| Name: | Belgian Forces |
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Documents: 2
| 3528 | GELDHOF, Johnny. Royal Navy – Section Belge 1940-1945 in Focus. 272p., illus. Kortrijk : Groeninghe,2002. ISBN: 9074705081.
A pictorial history. Over 550 images show the lives of Belgian sailors in exile. |
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| 3529 | GELUYCKENS, Daniel. L'Odyssée d'un Marin Belge (21 Fevrier 1940–13 Octobre 1944). 135p., bibliog., illus. Sint-Martens-Latem: Editions de la Dyle, 1996. ISBN: 9080112445.
The author was on a naval training ship when Belgium was over-run. With several colleagues he went to England and joined the Section Belge of the Royal Navy. After accelerated training at Dartmouth he served in Wellington, Dulverton,and Jervis, latterly as gunnery officer before returning to Ostend and a distinguished naval career in October 1944. He saw active service in the Atlantic, at the North African landings, Sicily, Salerno, the Aegean, D-Day, and the Channel. Although not in English, works on the Section Belge are rare and this is both written in accessible French and very heavily illustrated. |
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