Radio Belgique

Radio Belgique
Radio België

The staff of Radio Belgique in a contemporary BBC photo. Victor de Laveleye can be seen at the bottom left.
City	London, United Kingdom
Broadcast area	Belgium
Slogan	Ici Radio Belgique! Hier, Radio België!
First air date	28 September 1940-16 September 1944
Language(s)	French and Dutch
Affiliations	Belgian government in exile
Owner	BBC European Service

Radio Belgique (French, "Radio Belgium"), also known in Dutch as Radio België, was a radio broadcast transmitted to Nazi-occupied Belgium from London during World War II. It was produced with the support of the Belgian government in exile and formed part of the BBC's European Service.

On 10 May 1940, neutral Belgium was invaded by German forces. After 18 days of fighting, the Belgian army, along with King Leopold III, surrendered and the country was placed under German occupation. The Belgian government fled, first to France and then to the United Kingdom, where it formed a government in exile in London. The national Belgian radio station, the Institut National Belge de Radiodiffusion (INR) sabotaged its transmitters and was banned by the Germans though many of INR's employees followed the government to London.

Radio Belgique was established on 28 September 1940 and broadcast in French and Dutch. The French service was put under the control of Victor de Laveleye (a former Liberal government minister), while Jan Moedwil was put in charge of the Dutch service. A press agency, INTERBEL, was founded for the radio, as a continuation of the pre-war BELGA agency.

On 14 January 1941, the former Belgian cabinet minister Victor de Laveleye, known for inventing the V for Victory campaign, became the announcer on Radio Belgique and began encouraging the use of the V Symbol in occupied Belgium. He was responsible for inventing one of the station's most notable slogans, "We will get them, the Boches". In 1942, Charles de Gaulle gave a speech on Radio Belgique, celebrating Franco-Belgian friendship.