"We have no other choice. Our submission would serve no end; if Germany is victorious, Belgium, whatever her attitude, will be annexed to the Reich. If die we must, better death with honour."
— Honor

January 1, 1970

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Prime Minister Charles de Broqueville of Belgium, responding to Germany's demand for Belgium's capitulation, 2 August 1914