Bucharest sees exhibition on FWW in Belgium

National Military Museum King Ferdinand I inaugurated on June 2 “The Great War in Belgium” exhibition, event attended by Philippe Beke, ambassador of Belgium, Sorin Serioja Chivu, deputy secretary general of the Ministry of Defence and Colonel Marin Preda, deputy manager of the Military Museum.

The exhibition shows the course of the history of the First World War (FWW) in Belgium which began with an enemy attack on the 4^th of August 1914. Notwithstanding the Belgian neutrality status, the foreign troops invaded the country. King Albert I of Belgium, a nephew of King Carol I of Romania was informed by the Romanian sovereign end of July about the German plans on the invasion.

The exhibition shows original documents, pictures and objects, related to the first months of the invasion but also of the devastating military confrontations which kept Belgium for over 4 years in the grip of destructive action where between the coastline in Belgium and the surroundings of the city Verdun in France millions of soldiers and citizens lost their lives.

The exhibition is open to public by August 30, from Wednesday to Sunday 9 am – 5 pm.

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