Military History in Belgium

Belgium's national heroine turned spy sacrificed her life to combat German occupation.

This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.