
1914 : Going to war
Volunteers
Gare du Nord: Military volunteers salute their relatives at the time of departure. In the course of the summer of 1914, nearly 20,000 men volunteered to fight beside conscripted soldiers. Coming from all over the country, and even sometimes from overseas, these men symbolize until today the patriotic enthusiasm which characterised the entry into war. The reality was, however, more nuanced.
© G. Rency, La Belgique et la guerre