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    Flamenpolitik (German: "Flemish policy") is a policy practiced by German authorities occupying Belgium during World War I and World War II. The ultimate...
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    radical Flemish Movement by making numerous concessions as part of the Flamenpolitik in an attempt to gain support among the country's Flemish population...
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    Belgium as a means of facilitating its occupation, the Germans employed Flamenpolitik to divide the administration of Belgium between French and Dutch-speaking...
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    easier to govern by exploiting the pre-war linguistic division. The Flamenpolitik ("Policy regarding the Flemish people") was launched in 1916. The occupying...
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    Flanders from Belgium using German support provided as part of the Flamenpolitik. The Council originally included 46 members, but eventually expanded...
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    Flanders and influenced by Nazi racial ideals, it adopted the so-called Flamenpolitik which gave preferential treatment to the Flemish population over the...
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    Germany's own aims and to boost the occupying power's position known as the Flamenpolitik. With German support, Flemish activists formed a regional government...
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    of Warsaw Von Bissing University Raad van Vlaanderen (World War I) Flamenpolitik Thomas, N. (2003), The German Army in World War I, 1914-15 I, Osprey...
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    State University of Ghent, the University formed part of the German Flamenpolitik and was a response to the long-established grievance of the Flemish...
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    created a large labour shortage in civilian occupations. As part of their Flamenpolitik, the Germans began repatriating Flemish prisoners of war in August 1940...
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