Liberation of Belgium
| Liberation of Belgium | |||||||||
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| Part of the Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine in World War II | |||||||||
British tanks arrive in Brussels on 4 September 1944, ending the German occupation. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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United Kingdom United States Canada Poland Belgium Netherlands | Germany | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Bernard Montgomery Omar Bradley |
Adolf Hitler Walter Model | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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21st Army Group 1st US Army | Army Group B | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 600,000 (U.S.) | |||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 81,000 (U.S.) | 100,000 (Germany) | ||||||||
The Liberation of Belgium from German occupation began on 2 September 1944 when Allied forces entered the province of Hainaut and was completed on 4 February 1945 with the liberation of the village of Krewinkel. The liberation came after four years of German-occupied rule. The Belgian government was returned to power on 8 September 1944 after Allied forces had captured Brussels four days earlier.