French War Cemetery Douaumont
This war cemetery contains the graves of 16.142 French soldiers and officers who fell in the Battle of Verdun (21 February - 18 December 1916). It's the world's largest French war cemetery.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Kaj Metz (1,2,3,4) & TracesOfWar.nl (5)
Nearby
Museum
- Museum Ossuary Douaumont - Douaumont (Verdun)
- Douaumont Fortress - Douaumont (Verdun)
- Mémorial de Verdun - Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Point of interest
- Former Village Fleury - Fleury-devant-Douaumont
- Former Village Douaumont - Douaumont (Verdun)
- Former village Vaux-devant-Damloup - Vaux-devant-Damloup
Monument
- Monument Verdun Gesture - Fleury-devant-Douaumont
- Memorial Soldat du Droit - Douaumont (Verdun)
- Memorial Marshall Jean de Lattre de Tassigny - Douaumont (Verdun)
Cemetery
- Douaumont Ossuary - Douaumont (Verdun)
- Grave Colonel Leon Rodier - Fleury-devant-Douaumont
- Field Grave French Soldier - Verdun
Fortification
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