On Sunday 3 September 1944, shortly before 20:00 local time, the British Second Army entered Brussels by the Avenue de Tervuren. On the Boulevard de Waterloo, the liberators were welcomed by jubilant crowds of Belgians, celebrating the liberation of the capital city from the German occupation.
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On Sunday 3 September 1944, shortly before 20:00 local time, the British Second Army entered Brussels by the Avenue de Tervuren. On the Boulevard de Waterloo, the liberators were welcomed by jubilant crowds of Belgians, celebrating the liberation of the capital city from the German occupation.
The liberation of Belgium started on the morning of September 2, 1944. After a single American motor rider crossed a small creek near La Glanerie, he is greeted by an enthusiastic mob displaying a Belgian flag.
The British Guards Armoured Division was ordered to advance to the Belgian capital of Brussels on September 3rd. Exactly five years after the Belgian-German declaration of war, the British motorised troops started their 14-hour advance of around 120km.
That same day in Brussels, the remaining German troops and officials tried to burn incriminating evidence and documents before hastily leaving the city.
While during the day small skirmishes occurred between the resistance and retreating Axis forces, the liberation of Brussels was finally completed when British tanks entered the capital on the evening of September 3rd
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