Fighting on the Equator. War Violence and Colonial Experiences among Congolese Troops during World War I
'To our Colonial Troops, Greetings from the Far-Away Homeland'. Race, security and (Inter-)Imperial Anxieties in the Discussion on Colonial Troops in World War one Belgium
The forgotten. African Soldiers and Porters of the Belgian Colonial Forces in the First World War
Exercising Neutrality. The Practice of Manoeuvres in the Belgian Army before the Great War
Studies of soldiers’ lives and military culture in peacetime have hitherto mainly focused on life in the barracks. The role of maneuvers, exercises for all ranks and all arms aimed to train military men’s movements for specific strategies, have garnered far less attention. In this article, we examine the practice of maneuvering by the Belgian army from Independence (1830) until the Great War.