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| 1939 |
| | | A British Expeditionary Force (BEF) of about 150,000 infantry crosses the Channel to help defend France's border with Belgium | |
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| 1940 May 10 |
| | | German tanks cross the borders into neutral Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium | |
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| 1940 May 10 |
| | | After the German invasion of the Netherlands and Belgium, Winston Churchill replaces Chamberlain as the British prime minister | |
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| 1940 May |
| | | A German army races west through northern France, aiming to cut off the Allied troops in Belgium | |
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| 1940 May 27 |
| | | The Belgians surrender to the German armies encircling them north and south | |
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| 1944 September 3 |
| | | British forces liberate Brussels and on the next day reach Antwerp | |
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| 1944 September 25 |
| | | 7500 British troops, trapped on the far side of the Rhine at Arnhem, are captured by the Germans | |
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| 1957 |
| | | Six founding nations (Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, West Germany) establish the European Economic Community (EEC) | |
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| 1960 |
| | | French choreographer Maurice Béjart is the first director of Belgium's new Ballet of the 20th Century | |
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| 1966 |
| | | NATO headquarters moves to Brussels after de Gaulle expels all NATO personnel from French soil | |
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