More Charles Platiau/Reuters A tree grows in the WWI London trench at Douaumont near Verdun, northeastern France, March 30, 2014. After the recapture of Fort Douaumont and Fort Vaux by French ...

Perhaps the most powerful WWI sightseeing experience is ... Another key sight for visitors is Fort Douaumont, just northeast of Verdun. Constructed in 1885, the fort was the most important ...

Soar over Verdun, France, a city deeply scarred by history and home to one of the infamous Zone Rouges—areas still ...

Unfortunately for the French, somewhere along the line this order got lost in the chaos, and the new garrison never occupied the fort. In short, the linchpin of French defenses north of Verdun was ...

The front lines crisscrossed the fields of Verdun for almost the duration of WWI. Some 60 million shells were fired during the 10-month battle here from February to December 1916. “The ...

Verdun was one of the most savagely fought battles ... They fought for control of the Kamina wireless station. WW1: Why was the first day of the Somme such a disaster? documentWW1: Why was the ...

Yet, it has a mayor, and you can even stop in the village on a hilltop outside of Verdun. Especially in this year that marks the centenary of the end of WWI, a visit to Fleury makes for a ...

Nivelle and Mangin planned to strike a blow at the very center of the German line by recapturing Fort Douaumont, lost with scarcely a shot fired in the first days of the attack on Verdun ...

Today marks the 100th anniversary since the Battle of Verdun began. Lasting 300 days ... The Last Days of the Fort of Vaux, 13 where there is plenty of whitewashed nonsense. He wrote about liaison ...

Take a look at the first screenshots in the gallery below. Isonzo, like Verdun and Tannenberg before it in the WW1 series, aims to be as accurate in its details as possible. Weapons, uniforms ...