Sleeping sickness, smallpox, swine influenza and dysentery caused far more deaths than the policies of Leopold II. As for his legacy and why he is relatively unknown, that's caused by a number of factors: The relative unimportance of Belgium and thus of …

2024年2月12日 · In fact it wasn't called the Belgian Congo until after 1908 when Leopold was forced to give it up and Belgium annexed it. Under Leopold it functioned as an independent corporate state initially through the non-governmental International Association of the Congo which he owned the majority of stock in and eventually formed the Congo Free State ...

King Leopold II of Belgium The Belgian king Leopold II wanted to invade the Netherlands in 1854. After consultation with the French Emperor Napoleon III, Leopold renounced the invasion, according to documents that have surfaced in the Belgian Royal Family Archives.

2016年1月24日 · Leopold II was never an ideological enemy in the way that Hitler or Stalin were. Some of the worst excesses of imperialism took place in the Congo, but it's important to remember that Belgium wasn't the only European colonial power active and abusing its position in Africa at that time.

2020年5月19日 · The atrocities happened under direct rule from Leopold II. It was his personal colony, which is known as "The Congo free state" (1885-1908). It wasn't a Belgian colony until 1908, the end of the atrocities. Leopold tried to get support to get Congo as a Belgian colony, but Belgium refused and so Leopold II literally bought the land.

2019年5月30日 · Even then, it was still popular in Belgium for a time as a source of heroism, serving your king, enlightening the savages and going on an adventure etc.. However, while Americans, British people and Germans were there, only Belgium has monuments to Leopold II, many of which reference his philanthropic work in the Congo.

Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Mao Zedong killed millions of innocent people and are considered the worst humans in History. but Leopold II, king of Belgium between 1865 and 1909, and leader of the Congo intil 1908, also killed million of people and unfortonately, is not so mentioned in schools like the 3 others i've mentioned up this text. but why he's little mentioned in History …

For the past 100 years, Belgium has had no "Belgian nationalism". If you're a nationalist born in Belgium, you're either going to be a Flemish (Dutch-speaking) or Walloon (French-speaking) nationalist. Prior to that (1830-1914) the Belgian state vehemently tried to create a "Belgian nation" ... which failed utterly.

The king of Belgium, Leopold II, was extremely cruel as a colonial ruler to the people of Congo. He ordered the hands of those Africans who resisted his rule to be cut off. This display is the zoo is mild in comparison to his savagery in the Congo about 100 years before this picture.

2018年6月4日 · Belgium sent in troops only to protect whites.....and give support to areas that seceded. Belgium was more the aggressor in liquidating Patrice Lumumba than the US. The US initially did vote to send in UN peacekeepers. Belgium had the most to lose, especially Belgian-owned mining interests. Belgium fomented Katanga's secession.