British forces liberate Brussels 70 years ago this hour (Sep 3 1944)


Video: 'The World At War: Pincers 1/5' (Sep. 3, 1944, at 9:08)

(Sunday, September 3, 1944, 2:00 p.m. CET; during the Liberation of Paris, part of Operation Overlord, World War II) — Belgium’s hidden army came into the open today to help the Allied Expeditionary Forces sweep the Germans out of the Low Countries back onto the Reich after four years of occupation.


Video: 'The World At War: Pincers 2/5' (Sep. 3, 1944, continued)