Douaumont Ossuary and Cemetery – Verdun – WWI
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
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
Verdun Citadel in Meuse – Lorraine – WWI
Citadel of Verdun, a major garrison town located near the German border, and the epicentre of the battle of 1916, one of the deadliest battles of WWI
Traveling to the WWI Battlefields from the UK
Traveling to the WWI Battlefields from the UK by means of sea and land is very easy as the area is served by regular ferry crossings and rail-road networks
Cerny-en-Laonnois German War Cemetery – WWI
The Cerny-en-Laonnois German War Cemetery was opened in 1925 by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge to bury the men who died on the Chemin des Dames
Cerny-en-Laonnois French War Cemetery – WWI
The Cerny-en-Laonnois French War Cemetery was opened between 1919 and 1925 to bury the men who died during the Battle of the Chemin des Dames
Cerny-en-Laonnois – Chemin des Dames – Aisne
The WWI Memorial Chapel of the Chemin des Dames, Lantern of the Dead and British Memorial Column were erected in the village Cerny-en-Laonnois in the Aisne
La Targette British Cemetery – Neuville-Saint-Vaast
La Targette British Cemetery was opened in Neuville-Saint-Vaast to bury the soldiers who fell while attacking Vimy Ridge during the Battle of Arras in 1917
La Targette French cemetery – Neuville-Saint-Vaast
La Targette French war cemetery in Neuville-Saint-Vaast in Pas-de-Calais contains the remains of the soldiers killed in 1915 during the 2nd Battle of Artois
Neuville-Saint-Vaast German War Cemetery
Neuville-Saint-Vaast German War Cemetery, is the largest WWI German cemetery in France and contains the remains of 44, 833 German soldiers killed in Artois
La Royere – viewpoint – Chemin des Dames
La Royere viewpoint on the Chemin des Dames, a place of remembrance commemorating La Malmaison victory and the French Colonial Troops’ bravery in 1917
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