Cimetière National De Douaumont / French National Cemetery in Douaumont (Verdun)
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The French National Cemetery in Douaumont (Cimetière National De Douaumont) near Verdun holds the remains of 25 000 soldiers who fell during the most cruel battle of the World War I...
Waymark Code: WM7K5Z
Location: Grand-Est, France
Date Posted: 11/03/2009
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During World War I, the deadliest, most intense fighting in human history occurred here as the Germans and French fought from February to December 1916 over a changing front. All elements of WWI warfare took place here: vicious artillery attacks, trench warfare and the use of poison gas. The French and Germans suffered about 700 000 casualties. Nearly all of this occurred in a amall, 10-km-square area.
...and here, not so far from the locations of the most horrible war's Hell lies the monument devoted to the Verdun's battle - Douaumont Ossuary. Inside of them are the bones of 130 000 unidentified soldiers and outside is a military cemetery with more than 25 000 graves.