The Constellation de la Douleur sculptures pay tribute to the French Colonial Troops who died assaulting the Dragon’s Lair on Chemin des Dames during WWI
World War 1
Caverne du Dragon – Chemin des Dames – Aisne
The Chemin des Dames Museum was founded above the entrance to the Caverne du Dragon, one of the deadliest battlefields of the failed Nivelle Offensive
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
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
Remembrance Ring – Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
The Remembrance Ring, a monument inscribed with 579.606 names of soldiers killed during WWI and inaugurated in 2014 to commemorate the Great War Centenary
Mort pour la France – Remembrance Day
Mort pour la France – Dead for France, a moving epitaph that follows the names of all the Fallen who are remembered on each French War Memorial
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
Moroccan Division Memorial on Vimy Ridge
The 1st Moroccan Division Memorial pays tribute to the Zouaves and French Foreign Legion soldiers who fleetingly seized Vimy Ridge on May 9, 1915
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
Vimy Ridge Canadian National Memorial Park – WWI
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
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
Tyne Cot Cemetery on Passchendaele Ridge
Tyne Cot Cemetery was opened on the site of the Battle of Passchendaele, a ridge seized by the Australian and Neo-Zealander soldiers on 4 October 1917