Witte Brigade

De Geuzengroep (1940-1944) Witte Brigade-Fidelio (1944)
Participant in the Belgian Resistance (World War II)
Insignia of the Witte Brigade-Fidelio, displaying both the group's initials, but also a V for Victory
Active	1940-September 1944
Leaders	Marcel Louette
Area of operations	Focused on Antwerp region, Belgium
Opponents	German Occupying Forces

The White Brigade (Dutch: Witte Brigade, French: Brigade blanche) was a Belgian resistance group, founded in the summer of 1940 in Antwerp by Marcel Louette, who was nicknamed "Fidelio". The group was originally known as "De Geuzengroep" but changed its name after liberation to its better-known title of Witte Brigade-Fidelio.

The name was chosen in opposition to the "Black Brigade", a collaborator group led by SS-Untersturmführer Reimond Tollenaere, who was responsible for the propaganda of pro-German Flemish National Union. The Witte Brigade was based in Antwerp but had smaller branches in Gent, Lier, Aalst, Brussels, Waasland, Wallonia and in the coastal region.

During the Second World War Belgium was occupied by Germany. While the facist group known as the Black Brigade were collaborators with the Germans, they were opposed by the underground Witte Brigade. Important activities of the Witte Brigade were distributing anti-German propaganda, the creation of lists of collaborators and organizing patriotic demonstrations on key Belgian holidays, such as 21 July (National Day) and 11 November (Anniversary of the German surrender in the First World War). The resistance group published its own propaganda newspaper called "Always united" (French: Unis Toujours, Dutch: Steeds verenigd) with some 80 editions published. In addition, the group was concerned with obtaining military information about the Port of Antwerp where they obtained information on the possible German invasion of Britain and helping shot-down Allied pilots to return to England. The Witte Brigade had connections with various intelligence networks, code-named Luc, Bravery and Group Zero. It was also the only resistance group early in the war with contact with the Belgian government in exile along with the British.