The sites of the Battle of Verdun (Meuse)
The principal objective of the Memorial of Verdun is to teach about the battles that went on around Verdun and those of 1916 in particular.
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The Battle Field of Verdun bears the scars of the First War World. Forever marked by the terrible battles of 14-18 (craters left by mines and shells, destroyed villages, fortifications), the site is a veritable material lesson in history. On the 23rd October 1960, on the initiative of Maurice Genevoix, the President of the National Committee of the Remembrance of Verdun (CNSV), it was decided to create a Memorial on the former site of the train station of Fleury, a village that was destroyed. Its name is attached to the battle of 1916, although in fact fighting went on in and around Verdun throughout the whole of the First World War. |
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Situated in Fleury-devant-Douaumont, the Memorial is a symbol of the process of historical remembrance, which has taken over from patriotic remembrance. |
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Memorial of Verdun
1, avenue du Corps Européen
55100 Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Tel. : +33 (0)3 29 84 35 34
Fax : +33 (0)3 29 84 45 54
E-mail : Memorial.14-18@wanadoo.fr
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