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  • Graffiti from the First World War scratched in the wall of the Gallo-Roman crayeres or chalk wine cellars, 4th century AD, with bottles of Taittinger champagne, at the Chateau de la Marquetterie, Maison Taittinger, Pierry, Epernay, near Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The cellars were originally chalk quarries 18m underground, and became cellars for Saint-Nicaise abbey before being used by champagne houses for wine storage. This Champagne area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 94 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published September 1954, featuring an article on 40 years since victory on the Marne, in the Battle of the Marne in 1914 during the First World War, and a portrait of the explorer Cavelier de la Salle. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument aux Morts, commissioned 1919 and inaugurated 1923, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, on the Place de l'Obelisque in Port-Vendres, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The monument consists of a sculpture of a reclining woman holding olive branches, and an obelisk. It is 1 of 4 monuments to the war dead made free of charge in Pyrenees-Orientales by Maillol. Port-Vendres is a fishing port with a deep water harbour on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. The monument is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument aux Morts, commissioned 1919 and inaugurated 1923, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, on the Place de l'Obelisque in Port-Vendres, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The monument consists of a sculpture of a reclining woman holding olive branches, and an obelisk. It is 1 of 4 monuments to the war dead made free of charge in Pyrenees-Orientales by Maillol. Port-Vendres is a fishing port with a deep water harbour on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. The monument is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument aux Morts, commissioned 1919 and inaugurated 1923, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, on the Place de l'Obelisque beside the harbour in Port-Vendres, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The monument consists of a sculpture of a reclining woman holding olive branches, and an obelisk. It is 1 of 4 monuments to the war dead made free of charge in Pyrenees-Orientales by Maillol. Port-Vendres is a fishing port with a deep water harbour on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. The monument is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window by Rene Billa in the dormitory of the lay brothers at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. The artist Rene Billa, 1875-1944, created 4 windows in this room, using fragments of broken coloured glass from church or cathedral windows which had been bombed in World War One. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window by Rene Billa in the dormitory of the lay brothers at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. The artist Rene Billa, 1875-1944, created 4 windows in this room, using fragments of broken coloured glass from church or cathedral windows which had been bombed in World War One. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window by Rene Billa in the dormitory of the lay brothers at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. The artist Rene Billa, 1875-1944, created 4 windows in this room, using fragments of broken coloured glass from church or cathedral windows which had been bombed in World War One. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window by Rene Billa in the dormitory of the lay brothers at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. The artist Rene Billa, 1875-1944, created 4 windows in this room, using fragments of broken coloured glass from church or cathedral windows which had been bombed in World War One. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • War memorial outside the town hall, commemorating villagers who died in WWI and WWII, in Hautvillers in the Champagne vineyard region of Vallee de la Marne, Grand Est, France. The surrounding Champagne hillsides are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ embracing a wounded soldier surrounded by war graves, detail of a ceramic mosaic, 1924, by Charles Wassem, based on a drawing by Maurice Denis, 1870-1943, on the Great War Memorial, dedicated to clergymen from Quimper and Leon who died in the First World War, in Quimper Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Corentin de Quimper, a Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral founded in 1239 and completed in the 15th century, in Quimper, Finistere, Brittany, France. The cathedral is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 12 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published November 1947, featuring an article on memories of the 11th November, Armistice Day, by General Weygand, with Dancers in Blue by Edgar Degas, 1890, on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 707 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published November 2005 featuring an article on Christmas 1914 entitled Enemies Fraternising. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 239 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1966, featuring an article on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in Budapest and the retaking of Fort Douaumont in 1916. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Faubourg Pave Cemetery, or French National Cemetery, one of the 19 cemeteries from the Battle of Verdun in World War One, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The cemetery contains 4906 war graves from World War One and 600 French war graves from World War Two. In the centre is the Cross of Sacrifice. This cemetery also houses the Carre des 7 Inconnus, or Square of the 7 Unknown, dedicated to unknown soldiers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Faubourg Pave Cemetery, or French National Cemetery, one of the 19 cemeteries from the Battle of Verdun in World War One, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The cemetery contains 4906 war graves from World War One and 600 French war graves from World War Two. In the centre is the Cross of Sacrifice. This cemetery also houses the Carre des 7 Inconnus, or Square of the 7 Unknown, dedicated to unknown soldiers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Faubourg Pave Cemetery, or French National Cemetery, one of the 19 cemeteries from the Battle of Verdun in World War One, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The cemetery contains 4906 war graves from World War One and 600 French war graves from World War Two. In the centre is the Cross of Sacrifice. This cemetery also houses the Carre des 7 Inconnus, or Square of the 7 Unknown, dedicated to unknown soldiers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cross of Scrifice at the Faubourg Pave Cemetery, or French National Cemetery, one of the 19 cemeteries from the Battle of Verdun in World War One, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The cemetery contains 4906 war graves from World War One and 600 French war graves from World War Two. This cemetery also houses the Carre des 7 Inconnus, or Square of the 7 Unknown, dedicated to unknown soldiers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Haussmann Memorial, commemorating the nearly 2000 Societe Generale employees killed in armed service in the 2 World Wars, inaugurated 1948, in the lobby of the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Military uniforms on display at the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or War and Peace in the Ardennes Museum, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Military vehicle at the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or War and Peace in the Ardennes Museum, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or War and Peace in the Ardennes Museum, aerial view, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Haussmann Memorial, detail, commemorating the nearly 2000 Societe Generale employees killed in armed service in the 2 World Wars, inaugurated 1948, in the lobby of the registered head office of Societe Generale, at 29 Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The bank was founded in 1864 and these buildings were transformed 1906-12 by Jacques Hermant, and in use from 1915. Societe Generale remains one of the largest banks in the world, although its headquarters are now at La Defense. The Haussmann building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhibition at the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or War and Peace in the Ardennes Museum, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Guns and uniforms on display at the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or War and Peace in the Ardennes Museum, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Adolf Hitler, 1937-45, after Arno Breker, and a Nazi swastika flag, at the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or War and Peace in the Ardennes Museum, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or War and Peace in the Ardennes Museum, aerial view, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure of Victory on the Monument aux morts et a la Victoire, sculpture by Pierre-Marie Poisson, opened 1924, a memorial to the 6000 citizens of Le Havre who died in the First World War, whose names are inscribed on the base, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The monumental sculpture depicts Victory leading various allegorical figures, both civic and military. On the left are apartment blocks designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • WWI trenches reconstruction, in the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tsar Nicolas II with Albert Thomas, 1878-1932, and Rene Viviani, 1862-1925, at the imperial general headquarters, May 1916, during the First World War, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3864, 24th March 1917. This is one of the last photographs sent to L'Illustration by the Russian court photographer. Some of them date from 1916 but permission to publish was only granted on 20th March 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument aux morts et a la Victoire, sculpture by Pierre-Marie Poisson, opened 1924, a memorial to the 6000 citizens of Le Havre who died in the First World War, whose names are inscribed on the base, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The monumental sculpture depicts Victory leading various allegorical figures, both civic and military. To the right is Le Volcan or the Volcano, an auditorium opened 1982, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012, and Jean-Maur Lyonnet, at the Maison de la Culture du Havre. Behind is an apartment block designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Verdun battlefield, with the site of old trenches and Abri 320, an underground shelter built 1889-91 and occupied by both sides during the Battle of Verdun, suffering heavy bombardment, at the national cemetery at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, built to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The small tower is a ventilation chimney for the underground shelter. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, holding 16,142 graves and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Endre Thome, at the national cemetery at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, built to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. As a parlementarian, Thome was excused from combat but volunteered to serve on the front line and was fatally injured on 10th March 1916, receiving the Legion of Honour. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, holding 16,142 graves and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior and cloister of the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers, some of whom are named on the plaques covering the walls and ceiling. The adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves and is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The French military cemetery overlooking the Verdun battlefield at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muslim section of the French military cemetery overlooking the Verdun battlefield at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Verdun battlefield, with the site of old trenches and Abri 320, an underground shelter built 1889-91 and occupied by both sides during the Battle of Verdun, suffering heavy bombardment, at the national cemetery at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, built to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The small tower is a ventilation chimney for the underground shelter. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, holding 16,142 graves and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • WWI trenches reconstruction, in the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • WWI trenches reconstruction, in the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Diorama reconstruction of an attack on a German trench, February 1915, in WWI, in the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soldier in a muddy sandbagged trench in WWI, photograph, in the Musee Guerre et Paix en Ardennes, or Museum of War and Peace in the Ardennes, opened 2003 and reopened 2018 after refurbishment, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War, First World War and Second World War, in Novion-Porcien, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The French military cemetery in the evening at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The French military cemetery in the evening at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Verdun battlefield, with the site of old trenches and Abri 320, an underground shelter built 1889-91 and occupied by both sides during the Battle of Verdun, suffering heavy bombardment, at the national cemetery at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, built to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The small tower is a ventilation chimney for the underground shelter. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, holding 16,142 graves and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior and cloister of the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers, some of whom are named on the plaques covering the walls and ceiling. The adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves and is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of soldier with floral tributes in the cloister of the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers, some of whom are named on the plaques covering the walls and ceiling. The adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves and is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior and cloister of the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers, some of whom are named on the plaques covering the walls and ceiling. The adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves and is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior and cloister of the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers, some of whom are named on the plaques covering the walls and ceiling. The adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves and is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior and cloister of the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers, some of whom are named on the plaques covering the walls and ceiling.  The adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves and is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Endre Thome, at the national cemetery at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, built to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. As a parlementarian, Thome was excused from combat but volunteered to serve on the front line and was fatally injured on 10th March 1916, receiving the Legion of Honour. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, holding 16,142 graves and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1086.jpg
  • Graves at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_FRANCE_MC_1085.jpg
  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bread oven in the bakery, used during the First World War to make 300 rations per day, at the Fort de la Bonnelle, a defensive fortress built 1870-85, used in the Franco-Prussian war and First World War, at Saint-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The belt fort of La Bonnelle, also known as Fort Decres, was positioned to survey the road to Dijon and the Buzon plateau, and contains barracks, a courtyard and vaulted ditches used for storage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Russian troops attending mass on a mountain top after the reading of the manifesto of the new government, in the Serbian mountains of Macedonia during the First World War, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3875, 9th June 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front page of Le Canard Enchaine, issue number 944, 19th year, published 1st August 1934, with a cartoon featuring a skeleton soldier at a war cemetery and the headline, 'La Commemoration n'est pas le guerre', commenting on 20 years since the start of the First World War. Le Canard Enchaine is a satirical weekly newspaper, founded in 1915 during the First World War by Maurice Marechal, Jeanne Marechal and H P Gassier. It features investigative journalism, political cartoons, business and political leaks and bogus interviews. In 2015 the newspaper celebrated its 100th anniversary. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • One of the main wards in the hospital used during the First World War for treating colonial troops, originally the Cochinchina Pavilion (Cochinchina, now in South Vietnam, was a French colony 1862-1954) in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, postcard from the nearby Musee de Nogent sur Marne, France. During the war the colonial hospital treated over 4800 patients and it closed on 1st May 1919. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Musee de Nogent sur Marne
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  • Detail of a soldier holding a sword (Le Vainqueur) from the Monument aux morts et a la Victoire, sculpture by Pierre-Marie Poisson, opened 1924, a memorial to the 6000 citizens of Le Havre who died in the First World War, whose names are inscribed on the base, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The monumental sculpture depicts Victory leading various allegorical figures, both civic and military. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l'Europe, or Chapel of Our Lady of Europe, a memorial chapel built 1934 by Louis-Alfred Berthemy, on the site of a church in the village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, which was completely destroyed in the Battle of Verdun in World War One. Prior to the war the village had 400 inhabitants but found itself on the front line, was destroyed and never rebuilt. The chapel is a site of remembrance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l'Europe, or Chapel of Our Lady of Europe, a memorial chapel built 1934 by Louis-Alfred Berthemy, on the site of a church in the village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, which was completely destroyed in the Battle of Verdun in World War One. Prior to the war the village had 400 inhabitants but found itself on the front line, was destroyed and never rebuilt. The chapel is a site of remembrance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument marking the site of the village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, which was completely destroyed in the Battle of Verdun in World War One. Prior to the war the village had 400 inhabitants but found itself on the front line, was destroyed and never rebuilt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_VERDUN_MC021.jpg
  • The Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l'Europe, or Chapel of Our Lady of Europe, a memorial chapel built 1934 by Louis-Alfred Berthemy, on the site of a church in the village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, which was completely destroyed in the Battle of Verdun in World War One. Prior to the war the village had 400 inhabitants but found itself on the front line, was destroyed and never rebuilt. The chapel is a site of remembrance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of a French poilu or soldier, carved from a tree trunk, at the site of a crater where the remains of 26 French soldiers were discovered in 2013. The crater was originally a building in the village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, which was completely destroyed in the Battle of Verdun in World War One. Prior to the war the village had 400 inhabitants but found itself on the front line, was destroyed and never rebuilt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l'Europe, or Chapel of Our Lady of Europe, a memorial chapel built 1934 by Louis-Alfred Berthemy, on the site of a church in the village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, which was completely destroyed in the Battle of Verdun in World War One. Prior to the war the village had 400 inhabitants but found itself on the front line, was destroyed and never rebuilt. The chapel is a site of remembrance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l'Europe, or Chapel of Our Lady of Europe, a memorial chapel built 1934 by Louis-Alfred Berthemy, on the site of a church in the village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, which was completely destroyed in the Battle of Verdun in World War One. Prior to the war the village had 400 inhabitants but found itself on the front line, was destroyed and never rebuilt. The chapel is a site of remembrance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin, 1979, by Andre Messin Forfert, draped in a European flag as a symbol of peace and reconciliation, at the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l'Europe, or Chapel of Our Lady of Europe, a memorial chapel built 1934 by Louis-Alfred Berthemy, on the site of a church in the village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, which was completely destroyed in the Battle of Verdun in World War One. Prior to the war the village had 400 inhabitants but found itself on the front line, was destroyed and never rebuilt. The chapel is a site of remembrance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument aux Morts de la Grande Guerre, a war memorial to the citizens of Belfort who died in the First World War, 1924, by Albert Le Monnier and Georges Verez, with a winged victory and relief of soldiers around base, on the Square du Souvenir in Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General Leontiev preparing to decorate a soldier, with Russian troops in the background, in the Serbian mountains of Macedonia during the First World War, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3875, 9th June 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General Fyodor Palitzin, 1851-1923, commander of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France, encouraging soldier delegates of the Petrograd Committee, serving in France in the First World War, to work for Russia and for France, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3873, 26th May 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General Fyodor Palitzin, 1851-1923, commander of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France, encouraging soldier delegates standing at ease of the Petrograd Committee, serving in France in the First World War, to work for Russia and for France, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3873, 26th May 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woodland, originally the site of the village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, which was completely destroyed in the Battle of Verdun in World War One. Prior to the war the village had 400 inhabitants but found itself on the front line, was destroyed and never rebuilt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marius Moutet, 1876-1968, French Socialist diplomat and colonial adviser, socialist deputy of Rhone, visiting the Russian Front during the First World War, with soldiers and officers of a regiment which he has encouraged to do their duty, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3875, 9th June 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paul Landowski Monument, or Monument a la Gloire des Armees Francaises de 1914-1918, detail, built 1936-56 and inaugurated 1956, by Louis Henri Bouchard, 1875-1960, Paul Landowski, 1875-1961 and Albert Drouet, 1880-1953, on the Place du Trocadero, beside the Passy cemetery in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, Ile-de-France, France. This is a monument to the glory of the French army during the First World War, and the sculptural group depicts an allegorical figure of France with soldiers and other participants in the war, positioned on a 216m long monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paul Landowski Monument, or Monument a la Gloire des Armees Francaises de 1914-1918, built 1936-56 and inaugurated 1956, by Louis Henri Bouchard, 1875-1960, Paul Landowski, 1875-1961 and Albert Drouet, 1880-1953, on the Place du Trocadero, beside the Passy cemetery in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, Ile-de-France, France. This is a monument to the glory of the French army during the First World War, and the sculptural group depicts an allegorical figure of France with soldiers and other participants in the war, positioned on a 216m long monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside the monument at the Tranchee des Baionnettes, or Trench of Bayonets, built 1919 with funds from an American, Mr Rand, and inaugurated 1920, commemorating the soldiers of the 137th infantry regiment, who were buried alive here under German bombardment in the 1916 Battle of Verdun in World War One, near Fort Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The trench has been covered over and crosses mark the positions of the soldiers. The monument symbolises the sacrifice of all soldiers with no grave and was the first to be built on the battlefield. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument at the Tranchee des Baionnettes, or Trench of Bayonets, built 1919 with funds from an American, Mr Rand, and inaugurated 1920, commemorating the soldiers of the 137th infantry regiment, who were buried alive here under German bombardment in the 1916 Battle of Verdun in World War One, near Fort Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The monument symbolises the sacrifice of all soldiers with no grave and was the first to be built on the battlefield. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to the Sons of Verdun, built 1928 near the Porte Chaussee, by architect Forest and sculptor Claude Grange, 1883-1971, commemorating the 518 men of Verdun (510 soldiers, 8 civilians) who died in World War One, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The monument bears the inscription 'On ne passe pas' as 5 French men form a barrier to German soldiers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to the Sons of Verdun, built 1928 near the Porte Chaussee, by architect Forest and sculptor Claude Grange, 1883-1971, commemorating the 518 men of Verdun (510 soldiers, 8 civilians) who died in World War One, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The monument bears the inscription 'On ne passe pas' as 5 French men form a barrier to German soldiers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to the Sons of Verdun, built 1928 near the Porte Chaussee, by architect Forest and sculptor Claude Grange, 1883-1971, commemorating the 518 men of Verdun (510 soldiers, 8 civilians) who died in World War One, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The monument bears the inscription 'On ne passe pas' as 5 French men form a barrier to German soldiers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Boyau de Londres, a communications trench dug in 1917 to link the Fort de Douaumont to the rear lines, during the Battle of Verdun in World War One, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fort de Douaumont, built 1885-1913, the largest of the 19 defensive forts around Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. In 1916, during the Battle of Verdun in World War One, the German army occupied the fort, which was only recaptured after 9 months of intense fighting and the loss of tens of thousands of men, ending in the First Offensive Battle of Verdun on 24 October 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Fort de Douaumont, built 1885-1913, the largest of the 19 defensive forts around Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. In 1916, during the Battle of Verdun in World War One, the German army occupied the fort, which was only recaptured after 9 months of intense fighting and the loss of tens of thousands of men, ending in the First Offensive Battle of Verdun on 24 October 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Boyau de Londres, a communications trench dug in 1917 to link the Fort de Douaumont to the rear lines, during the Battle of Verdun in World War One, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carving of Christ with the inscription 'It is finished', made by German soldiers in the stone wall of Fort de Douaumont, built 1885-1913, the largest of the 19 defensive forts around Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. In 1916, during the Battle of Verdun in World War One, the German army occupied the fort, which was only recaptured after 9 months of intense fighting and the loss of tens of thousands of men, ending in the First Offensive Battle of Verdun on 24 October 1916. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Boyau de Londres, a communications trench dug in 1917 to link the Fort de Douaumont to the rear lines, during the Battle of Verdun in World War One, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reconstruction of the command post of Major Sylvain-Eugene Raynal, in the Fort de Vaux, built 1881-84 and reinforced in 1888, at Vaux-devant-Damloup, near Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The fort was attacked by German soldiers on 2nd June 1916 during the Battle of Verdun in World War One and was the scene of heavy combat, but was recaptured by French infantry on 2nd November. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Latrines, in the Fort de Vaux, built 1881-84 and reinforced in 1888, at Vaux-devant-Damloup, near Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The fort was attacked by German soldiers on 2nd June 1916 during the Battle of Verdun in World War One and was the scene of heavy combat, but was recaptured by French infantry on 2nd November. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Turret 75 R05, a 75mm machine gun turret at the Ouvrage de Froideterre, a small fort holding 200 men with 2 machine gun turrets and 2 observation turrets, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. This replaced an earlier construction, Ouvrage A, built 1887-88. Froideterre protected the Meuse and the road to Montmedy and saw heavy bombardment in the Battle of Verdun in World War One. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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