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Mort-Homme Memorial

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Mort-Homme Memorial

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Location: Chattancourt, Verdun, Great East, France

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lilian2260

June 15, 2021

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This memorial commemorates the soldiers of the French 69th Division, who fell in 1916 on the hill "Mort Homme". The hill claimed the lives of about 10,000 French soldiers.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

January 16, 2025

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The German offensive to conquer Verdun began in February 1916. In early March, the fighting took place on the heights of Mort-Homme. The French put up a heroic resistance under …

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Marc Thill

May 26, 2023

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Le Mort-Homme was one of the pivots of the defense of Verdun on the left bank. All the German assaults of March 1916 were broken on this ridge.

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