WW2 Belgian Impression Of The 18 Day Campaign

Hello! Today we are finally doing another impression video.
We are going to look at the uniform of a Belgian Soldier who was part of the 1st light infantry regiment of the 5th infantry division for the 82 year anniversary of Belgium being invaded by Germany.
Please note that this impression is far from complete as I am missing the great coat, shelter half, proper civilian shirt, shovel and carrier, and various personal items. I am also in need to replace my ammo pouches, slings, and bonnet de police for more accurate ones.
This impression is inspired/ based off my Great Grandfather who was part of this regiment and fought in the 18 day campaign. I do not know his rank or what exact gear/rifle he was issued but this is a general impression of a common private in the light infantry.
This video is lacking some historical information, and I do plan on remaking this video once I have more information and a complete impression.
I hope you guys enjoy!

[@belgianbull85]

as a Belgian myself, whose grandfather served in the 18-day campaign..., i greatly appreciate this

[@thehistoadian]

Awesome video! really neat to see Belgium WWII stuff as it's really never talked about

[@wsaull8568]

The Franco-Belgium ww2 stuff is an aesthetic and a half. Kinda makes you wonder how the kit would evolve if France stayed in the war longer. But I digress, your impression looks great man, can't wait to see more of it.

[@dallasjonpaulgrove547]

I think my favorite. Belgian uniforms had to be the early war Chasseurs uniforms of WW1. Those uniforms were hot as hell.

[@nicolascuron5014]

Chasseur à pied ou chasseur à cheval ?

[@SedgewickFairfax]

very nice video. I enjoyed seeing this impression. Would love to see more details and history of this kit in your next instalment

[@Militariahistory]

You should start a WWII Belgium reenacting unit my good friend and keep up with the work on keeping history and military history alive

[@arthurschiettecatte]

I agree, we definitely need. The sad thing is that almost nobody is interested in the Belgian army of ww2 anymore.

[@jayausten5388]

YES! I've been waiting for someone to do a video of this!

[@user-zw7dc6nr6b]

It looks awesome! But i would recommend a repro side cap, that would look awesome

[@1982rrose]

My wifes Grandfather fought in the resistance in Belgium, wasn't caught, survived. 👍 Interesting stuff. Thank you. Lest we forget.

[@worldwarguy459]

That’s pretty cool

[@Reignlief]

Same, My Grandfather fought in the resistance over in Liegé as did his mother and father. ended up on "The Nazi Ghost train" after a member of their cell betrayed them all. He went on the fight during the liberation in the reformed belgian army and was attached to the first US unit to make contact with the russians.

[@johnking6406]

Excellent job young man!!

[@itsanita1825]

This is an awesome video! Really liked the details about the uniform and the history of your family. I’m excited to see you next Belgian impression video

[@peterlinz2733]

Sehr Intressantes Video.Danke.😊

[@thecanadianchurchill4080]

Nice uniform and video

[@worldwarguy459]

Thanks!

[@Triangle26]

Job well done, great content.

[@vw_4_vag_live133]

I have so much question about ww1 belgian equipment, because i just started out doing a 1915/1916 belgian jagers te voet impression. Will every do a q&a live stream?

[@worldwarguy459]

I might have to do a livestream at some point.

[@geertbus4644]

Meer Smit ben jij dat hahahahaah.

[@Hawker_Tempest]

legendary video to help with reenactment and/or impressions

[@thetroodon9482]

Love this can’t wait for the more updated vid

[@Ben_not_10]

You sir have earned another subscriber. I’m glad to see more impressions being done of more minor powers in WWI/WWII as the most of the time the impressions done on KZbin are rather meh impressions of American, British, or German soldiers and often the impressions are more stereotypical than historical. Awesome job, well done sir. Keep up the good work.

[@worldwarguy459]

Thank you!

[@benhood5492]

Dude this is so cool, I literally trying to find a video for this impression just a week ago

[@ClancyWoodard-yw6tg]

I think this is awesome because nobody really does impressions of the french Dutch or the Belgian troops from 1940

[@roelantverhoeven371]

one lucky thing about that german discrimination towards french speakers, is that it was determined via an oral examination whether a prisoner was flemish or walloon... a portion of french speakers who knew dutch relatively well managed to pass, sometimes with help from Flemish comrades... the interrogations were taken by German officers to whom flemish dialects sounded rather "french" in accent anyway. (flemish has a hard R and soft G like french, opposed to the German and Dutch hard G and soft R...) in the current political divide of Belgium people often forget there were plenty of Flemish ho did not like the Germans, as there were also Walloons who strongly collaborated, the walloon legion wasn't much smaller than the flemish legion, despite the Flemish being the larger population group... also both Flemish and Walloon collaborators were also the ones that hated eachother the most, while fighting for an occupier....walloon collaborators colaborated for ideological reasons... flemish collaborators because of religious or naive "germanic" reasons... in the end both were misguided and idiotic.

[@fistfry6079]

Cool love seeing impressions from smaller countries which aren’t represented as much in the community

[@nicolascuron5014]

✊🏻🇧🇪

[@anthonygallegos6410]

Niceeeeee you look good 👌 Love your videos dude😎

[@geertbus4644]

Hey you look awesome man. Only point is that greatcoat was mandatory in battle ( i know nitpicking and it costs money since it is a hobby). So keep up the goodwork and greeting from Dutch fellow reenacting Belgian interbellum and soon 1940 again.

[@worldwarguy459]

Thank you. As with other items, this impression is far from complete. But I do hope to finish it soon.

[@geertbus4644]

@@worldwarguy459 Well you nailed most things good like pocket stuff. Very nice to see most things.

[@crazyd4ve875]

Belgians always had clean uniforms

[@artinrahideh1229]

Great! Would be awesome to see vids about Swiss, Greece, Yugoslav and other minor or easily defeated nations. Thanks!

[@worldwarguy459]

If only I had money and time haha

[@artinrahideh1229]

@@worldwarguy459 maybe one day, who knows? Thanks again🤙

[@johnfrederickson]

Nice uniform

[@worldwarguy459]

Thanks!

[@winter2423]

Hello this isn’t relevant but please can you look into where you can get East German jackboots I really need some

[@chrisleonard2066]

Belgian and French troops had excellent aesthetics and were great troops, their Free forces performed nobly in spite of their situation.

[@brysonp4609]

I got to ask where you got most of the field equipment and what the Y straps are

[@jarnethetrophyhunter4565]

In what infrantry or division was your grandpa mine granpa was in the 14th infrantry of belgium

[@mariegivet]

My Grand father was also in Stalag IA. Where did you find this complete equipment?? It's quietly difficult to find belgian issue from 1940.

[@user-zw7dc6nr6b]

Uniform is from Macfarthingbowls reenactmentshop

[@alexandrovverellen8647]

My great grandfather was apart of the stormvogel ss

[@robertneven7563]

verader van ze n eigen volk

[@luir6035]

Oh I didn't know about the belgian in WW2, it's really interesting. Do you think that the belgian army could hold the german attack if the army were modernized as the germans? May your great grandfather rest in peace

[@JustQueeck]

If we would ignore the fact that it was near to impossible at the time to even start modernizing the belgian army (due to, too many reasons to name up) I do think the belgian army wouldve been able to delay the germans for much longer. But eventually, the belgian army wouldve been forced to surrender or evacuate with the british in dunkirk. This is due to the sheer german numbers pitched against the belgian army and the fact that the germans punched trough the french lines and thus were able to encircle the belgian army.

[@darktank9787]

I was wondering where can I get Pieces to this uniform

[@worldwarguy459]

I bought from 3 main vendors. www.re-enactmentshop.com www.tschooverken.com/?fbclid=PAAaaeJ_IC-vaftX3gRO_OPCrYguYHS54mL_VYNbq8hqAdO2vuDqt3ILIXeeU Frederik.ackou on Instagram.

[@ilikeidoit]

Yo dude I just got a ww2 Belgian civilian defense helmet badge and it was used in the 1940s and im trying to find the history behind it and it seems you know things about the Belgians in ww2 can I have some help thks

[@couchpotato6424]

can I ask, where you've got the Field blouse from?

[@user-zw7dc6nr6b]

Macfarthingbowls Reenactment shop

[@couchpotato6424]

@@user-zw7dc6nr6b thank you