Ardeense Jagers - Chasseurs Ardennais 1940 ABBL

[adn1488]

de la gueul et de cran

[1grenadiers]

Ook België had toen soldaten die hun plicht meer dan deden!

Een pluim voor jullie werk en inzet!

Doe zo voort!

[fliegerfaustkanonier]

So belgium HAD an army? Why didn´t they try to stop the germans?

[zorgfleeter]

@fliegerfaustkanonier who do u think held long enough to get the british expeditionary force out of belgium?

[fliegerfaustkanonier]

@zorgfleeter I don´t know. Maybe the weather or bad road conditions?

[zorgfleeter]

@fliegerfaustkanonier the belgium army held its ground long enough so the british expeditionary force could escape.

also occupied some forts in belgium wich the germans force didnt take but rather left it to there rearguard

[fliegerfaustkanonier]

@zorgfleeter Ok, I leave the irony aside: Isn´t that a bad feeling? Being overrun just because of standing in the way and then being proud of having protected the escape of those ywho were guilty for dragging Belgium into this?

[zorgfleeter]

@fliegerfaustkanonier the war happend nothing is gonna change that belgium was gonna be occupied anyway even without britain.

[Briselance]

@fliegerfaustkanonier

Britain was not responsible for dragging Belgium into this mess. When uncle Adolph started to make his blunder, no one shown enough balls to punch him and make him stop right away. That's why Belgium - and all the others - were dragged into this.

[alanheath]

@Briselance Belgium had as many troops facing the French as it did the Germans until the end of 1939. Poor planning before the assault led to the defeat.

[Briselance]

@alanheath

Poor planning, indeed. :-(

[Briselance]

@fliegerfaustkanonier

Oh but they tried. Given they had almost no armored force to speak of, and that most of their Airforce got bombed and destroyed on the ground, they did well. Their "Chasseurs Ardennais", who were just a handful, managed to stop Guderian - or Rommel, I can't remember - in the Ardennes for 2 days.

[ABBLMOVIE]

@Briselance it was the famous ROMMEL! For one day, his army was halted, only by 60 Belgium soldiers!

[Briselance]

@ABBLMOVIE

Only 60 ? Damn. Where did you read that figure ? I'm just amazed. I know they were not many at all. But just 60, managing to stop Rommel's forces for one day ... sound like Thermopylae.

[ABBLMOVIE]

@Briselance The Belgium army released some books after the war (1955) about the invasion and fighting of May 1940.

Nr 2A of this series is “The fighting at CHABREHEZ”.

In this book you can even read their names and what has happened when them. It takes you to their shelters, PC’s and MG posts.

There is even a copy a drawing made by Rommel of this battle.

If you are very, very lucking, on Ebay …. :-)

Thx for posting! CU!

[Voske135]

@Briselance

i believe that he went arround the belgium force's and not dit a second attack

[Achnatommovies]

Eindelijk erkenning !

Schitterende voorstelling van de Belgische troepen!

Doe zo voort!

[xfgher]

the elite forces of the old times ! -respect-

-paracommando junior-

[quspf]

Un des Chef du Corps du ChCh fut le Gnrl Maj BERGILLEZ, paix à sont âme mais travailler vec les Chasseurs "scongneugneu" (oui pour la plaisanterie!) quel plaisir!

Que nos homme politiques qui n'ont jamais vu le feu (qu'à la tv ou en costard cravate sur le terrain 1/2 hre! réfléchissent à deux fois avant de toucher à un pareil Régiment! et que les Chasseurs "Résistent et mordent!" n.d.d.!

[gringoshamboo]

Ardennais et fier de l'être même si je vis au Perou.

[JFSSPA]

One of the best regiment of the world !

' Es sind keine Menschen, sondern grüne Wölfe ' say Erwin Rommel

[catone67]

vraiment super! bravo!!

[GalliaBelgica]

Vouloir c'est pouvoir!

[roli1983]

Résiste et mords !

[hosenpupser]

Chasseur un jour, chasseur tousjours!!! J´en suis un et j`en suis fier de l`etre.

HALTEN UND BEISSEN

[boekhandelLaure]

Heel voortreffelijk gemaakt!

Jullie brengen een vergeten stuk Belgische geschiedenis terug tot leven! Bedankt!

[guigui1789]

A Vinckt ils ont montré au allemands que l'armée belge n'était pas encore vaincue.

[JimSchumacher]

Vive les Chasseurs Ardennais!

Mon grand-père en était un et j'en suis fier! :D

[greg1889]

tres bien fais