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The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun.
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The Douaumont Ossuary (French: Ossuaire de Douaumont) [1] is a memorial containing the skeletal remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War I. It is located in Douaumont-Vaux, France, within the Verdun battlefield, and immediately next to the Fleury-devant-Douaumont National Necropolis. [2]
Built from 1881 to 1884 for 1,500,000 francs, it housed a garrison of 150 men. Vaux was the second fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun after Fort Douaumont, which was captured by a small German raiding party in February 1916 in the confusion of the French retreat from the Woëvre plain. Vaux had been modernised before 1914 with reinforced ...
The French town of Verdun was the site of the Battle of Verdun during the First World War, one of the most costly battles in military history.Since then, cemeteries and memorials have been established for casualties on both sides, as well as for significant individuals and events related to the battle.
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He therefore avoided as far as possible offering him the opportunity to showcase his skills, as had been the case at Verdun. This sidelining was to have the most serious consequences. At the inception of the battle, while on the right bank of the Somme, the British were facing important difficulties, the French were very successful on the left ...
Pages in category "Battle of Verdun" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Verdun; B ...