Search Results: Commission for Relief in Belgium

The Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) was an independent, international organization, sponsored by neutral governments and with the guarantees and assurances of the belligerents to alleviate the suffering of German-occupied Belgium in...

In 1914, Millions of people in German occupied territory in Belgium and France were facing the very real threat of starvation. Hope for these millions required the help of a neutral power walking a thin line between belligerents. The Commission...

Why has the Commission for Relief in Belgium, one of the greatest humanitarian relief operations in modern history, been almost completely forgotten? The operation started in Belgium in 1914 and relied on the heroic determination and managerial...

Committee for Relief in Belgium in Lille, France, during the First World War (1914-1918), photo by an unknown photographer, American service personnel from the 1st Aero Squadron, 1916. San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive.

Relief ship carrying supplies to Belgium, c. 1915. Hoover Presidential Library, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

Memorial to the Reformer, linguist, and scholar William Tyndale (c. 1494-1536) in the Vilvoorde public gardens, Belgium.

The Battle of Jemappes was a decisive battle in the War of the First Coalition (1792-97), part of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802). On 6 November 1792, a French army under General Charles-François Dumouriez defeated an Austrian force...

Marbury v. Madison (1803) was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that established the principle of judicial review. In the decision, written by Chief Justice John Marshall, the court struck down a congressional statute...

History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. (Mark Twain) Darband-i Basara (the Pass of Basara) is a narrow natural gorge which transects the anticlines of the upper part of the Qaradagh Mountain Range. The elevation is about 605 meters...

Wanted Immediately. 2,000,000 Garments for destitute Men, Women, and children in occupied Northern France and Belgium. Poster advertising for contributions to the Commission for the Relief of Belgium, during the First World War (1914-1918...