Romagne-sous-Montfaucon is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It has a cemetery for US military killed during the First World War. Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Tourist Spot Attractions In Romagne-sous-Montfaucon
1. Fort DouaumontVerdun 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 that even the best-protected forts of Verdun could not resist bombardments from the German 420 mm Gamma guns. These new super-heavy howitzers had easily taken several large Belgian forts out of action in August 1914. Fort Douaumont and other Verdun forts were judged ineffective and had been partly disarmed and left virtually undefended since 1915. On 25 February 1916, Fort Douaumont was entered and occupied without a fight by a small German raiding party comprising only 19 officers and 79 men. The easy fall of Fort Douaumont, only three days after the beginning of the Battle of Verdun, shocked... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
3. Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and MemorialRomagne Sous Montfaucon The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is a 130.5-acre World War I cemetery in France. It is located east of the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon in Meuse. The cemetery contains the largest number of American military dead in Europe , most of whom lost their lives during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and were buried there. The cemetery consists of eight sections behind a large central reflection pool. Beyond the grave sections is a chapel which is decorated with stained glass windows depicting American units' insignias. Along the walls of the chapel area are the tablets of the missing which include the names of those soldiers who fought in the region and in northern Russia, but have no known grave. It also includes the Montfaucon American Monument. This cemetery is maintained by the American ... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon Videos
Romagne Living History
This is a short promotion film for the 89th Division tours and Living History event in November 2018 in collaboration with the museum Romagne 14-18
NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
I short video I shot while visiting the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial on July 1, 2012. If you are an American citizen and visit this site, you will find yourself overwhelmed with emotion while walking around there. I sure did.
Grave of HR van Rensselaer
Pvt HR van Rensselaer was killed 9 November, 1918, 2 days before WWI ended. He is buried in the St Mihiel
American Cemetary near Thiaucourt (M. et M.), France. Does anyone have any information on this man? He is probably related to my step-great-grandfather, so I went to see his grave.
Awoingt British Cemetery, near Cambrai, France
Video of this WW1 Commonwealth Cemetery in northern France. Here's waht CWGC says about it
Awoingt British Cemetery was begun in the latter half of October 1918 and used until the middle of December; the village had been captured on 9/10 October. By 28 October, the 38th, 45th and 59th Casualty Clearing Stations were posted in the neighbourhood, and the great majority of the burials were made from those hospitals, but 16 graves in Plot III, Row H, and Plot V, were brought in after the Armistice from the country immediately surrounding the village.
Awoingt British Cemetery contains 653 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War, including a special memorial to one casualty whose grave in the cemetery cannot now be found. The cemetery also contains 63 war graves of other nationalities, most of them German.