Alesia Battle – Gallic War
The Battle of Alesia took place in Alise-sainte-Reine in 52BC and ended with the victory of Caesar over the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix and his warriors
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Your Story of the Great War – 1914-1918
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
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Crécy-en-Ponthieu monuments – Somme
Two memorials were erected in Crécy-en-Ponthieu to pay tribute to the thousands of French men who died at the Battle of Crécy on August 26, 1346
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Cross of Bohemia – Crécy-en-Ponthieu
The Cross of Bohemia, a memorial to John I of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia, who died at the Battle of Crécy in 1346 while fighting along the king of France
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Battle of Crécy – Hundred Years War
Battle of Crécy, one of the most important military defeats in French history, took place on August 26, 1346 and marked the start of the Hundred Years War
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Nolette Chinese Cemetery – Noyelles-sur-Mer
Nolette Chinese Cemetery in Noyelles-sur-Mer contains the graves of 841 Chinese workers employed as labour force by the British authorities during WWI
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Napoleon statue – Bataille de Craonne 1814
The Aisne Tourist Board commissioned the creation of Napoleon statue to commemorate the Battle of Craonne, which took place on March 7, 1814
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Monument des Marie-Louise – Ferme de Hurtebise
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
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Monument des Basques – Chemin des Dames
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
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Maginot Monument – Fleury-devant-Douaumont
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
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Douaumont destroyed village – Verdun
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
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Fleury-devant-Douaumont destroyed village – Verdun
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
