Only years after the guns went silent in Germany, the nation of Belgium was facing a crisis of identity. The ostensible sovereign was King Leopold III, but his craven surrender of Belgium to the invading Nazis drew his legitimacy, and by extrapolation that of the monarchy, into question. This "Royal Crisis," fueled by growing leftist sentiment, split the nation's populace along ethnic lines, with the Flemish largely supporting the monarch and the Walloon echoing the republican sentiments of their brethren to the south.
In a different world, Belgium might have not survived the debacle, which would have caused political ripples elsewhere; the small kingdom held a surprisingly massive empire in Africa, consisting of the Kongo and Rwanda-Urundi. Had a divorce occurred, what would be the fate of these colonies?
In a different world, Belgium might have not survived the debacle, which would have caused political ripples elsewhere; the small kingdom held a surprisingly massive empire in Africa, consisting of the Kongo and Rwanda-Urundi. Had a divorce occurred, what would be the fate of these colonies?