Chastre - A tribute was paid in Chastre (Belgium) on Sunday to Moroccan soldiers who died while fighting for the liberation of Belgium in 1940, on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Gembloux battle. On this occasion, Morocco’s ambassador to Belgium, Samir Addahre, laid a wreath of flowers in memory of soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for the liberation of Europe from the yoke of Nazism.
Speaking on this occasion, several senior officials paid tribute to the Moroccan soldiers who died while fighting for the liberation of Belgium in 1940.
This commemoration is an opportunity to highlight the duty of memory toward these Moroccan solders who sacrificed their life for the ideals of dignity, freedom and the right to existence.
Several Moroccan soldiers have died in the battle of Gembloux-Chastre, where the French army took its only victory in the campaign of May 1940.
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