Plateau de Californie – Chemin des Dames
Plateau de Californie, one of the battlefields of the Chemin des Dames, was kept in its war state, planted with pines and turned into a Site of Remembrance
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Constellation de la Douleur – Chemin des Dames
The sculptures of Constellation de la Douleur honor the memory of the French Colonial Troops who died in the assault on the Dragon’s Lair along the Chemin des Dames during World War I
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Caverne du Dragon – Chemin des Dames
The Chemin des Dames Museum was founded above the entrance to the Caverne du Dragon, the site of one of the deadliest battlefields of the failed Nivelle Offensive
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Chemin des Dames – Ladies’ Way – Battlefield
Chemin des Dames or Ladies’ Way, an east-west road running along a ridge and major strategic position that became one of the deadliest battlefields of WWI
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National Military Cemetery Notre Dame de Lorette
National Military Cemetery Notre Dame de Lorette, the largest French military cemetery, gathers the remains of over 40.000 men killed in Artois and Flanders
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Remembrance Ring – Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
The Remembrance Ring, a monument inscribed with 579.606 names of soldiers killed during WWI, was inaugurated in 2014 to commemorate the Great War Centenary
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Our Lady of Monton in Puy-de-Dôme
Our Lady of Monton, the monumental statue of the Virgin Mary built in order to redeem the atrocities of the French Revolution stands next to a WWI German gun
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Remembrance Day – Armistice Day – 1914-1918
Remembrance Day – Armistice Day on November 11th, a major national day in France commemorating the anniversary of the end of hostilities during WWI
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Moroccan Division Memorial – Vimy
The 1st Moroccan Division Memorial pays tribute to the Zouaves and French Foreign Legion soldiers who fleetingly seized Vimy Ridge on May 9, 1915
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Vimy Ridge Canadian National Memorial – WWI
Vimy Ridge Canadian National Memorial is dedicated to the Canadian Forces who fought, fell or were presumed dead in France in WWI and have no known grave
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Vimy Ridge Canadian National Memorial Park
The Vimy Ridge Canadian National Memorial Park is a large section of the original WWI battlefield cleared of surface debris and preserved in its war state
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Ulster Tower Memorial – Thiepval – Somme
The Ulster Tower Memorial in Thiepval in the Somme is dedicated to the men of the 36th Ulster Division who attacked the Schwaben Redoubt on 1July 1916
