Making Sense of the War (Belgium) ... : Making Sense of the War (Belgium) ...

Belgium’s war experience was ''sui generis''. The vast majority of Belgians experienced the war neither at the front nor on the home front, but under German occupation. The article analyzes the range of ways in which the occupied population made sense of the war. It examines the emergence, at the start of 1915, of the idea that life under occupation constituted a war effort in itself. It then examines how this conceit fared over the next four years. It does so through private diaries, which offer a nuanced view of the range of responses to the occupation. ... : 1914-1918-Online International E... Mehr ...