World War I
Commemoration of the Centenary of the Bel-Air City
April 30, 2017
Boulazac-Isle-Manoire commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the creation of the base and hospital of the American Army in its district of Bel-Air City
Your Story of the Great War – 1914-1918
November 8, 2016
Your story of the Great War is a compilation of the stories some of our readers sent us, the stories of their relatives who died on the battlefields of WWI
Monument des Marie-Louise – Hurtebise – Chemin des Dames
June 14, 2016
The Monument des Marie-Louise is located by the Ferme d’Hurtebise on the Chemin des Dames in the Aisne and commemorates the Battles of 1814 and 1914
Monument des Basques – Chemin des Dames
June 9, 2016
Monument des Basques, the memorial obelisk erected in honour of the men of the 36th Infantry Division, a division that suffered a huge death rate during WWI
Maginot Monument – Fleury-devant-Douaumont
November 11, 2015
Maginot Monument, a memorial to the minister of War who fought at Verdun as a patrolman and had a fortifications line built along France’s eastern borders
Douaumont – Destroyed village – Verdun WWI
November 10, 2015
Douaumont, a village entirely destroyed during the Battle of Verdun, never rebuilt, declared ‘Dead for France’ and kept in its war state as a Memorial
Fleury-devant-Douaumont – Destroyed village – Verdun WWI
November 9, 2015
Fleury-devant-Douaumont in the Meuse, a village that was completely destroyed during WWI, but was never rebuilt and kept in its war state as a memorial
Fort of Douaumont – Battle of Verdun – WWI
November 8, 2015
The Fort of Douaumont was built 1885 and disarmed in 1915 as outdated, but remained a target for the Germans due to its central position on the Verdun front
Bayonet Trench in Douaumont – Verdun WWI
November 6, 2015
Bayonet Trench near the Douaumont Ossuary, a Memorial to the French soldiers buried alive in their trench on June 12, 1916 during the Battle of Verdun
Abri 320 – Underground shelter Douaumont – WWI
November 5, 2015
Abri 320, built in 1891, located at the foot of the Douaumont Ossuary – National Cemetery and used as a command post and underground shelter during WWI
Douaumont Ossuary and Cemetery – Verdun – WWI
November 4, 2015
Douaumont Ossuary and National Cemetery were open on the site of the Battle of Verdun to receive the remains of 146,142 soldiers who died there during WWI
Sacred Way – Voie Sacree – Verdun – Meuse
November 3, 2015
The historic Sacred Way – Voie Sacree was the main communication road to the front and the logistics and strategic center of the Battle of Verdun during WWI
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