Redoubt Military History Series: Ethnic Minorities on the Western Front with Dominiek Dendooven

The First World War is the defining event of the first half of the 20th century and was the beginning of the end of European hegemony in the world. The roots of decolonization and of many national revolutions are to be found in the Great War. 

At the front in Flanders and France, inhabitants of more than 60 actual states were present. Apart from the European powers, the United States and the “white” dominions such as Canada and Australia with their many ethnic minorities, France and the United Kingdom brought over hundreds of thousands of soldiers and labourers from their colonies to the western front.

Presented by scientific researcher Dominiek Dendooven from In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, this talk will present an overview of all those who gained war experience in Flanders between 1914 and 1919, what happened to them during and after the war, and what consequences the war had for these ethnic groups, with an emphasis on a intercultural relations. 

£12 / £10 concessions. Tea and coffee served during the interval.