How did Belgium get an Empire? (Short Animated Documentary)

Twitter:   / tenminhistory   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-... Special Thanks to the following Patrons for their support on Patreon: Kevin Sanders Chris Fatta Daniel Lambert Richard Wolfe Joshua Tom Loghrin Warren Rudkin Andrew Niedbala Mitchell Wildoer Blaine Tillack Bernardo Santos Matthew John Garcia Richard Hartzell Will Davis-Coleman Danny Anstess Henry Rabung August Block Perry Gagne Shaun Pullin Joooooshhhhh Vesko Dinev PaulToon Kelly Moneymaker FuzzytheFair Armani_Banani Jeffrey Schneider Byzans_Scotorius Seth Reeves Haydn Noble Josh Cornelius Gideon Rashkes Spencer Smith Cornel Borină Roberto Andrew Keeling Richard Manklow Chance Cansler João Santos Gabriel Lunde Pierre Le Mouel anon How did Belgium get an empire? The other European nations gave them one so they wouldn't fight over it. Sources: King Leopold's Imperialism and the Origins of the Belgian Colonial Party, 1860–1905 by Vincent Viaene. Belgium, the Congo, and Imperial Immobility: A Singular Empire and the Historiography of the Single Analytic Field by Matthew G. Stanard. Anglo-Belgian Military Relations and the Congo Question, 1911-1913 by Mary Elizabeth Thomas.