Chronology of World War II

Sunday, September 3


Taking Brussels


Taking Brussels
The crew of a Cromwell Mk IV tank of 2nd Welsh Guards on the drive into Brussels, September 3, 1944. Despite sporadic resistance from the Royal Palace and Gestapo HQ, the city's capture went smoothly, 'the chief difficulty being to cope with the populace who were very effusive in their welcome', as the Battalion's war diary put it with typical understatement.