Monument des Crapouillots
This memorial commemorates the 12,000 French trench-mortar artillerymen who were killed in the First World War. The monument is in the shape of a French mortar grenade.
The memorial was destroyed in the battle in 1940 and reconstructed after World War II.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: François Goglins
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