Verdun (/vɜːrˈdʌn/ vur-DUN, UK also /ˈvɛərdʌn/ VAIR-dun, US also /vɛərˈdʌn/ vair-DUN, French: [vɛʁdœ̃] ; official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is...
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hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse. The German 5th Army attacked the defences of the Fortified Region of Verdun (RFV, Région Fortifiée de Verdun) and those of...
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department and it hosted an important battle/offensive in 1916 in and around Verdun. Meuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution...
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Netherlands and towns: Haute-Marne Vosges: Neufchâteau Meuse: Commercy, Saint-Mihiel, Verdun, Stenay Ardennes: Sedan, Charleville-Mézières, Givet Namur:...
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Wayback Machine Verdun-Douaumont. Retrieved 4 February 2013 Soldat Du Droit Verdun website. Retrieved 4 February 2013 Mort Homme Verdun-Meuse. Retrieved 12...
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The Verdun Memorial is a war memorial to commemorate the Battle of Verdun, fought in 1916 as part of the First World War. It is situated on the battlefield...
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Voie Sacrée (category Meuse (department))
connects Bar-le-Duc to Verdun (Meuse), France. It was given its name because of the vital role it played during the Battle of Verdun in World War I. After...
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The arrondissement of Verdun is an arrondissement of France in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region. It has 254 communes. Its population is 85...
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List of French villages destroyed in World War I (category Geography of Meuse (department))
mostly in the French département of Meuse. During the First World War, specifically at the time of the Battle of Verdun in 1916, many villages in northern...
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Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Verdun Communauté de communes de l'Aire à l'Argonne Communauté de communes Argonne-Meuse Communauté...
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Fleury-devant-Douaumont (category Battle of Verdun)
before Douaumont) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. During the Battle of Verdun in 1916 it was captured and recaptured...
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November 2022. "La citadelle souterraine – lieu du choix – Verdun-Meuse.fr". verdun-meuse.fr. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved...
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The Meuse–Argonne offensive (also known as the Meuse River–Argonne Forest offensive, the Battles of the Meuse–Argonne, and the Meuse–Argonne campaign)...
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Verdun is a city in the Meuse département of France. It also refers to the Battle of Verdun, fought near the above. Verdun may also refer to: J Robert...
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Fort Vaux (category Battle of Verdun)
Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended to protect the city of Verdun. Built from...
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David Terrier (category People from Verdun)
David Terrier (born 4 August 1973 in Verdun, Meuse) is a retired French football defender who last played for US Créteil. He played for FC Metz and AC...
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Reddition is the precise location. Valmy liberated on 30 August 1944. Verdun, Meuse, became in October 1944, one of the two largest American supply depots...
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Félix Chadenet (category Prefects of Meuse (department))
bâtonnier of the Verdun bar, and a member of the Meuse General Council. After the February Revolution of 1848 Chadenet was elected to represent Meuse in the Constituent...
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The Meuse-Line is the chain of French forts and other military installations closing the passages of the Meuse between Verdun and Toul. These lines formed...
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metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon. The Diocese of Verdun corresponds to the département of Meuse in the région of Lorraine. The diocese is subdivided...
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Subprefecture building in Verdun, Meuse...
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Abbey of St Paul, Verdun (French: L'abbaye Saint-Paul de Verdun), is a former Premonstratensian monastery in Verdun, department of Meuse, Grand Est region...
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Battle of Verdun, defending the left bank of the river Meuse: « He was to command the half of the Région Fortifiée de Verdun west of the river Meuse, including...
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Verdun, in the Meuse department, is a small city on the river Meuse, which was heavily fortified before WWI. A military airfield was created in 1912 out...
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Le Mort Homme (category Battle of Verdun)
following German attacks on the right bank of the River Meuse during the Battle of Verdun, the French had established artillery batteries on the hills...
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The canton of Verdun-1 is an administrative division of the Meuse department, northeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganization...
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Moulin de Rouvres (category Battle of Verdun)
1914-1918, Verdun, Connaissance de la Meuse, 2000 ISBN 2-9503985-4-5, 978-2-9503985-4-3 OCLC 76448736 Henry Lemoine, Département de la Meuse, dictionnaire...
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Country Jordan almonds — confectionary perhaps named after the town of Verdun, Meuse Nice biscuit or Nizza — a cookie named after the city of Nice, Alpes-Maritimes...
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Giovanni Veneroni (category People from Verdun)
lexicographer and grammarian. It is believed that he was a native from Verdun (Meuse) and later Italianized his name. He went to Paris, where he pretended...
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"Reveille", the bugle call sounded at sunrise "The Rouse" http://www.verdun-meuse.fr/images/files/ArticleJournalCombattants030410.pdf. Archived 2016-03-03...
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