39 10th Infantry Division 139, 151, 158, 217, 221, 226, 248 Baldwin, Stanley 48 11th Infantry Division 139, 151, 158, 161, Battle of the Marne 21, 246 221, 226 Ballet, Henricus 157 12th Infantry Division 139, 151, 158, 222, Balthazar, X 125 256 Battle of Flanders 236 13th Infantry Division 226 Belgian Army 14th Infantry Division 161 Army Corps 13, 56, 102, 156, 159-161, 191, 15th Infantry Division 161 207, 217, 221, 225 18th Infantry Division 226 I Army Corps 208, 220, 226, 243 equipment of 63-67, 70-121 II Army Corps 220, 226, 243, 256 fortifications of 2, 20, 22, 43, 46-47, 58, 60, III Army Corps 76, 78, 161, 174, 208, 226, 63-64, 72, 77, 79-81, 89, 92, 119-120, 124, 234, 243 128, 138, 142-144, 148, 174, 190, 194-198, 201, IV Army Corps 226 209, 211, 266, 269 V Army Corps 226, 231 languages of 56, 63-68, 152-162 VI Army Corps 233 mobilization of 220-226 budget problems 79-82 modernization of 62-64

Belgian Army (cont.) Beyens, Baron Napoleon Eugène 39 national redoubt 19, 22, 58-59, 187, 195, 219 Bilotte, Gen. Gaston 244, 249 reduction in size 55-57 Blake, Lt. Col. Francis 221, 231 staff talks with France 89-93 Blum, Léon 171 regiments 18, 29, 56-57, 62-63, 65-66, 77-79, Borms, Dr. August 30, 37 85, 95-96, 99-102, 119, 126, 128-129, 139-140, Bourg-Léopold 19 145-146, 148, 151, 156, 158, 160-161, 163, 190, Bovesse, François 75, 87, 170 199, 202, 205, 212, 220, 224, 226-227, 233, Brigade Aéronautique 199 236-237, 239, 251, 258, 269, 272 British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 237, 242, 1st Chasseurs à Cheval 100 246 2nd Chasseurs à Cheval 100, 119 Brown, Lt. Col. Robert D. 191 Fortress Regiment of Liège 220 Brussels 16-18, 22, 25-27, 29, 70-71, 90, 100, Fortress Regiment of Namur 220 104, 106, 108, 115, 117, 134, 136, 139, 141, 145, 1st Guides 100 149, 154, 168-169, 186-187, 191, 202, 211-212, 1st Lancers 100, 119 215-218, 220-221, 232, 234, 242, 245-246, 2nd Lancers 100 248, 260 3rd Lancers 100 Buisseret, MAJ Léon 234 1st Line Infantry Regiment 119 2nd Line Infantry Regiment 251 Cadogan, Sir Alexander 215 6th Line Infantry Regiment 66 Capelle, Robert 41, 173, 209, 215, 255 10th Line Infantry Regiment 77-78 Cartier de Marchienne, Baron Émile de 41, 12th Line Infantry Regiment 205 117 15th Line Infantry Regiment 237 Carton de Wiart, Henri de 29, 182 17th Line Infantry Regiment 226 Catholic Party 13, 29-30, 34, 37, 60, 67, 82, 92, 18th Line Infantry Regiment 233 148-149, 151, 166-169, 171-172, 178, 184, 220, 23rd Line Infantry Regiment 237, 251 224-225 54th Line Infantry Regiment 258 Catholics 15-16, 60, 92, 107-109, 165, 167-169, Regiments of Army Artillery 220 171-172, 175, 178, 183-184, 220, 262 Regiment of Grenadiers 212 Central Powers 12 troops 36, 45, 56, 58, 62-63, 72, 77, 81-83, Chamberlain, Neville 118, 202, 229 85, 87, 92, 100, 103-104, 107, 117, 119, 123, Champon, GEN 256 127, 129-130, 132-134, 136, 138-139, 141, Charles, Sir Noël 173, 211 144-146, 148-150, 153, 155-156, 161, 173-174, Chasseurs ardennais 10, 61, 64, 70, 77-79, 183-184, 193, 198, 201-203, 205-207, 214, 85, 91-92, 98, 101-102, 117, 119-120, 124, 136, 216-217, 219, 220-224, 226, 228, 236, 240, 139-140, 144, 149, 174, 191, 193, 195, 202, 208, 243-244, 248, 252, 255-256, 258. 260, 263, 216, 220-221, 225, 227, 229, 232, 236, 241, 265, 267, 270, 273 243, 246-247, 251, 261-263, 269 units 18, 29, 62-66, 70, 75, 77-79, 84-85, 88, Christian Democrats 67, 104, 107, 118, 149, 92-100, 104-106, 119-120, 123, 126, 129, 132- 167, 172 134, 136, 139-140, 144-145, 147-148, 150-151, Churchill, Winston 1, 28, 228, 238, 256, 258 154-157, 159-164, 174, 188, 190-191, 193, 195, Clive, Sir Robert 212, 215 202-203, 205-206, 208-209, 220-221, 223- Comité de Politique Nationale 36-37 226, 229-230, 236-237, 239, 247, 251-252, Commission on National Defense 157 257-258, 260-262, 267, 270, 272 Committee of National Security 105, 150 war preparations 190-209 Communism/Communists 68, 108, 148, 166, in World War I 22-25 169, 171, 177-178, 181, 184, 269 See also Chasseurs ardennais; Devèze; conservatives 18, 107-108, 115, 167, 169, 175 Mixed Commission (1936); Nuyten Council of Flanders 26-29 Belgique Militaire 98 Crahay, Albert 8-9, 62, 85, 89, 100, 197-198, BeNeLux nations 131 230