Fort Oelegem
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Fort Oelegem is a concrete built fortress from the early 1900's. At that moment, military and political people in Europe were starting up the preparation of another new big war: World War I. At the outbreak of WWI, the refuge idea appeared a lousy one: after one week "Siege of Antwerp" (October 1914) Antwerp felt, some fortresses were severely damaged but remote Fort Oelegem hardly took part.