Fort Douaumont (French: Fort de Douaumont) was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun...

the landscape. The fort was built south-east of the village. The construction work for Fort de Douaumont started in 1885 and the fort was continually reinforced...

The Douaumont Ossuary (French: Ossuaire de Douaumont) is a memorial containing the skeletal remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the...

beginning of the attack until 21 February but the Germans captured Fort Douaumont in the first three days. The advance then slowed for several days, despite...

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...

Flanders in late 1914, at the Battle of Verdun in the recapture of Fort de Douaumont in October 1916, during the battle of Chemin des Dames in April 1917...

telephone. Fort Souville is located south of Fort Douaumont and southwest of Fort Vaux. The fort was one of the first forts of the Séré de Rivières system...

Fort de Joux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də ʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort,...

Neuville-Saint-Vaast Danish military cemetery: Braine Fort of Douaumont French headstones of the executed of Fleury-devant-Douaumont French memorial: Les fantômes French...

The travaux de 17 (built in 1917) also foreshadowed this advance. Fortification (general) List of fortifications Ceintures de Lyon Douaumont Verdun Fortifications...

addition to significant people and events related to the battle. The Douaumont ossuary is a memorial containing the remains of soldiers who died on the...

Verdun forts, which had been recently upgraded with extra layers of concrete and sand, were resistant to their heaviest shells. Fort Douaumont was captured...

Savitaipale Fort Bergues Fort Bayonne Fort de Bellegarde Bitche Fort Blaye Fort Bouillon Fort Boyard Fort Cambrai Fort Desaix Fort Douaumont Fort de Joux Fort Liberia...

point in pre-war France, ringed by a string of powerful forts, including Douaumont and Fort Vaux. By 1916, the salient at Verdun jutted into the German...

Douaumont-Vaux (French pronunciation: [dwomɔ̃ vo]) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It was established on 1...

Épine de Védegrange Battle of Verdun : Louvemont, Côte-du-Poivre (February), Souville (July) Apprehending of the Forts de Douaumont and Forts de Vaux:...

forts around Lyon and more generally the Séré de Rivières fort system. This belt of forts included the forts of Bron, Vancia, Feyzin and Mont Verdun. It...

his family rediscovered his decorations. On 22 June 1952 he visited the Douaumont ossuary, near Verdun, and took part in a ceremony organized there by Marshal...

Escadrille suffered its first fatality when Victor Chapman was shot down over Douaumont. The unit was posted to the front until September 1916, when the unit...

de la Salmagne was built to the northeast of Bersillies in 1884-1895 as part of the Séré de Rivières fortifications of Maubeuge. The trapezoidal fort...

fallen Muslim tirailleurs who died at Verdun (and in the take-back of Douaumont fort) As part of the Latin Quarter, the 5th arrondissement is known for its...

to call it Fleury-sur-Orne in memory of the commune of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, a commune of the Meuse (in 1914: 422 inhabitants, school, church, town...

that dominates the entire valley. The principal fort was built between 1884 and 1892 as part of the Séré de Rivières system. Construction was initially of...

lieutenant (Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre), killed on 2 August 1916 at Fleury, next to Douaumont fort. Lacheroy was raised by his grandfather...

is now abandoned. The Fort de Boussois, also known as the Fort de Kilmaine, was built between 1881 and 1883 as part of the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications...

fort was connected to other Belfort forts by the Chemins de fer du Territoire de Belfort strategic railroad. The fort was equipped with optical semaphores...

bombardment. The 42-centimetre guns had to suppress the artillery of Forts Vaux, Douaumont, Souville and Moulainville [fr] but were unable to penetrate the...

two kilometers while undergoing counter-attacks and captured the Fort of Douaumont. For this occasion, the regiment was awarded the Légion d'honneur...

right, was intended to transfer the Marshal's remains to the ossuary at Douaumont, near Verdun, as a sort of "rehabilitation" for Philippe Pétain's supporters...

lines, blinding the German Army for the first French counter-attack on Fort Douaumont. Le Prieurs were also occasionally used against ground targets, the...