Fort Douaumont
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Fort Douaumont was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun, France, since the 1890s. By 1915, the French General Staff had concluded
Aerial view early in 1916 before major destruction in the Battle of Verdun. North is approximately at top
Main communication passage, Fort Douaumont
Captain Hans-Joachim Haupt, Lieutenant-Colonel von Oven, Captain Cordt von Brandis
Aerial view towards the end of 1916, showing trenches and shell craters. North is approximately at top
Fort Vaux
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Fort Vaux, in 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 1881 to 1884 for 1,500,00
Fort Douaumont
…shells had been fired at the fort since its capture by the Germans to little avail and tens of thousands of men had died in attempts to recapture it. Fort Vaux Zone rouge (First World War…
Diagram of Fort Vaux (1919)
Model "R" 1905 75 mm turret (9 July 2010)
Fort Vaux (27 March 2012)