Travel Notes > Travel Notes Blog: October - Fort de Douaumont, Verdun
Commemorating the centenary of the 1914-1918 Great War, Travel Pics remembers.
Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was the longest single battle of World War One.
Fort de Douaumont
The Germans captured Fort Douaumont on 25th February, 1916 without a contest. The Colonial Infantry Troops of Morocco finally recaptured it on 24th October, 1916.
American Battle Monuments Commission. Armistice Signing in Compiegne. Artstetten Castle in June. British Cemetery at Messines Ridge. Fort de Douaumont, Verdun. German Bunker at Tyne Cot Cemetery. Hill 60 Cratered Landscape. Montsec American Monument. Pozieres British Cemetery. Saint-Mihiel American Cemetery. Their Name Liveth For Evermore. World War One Trenches.
Remembrance Sunday - Lest We Forget.
Travel Photography.
Nomadic Gatherings: By Michel Guntern.
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Link to: https://blog.travelnotes.org/2015/fort-douaumont-verdun.htm