History
BELGIUM
The History of Belgium
By Achraf and Souleiman
The independence of Belgium has been proclaimed in
September 1830, but Belgium became a kingdom one
year after the independence in June 1831. Our first king
was Leopold 1st.
At the 19th century, we note that Belgium held the
world’s second most powerful industries. The first was
England. By the way this period was in the middle of a
industrial revolution, witch leaded us to better
technologies like electricity, machines.
Leopold II (the successor of Leopold I), colonized the
Congo, a country in Africa. In 1885, Leopold became the
chief of the independent state of Congo. After, in 1960,
Congo has proclaimed its independence but it’s always
under the control of Belgium.
In World War One, Belgian were blocking and defending
their territory from German who wanted to attack France
by passing through Belgium. Despite their efforts,
German defeated Belgians and took control over the
country.
In the World War Two, Belgium was always under the
control of Germany. It was a powerful country when
Adolph Hitler was the leader. Unfortunately, loads of Jews
in Belgium have been exterminated by the Gestapo. A
few years later, countries like France, England and
America came to combat the German forces. They
successfully chased Germans from Belgium and sent
them back to their country at the end of the World War.