why were Americans shocked at the German invasion of Belgium, and why did Germany invade this small country?

Germany declared war on France. To avoid the French fortifications along the French-German border, the troops had to cross Belgium and attack the French Army by the north. Of course, Belgians refused to let them through, so the Germans decided to enter by force and invaded Belgium on Aug. 4, 1914

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soviet influence spread across eastern europe sharply during and after wwii. the soviet armies liberated the countries in eastern europe and occupied them from the germans as they were forced to retreat towards germany.

depending on what kind of map for example a pltical maps works in many ways this iss how it works it shows the areas and places the democratics and the repbulcicans reside for example if   texas chooses trump for president there a republican state and if   califronia chooses hillary there a democratic state.