Slaget om Belgien (1940)

German invasion of Belgium - 1940 German conquest of Belgium during World War II. This event is the 2497^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 333^rd most popular event in Danish Wikipedia. Article “Slaget om Belgien (1940)” in Danish Wikipedia has 96.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 280 references and 27 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Danish) language version.

Since the creation of article “Slaget om Belgien (1940)”, its content was written by 28 registered users of Danish Wikipedia and edited by 987 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

German invasion of Belgium is on the 333^rd place in local ranking of events in Danish Wikipedia and on the 2497^th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 161 times in Danish Wikipedia and cited 8655 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Danish): #682 in August 2015
• Global: #10933 in September 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Danish): #45 in May 2016
• Global: #34488 in May 2023

There are 36 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) German invasion of Belgium (1940)		100
2	Russian (ru) Бельгийская операция (1940)		100
3	Spanish (es) Batalla de Bélgica		100
4	Vietnamese (vi) Trận nước Bỉ		100
5	Romanian (ro) Bătălia Belgiei		100
6	Portuguese (pt) Invasão alemã da Bélgica (1940)		99.8001
7	Catalan (ca) Campanya de divuit dies		98.4615
8	German (de) Schlacht um Belgien		97.4946
9	Danish (da) Slaget om Belgien (1940)		96.1207
10	Ukrainian (uk) Бельгійська кампанія (1940)		93.6715

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Slaget om Belgien (1940)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) German invasion of Belgium (1940)		1 579 425
2	Dutch (nl) Achttiendaagse Veldtocht		289 933
3	French (fr) Campagne des 18 jours		269 189
4	Japanese (ja) ベルギーの戦い		255 234
5	Russian (ru) Бельгийская операция (1940)		252 479
6	Polish (pl) Kampania belgijska		133 500
7	Italian (it) Invasione tedesca del Belgio		106 002
8	Spanish (es) Batalla de Bélgica		83 744
9	Chinese (zh) 比利時戰役		75 303
10	German (de) Schlacht um Belgien		65 011

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Slaget om Belgien (1940)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) German invasion of Belgium (1940)		6 754
2	German (de) Schlacht um Belgien		1 211
3	French (fr) Campagne des 18 jours		1 076
4	Japanese (ja) ベルギーの戦い		893
5	Russian (ru) Бельгийская операция (1940)		744
6	Dutch (nl) Achttiendaagse Veldtocht		715
7	Chinese (zh) 比利時戰役		430
8	Persian (fa) نبرد بلژیک		362
9	Spanish (es) Batalla de Bélgica		313
10	Polish (pl) Kampania belgijska		258

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Slaget om Belgien (1940)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) German invasion of Belgium (1940)		228
2	Dutch (nl) Achttiendaagse Veldtocht		125
3	French (fr) Campagne des 18 jours		97
4	Russian (ru) Бельгийская операция (1940)		80
5	Japanese (ja) ベルギーの戦い		51
6	Italian (it) Invasione tedesca del Belgio		46
7	Vietnamese (vi) Trận nước Bỉ		37
8	Polish (pl) Kampania belgijska		33
9	German (de) Schlacht um Belgien		30
10	Danish (da) Slaget om Belgien (1940)		28

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Slaget om Belgien (1940)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Campanya de divuit dies		2
2	Arabic (ar) معركة بلجيكا		1
3	Basque (eu) Belgikako inbasio alemaniarra (1940)		1
4	Persian (fa) نبرد بلژیک		1
5	Italian (it) Invasione tedesca del Belgio		1
6	Korean (ko) 독일의 벨기에 침공 (1940년)		1
7	Azerbaijani (az) Belçikanın işğalı (1940)		0
8	Bulgarian (bg) Битка за Белгия		0
9	Czech (cs) Bitva o Belgii		0
10	Danish (da) Slaget om Belgien (1940)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Slaget om Belgien (1940)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) German invasion of Belgium (1940)		1 866
2	French (fr) Campagne des 18 jours		1 127
3	Italian (it) Invasione tedesca del Belgio		586
4	Dutch (nl) Achttiendaagse Veldtocht		443
5	Chinese (zh) 比利時戰役		429
6	Portuguese (pt) Invasão alemã da Bélgica (1940)		385
7	Persian (fa) نبرد بلژیک		368
8	Korean (ko) 독일의 벨기에 침공 (1940년)		359
9	Vietnamese (vi) Trận nước Bỉ		308
10	Turkish (tr) Belçika Savaşı		232

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic معركة بلجيكا
az	Azerbaijani Belçikanın işğalı (1940)
bg	Bulgarian Битка за Белгия
ca	Catalan Campanya de divuit dies
cs	Czech Bitva o Belgii
da	Danish Slaget om Belgien (1940)
de	German Schlacht um Belgien
en	English German invasion of Belgium (1940)
es	Spanish Batalla de Bélgica
eu	Basque Belgikako inbasio alemaniarra (1940)
fa	Persian نبرد بلژیک
fi	Finnish Belgian valtaus
fr	French Campagne des 18 jours
he	Hebrew הקרב על בלגיה
id	Indonesian Pertempuran Belgia
it	Italian Invasione tedesca del Belgio
ja	Japanese ベルギーの戦い
ka	Georgian ბელგიის ოპერაცია
ko	Korean 독일의 벨기에 침공 (1940년)
lt	Lithuanian Belgijos mūšis
ms	Malay Pertempuran Belgium
nl	Dutch Achttiendaagse Veldtocht
pl	Polish Kampania belgijska
pt	Portuguese Invasão alemã da Bélgica (1940)
ro	Romanian Bătălia Belgiei
ru	Russian Бельгийская операция (1940)
simple	Simple English German invasion of Belgium (1940)
sl	Slovenian Nemška invazija na Belgijo (1940)
sr	Serbian Битка за Белгију
sv	Swedish Slaget om Belgien
ta	Tamil பெல்ஜியம் சண்டை
th	Thai ยุทธการที่เบลเยียม
tr	Turkish Belçika Savaşı
uk	Ukrainian Бельгійська кампанія (1940)
vi	Vietnamese Trận nước Bỉ
zh	Chinese 比利時戰役

Best Rank

Danish: #45 05.2016

Global: #34488 05.2023

Best Rank

Danish: #682 08.2015

Global: #10933 09.2017

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