In January 1914, the French army had 47 division. The strength of the army consisted of 777,000 French and 46,000 colonial troops in 21 regional corps. French troops were deployed within France and along

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And the last location we visited in Verdun. Some of you may recognize it as a map from the Battlefield 1 "They Shall Not Pass" DLC. It's actually very different in real life than it is in the

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The poppy is a symbol of remembrance, worn every November, to commemorate members of the armed forces who gave their lives in war. Its origins go back to WWI. Amongst the churned up soil and shell holes

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The last two things we visited in Verdun were Fort Douaumont and Fort Vaux. We didn't visit the inside of Fort Douaumont as there were too many tourists, however we did explore the inside of Fort Vaux

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As the Germans advanced towards Stalingrad in the summer of 1942, the war came to the locals of the city. An evacuation was slowed to the speed of the Wehrmachts advancement. Because the city wore Stalin's

The Memorial Verdun is a war memorial located just a few hundred meters from the destroyed village Fleury (Episode 7). It was built in the 1960s, financed by Maurice Genevoix. It has been open to the public

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Neuschwanstein Castle Neuschwanstein is probably one of the most popular castles in the world. Even Walt Disney used it as inspiration for his movie Sleeping Beauty. It is one of Europe's most visited

Fleury is a village very close to Verdun. Before the war, Fleury was a village of 422 that produced agriculture and woodworking. Today, it's an artillery scarred area next to the Verdun Memorial with no

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When a German aristocrat, brigadier general Ferdinand Zeppelin retired from the army in 1891, he devoted himself to the study of aeronautics. His proposals to the government for a "lighter than air

Bayonet Trench or Tranchée de Baïonnettes in French, is an unusual war memorial, located a few hundred meters north of the Douaumont Oussuary. It honors the memory of the French soldiers, who were buried