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My grandfather never spoke about his experience in Belgium in WW2. He was in his early 20’s and a soldier in the Belgian army before the King surrendered. He survived the war in hiding from German troops. What would he have likely experienced in occupied Belgium at that time?

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My grandfather never spoke about his experience in Belgium in WW2. He was in his early 20’s and a soldier in the Belgian army before the King surrendered. He survived the war in hiding from German troops. What would he have likely experienced in occupied Belgium at that time?	2742