Vaux-devant-Damloup
After the war a village of the same name was built nearby.
Douaumont
Each post along the narrow road bears a name of a local civilian who died.
How different the village looks today
The ossuary, memorial and the main cemetery at Douamont.
More details here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douaumont_Ossuary Our visits to other destroyed villages to follow...
i cannot imagine what the inhabitants must have been through. Thank you for bringing this piece of history to my attention. Chilling story, well illustrated by the photographs.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, Alison.
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