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Events on Tuesday 28 May 1940 1
1940Belgium surrendersKing Leopold III capitulates to GermanyAfter eighteen days of fighting, King Leopold III surrendered the Belgian army on 28 May against the advice of his government. The government continued the war from exile in London. The surrender made the king a divisive figure in Belgium after the war.