Douaumont Ossuary, Verdun, Lorraine, France, Europe
The Douaumont ossuary is a memorial containing the remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War I. It is located in Douaumont, France, within the Verdun battlefield. It was built on the initiative of Charles Ginisty, Bishop of Verdun. It has been designated a nécropole nationale, or national cemetery. During the 300 days of the Battle of Verdun (21 February 1916 – 19 December 1916) approximately 230,000 men died out of a total of 700,000 casualties (dead, wounded and missing). The battle became known in German as Die Hölle von Verdun (English: The Hell of Verdun), or in French as L'Enfer de Verdun, and was conducted on a battlefield covering less than 20 square kilometers (7.7 sq mi). The ossuary is a memorial containing the remains of both French and German soldiers who died on the Verdun battlefield. Through small outside windows, the skeletal remains of at least 130,000 unidentified combatants of both nations can be seen filling up alcoves at the lower edge of the building. On the inside of the ossuary building, the ceiling and walls are partly covered by plaques bearing names of French soldiers who fell during the Battle of Verdun. A few of the names are from fighting that took place in the area during World War II, as well as for veterans of the Indochina and Algerian Wars. The families of the soldiers that are recognized here by name contributed for those individual plaques. In front of the monument, and sloping downhill, lies the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War with 16,142 graves. It was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran André Maginot, who would later design the Maginot Line. The ossuary was officially inaugurated on 7 August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun. The architects of the ossuary were Léon Azéma, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy; George Desvallières designed the stained glass windows. The tower is 46 meters (151 ft) high and has a panoramic view of the battlefields. The tower contains a bronze death-bell, weighing over 2 metric tons (2.0 long tons; 2.2 short tons), called Bourdon de la Victoire, which is sounded at official ceremonies. It was offered by an American benefactor, Anne Thornburn Van Buren, in 1927. At the top of the tower is a rotating red and white lantern of the dead, which until recently shone on the battlefields at night. The cloister is 137 meters (449 ft) long and contains 42 interior alcoves.
Verdun Part One: Arriving at the Douaumont Ossuary, Verdun, France.
In one single shot lasting over 5 minutes, I arrive in the battlefield area to the north east of the city of Verdun. I pass the Trench of Bayonets, the Douaumont Ossuary (not a brilliant view as the weather is quite bad) before heading off towards Fort Douaumont. The second half of this video looks at the features on top of the central part of the fort including the creepy viewing positions which look like futuristic alien heads and the quite incredible rising gun turrets. I Part Two (a separate video) I go inside the Fort.
The Douaumont Ossuary & National Cemetery, Douaumont, nr Verdun, France.
The Douaumont ossuary (L'ossuaire de Douaumont) is a memorial containing the remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War I. Surrounded by the graves of 1000's of the fallen it is probably the most important cemetery in France.
Location: 49.20797 5.42376
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Verdun, Military Inspection / Tribute at Douaumont Ossuary, July 2010
Verdun, France July 2010. I happened to be visiting the Ossuary (Ossuaire) at Douaumont at the same time as this military parade. It was a moving tribute.
Apologies for the camera shake (hand held) and wind noise.
3D Stereoscopic Photographs of Dead French and German Soldiers at Verdun During World War 1
Animated stereoscopic photographs of dead French and German soldiers in and around Verdun during and after World War I. Some had specific locations around Verdun attached with their captions while others just said that they were just from the general area of Verdun. Thanks to members of /r/wwi for making some identifications of some of the scenes.
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Verdun - Fort Douaumont
Filmed at the destroyed village of Douaumont in the Verdun battlefield using a Phantom 3 drone. Shows aerial view of Fort Douaumont.
Forgotten History: The Capture of Fort Douaumont
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Welcome to out first episode of Forgotten History! This will be an occasional series looking at interesting events and places in military history. We will begin with the capture of Fort Douaumont on February 25, 1916...
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[WWI - 1916, France: Remains of Fort Douaumont In Snow. ca Oct-Dec16]
Pan Fleury battlefield covered in light snow; across rolling hills.
19:49:33 Intertitle: Douaumont - Official communique, 24Oct16.... (French).
19:49:58 Pan heavy snow on hillside w/ cave openings, men out & hurry along snow-covered path, pan continues showing closer view of rocky cliff w/ caves.
19:50:50 Intertitle. Snow covered remains of Fort Douaumont, w/ ponds in craters among rubble. Soldiers walking down snowy, icy windblown path.
19:52:04 Intertitle. Sentry beside snowy cave entrance. View out of cave to arriving French soldier.
19:52:32 Interior of stone lined passageway. (brief).
19;52:41 MS pan of soldiers slipping on ice & muddy path, pan snow covered landscape. View from cave entrance w/ barbed wire protection. Passageway having been bombed - festoons of wiring or reinforcing. Soldiers enter passageway; pose outside w/ walking sticks.
19:54:11 Intertitle: Noel. Still photograph of Christmas service held at Fort Douaumont. Sentry beside cave entrance; many others exiting past. Officers from the fort pose for camera.
19:54:45 German machine gun left behind. seen from inside. French soldiers walking towards remaining concrete (?) defense position on summit in snow.
19:55:22 LS troops walking along snow covered ridgeline (?). Pulling wood on wagons on hillside path enroute to the fort. Small explosions in air above snowy remains of the fort & nearby on plain.
19:56:33 Intertitle: Vaux. Intertitle of events leading to the French retaking of the fort on 01Nov16.
19:56:57 Cave entrance in destroyed fort remains; pan ice / snow on rocky cliff face. Pan to large openings & soldier w/ pick.
19:57:34 Intertitle. Soldier running away from camera down hill; two soldiers w/ rifles run towards camera. Explosion beyond near rocks; soldiers, one w/ gas mask, running up crater toward camera.
19:58:20 Men emerge from fort’s cave entrance covered w/ reinforcing rods.
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Fleury-devant-Douaumont, a village that died for France.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont is one of six small villages close to Verdun in France officially designated as a village that died for France.
The intensive artillery bombardments associated with the Battle of Verdun in 1916 meant that these villages were completely destroyed. Following the war, the French authorities decided that the damage was bnoth too severe to repair but also too dangerous to attempt (due to unexploded ordanance). Today, markers indicate where key buildings were located.
L'Ossuaire de Douaumont
Exposition de portraits de poilus réalisés par Didier Pazery à l'Ossuaire de Douaumont.
The Trench of Bayonets, near Verdun, France
The Trench of Bayonets (Monument de la Trenchee des Baionnettes), near Verdun, France is a very poignant and peaceful memorial to French soldiers in World War One.
The memorial came about when the original French trench came under intense German artillery bombardment in June 1916. The effect was so defastating that many French soldiers were killed buried in the trench...all that could be seen was end of bayonets sticking out of the earth.
Location: 49.21409 5.42567
Douamont Ossuary
The Douamont Ossuary which was erected to receive the unidentified remains of around 130,000 French soldiers lost during the battle of Verdun. The cemetery to the front of the Ossuary contains the graves of a further 15,000 French soldiers.
Outside Douaumont Ossuary
Approaching the Douaumont Ossuary near Verdun, France. I mess up what is an estuary and I apologize.
Fort de Douaumont, Ossuaire, Tranchée Des Baïonnettes
Fort de Douaumont, Ossuaire, Tranchée Des Baïonnettes, Monument de Guerre
World War I Cemetery at Douamont Ossuary near Verdun France
Near the Douamont Ossuary is a cemetery for soldiers who died in the Battle
Douaumont Ossuary and Cemetery
The Douaumont Ossuary and Cemetery for the fallen soldiers of WWI in Verdun, France (during the Battle of Verdun).