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Link to Historiae Italiae: https://www.youtube.com/@HistoriaeItaliae If you like my videos and want to support me, then you can do that here: https://www.patreon.com/c/SirManateee Thank you :) Tips: https://ko-fi.com/sirmanatee In summer and autumn of 1914, during the invasion of neutral Belgium, the German army committed a series of war crimes against the local civilian population. In allied propaganda, these atrocities became a central talking point, were often grossly exaggerated and served as a justification for why the war against the German Empire had to be won. But why did the German troops target the Belgians specifically at the very start of WW1? What circumstances and reasons allowed these crimes to happen? This video will give you a detailed answer to that question. Literature: - Bremm, Klaus-Jürgen: Propaganda im Ersten Weltkrieg, Stuttgart 2013. - Hirschfeld, Gerhard & Krumeich, Gerd: Deutschland im Ersten Weltkrieg, Frankfurt am Main 2018. - Hoeres, Peter: Rezension von Deutsche Kriegsgreuel 1914, in: sehepunkte 4 (2004), Nr. 7-8. - Horne, John & Kramer, Alan: German Atrocities 1914. A History of Denial, New Haven & London 2001. - Keller, Ulrich: Schuldfragen. Belgischer Untergrundkrieg und deutsche Vergeltung im August 1914, Paderborn 2017. - Kellerhoff, Sven-Felix: “Widerstand von Partisanen in Belgien”, in: WELT, 10.01.2018, [online], https://archive.fo/LWNPJ. - Kramer, Alan: Atrocities, in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/atrocities-1-1/ (accessed on 14.02.2025). - Leonhard, Jörn: Der überforderte Frieden. Versailles und die Welt 1918-1923, Sonderausgabe für die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 2019. - Mombauer, Annika: Die Julikrise. Europas Weg in den Ersten Weltkrieg, München 2014. - Weber, Thomas: Hitler's first war. Adolf Hitler, the men of the List Regiment, and the First World War, Oxford 2010. - Ziemann, Benjamin: Rezension von Schuldfragen, in: Militaergeschichtliche Zeitschrift 77 (2018), Nr. 2, pp. 581-584. Chapters: 0:00 Belgium in German Military Planning 4:17 German War Crimes 1914 14:19 Summary and Comparisons 17:57 Explanation Attempts 23:42 The Role of Belgian Resistance 27:17 The British Propaganda Machine 35:51 A Lack of Consequences 39:25 Outro