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1. Mort-Homme Memorial – Verdun Memorial and Monuments loop from Chattancourt

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02:37

310m

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2. Verdun Memorial and Monuments – Memoire Vive loop from Vacherauville

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3. Mort-Homme Memorial – Cumières le Mort-Homme loop from Vacherauville

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01:55

210m

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lilian2260

June 15, 2021

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

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 a torrent of fire. In this sector, 10,000 poilus died.

Monument du Mort-Homme, by sculptor Jacques Froment-Meurice.

The soldier's skeleton detaches itself from its shroud and lets out its cry of victory. On one arm, he carries a flag, the symbol of the nation for which he sacrificed himself, and on the other arm, he waves the torch of victory. At the foot of the monument, the phrase "They have not passed" recalls the sacrifice of French fighters for the possession and preservation of this observation hill on the left bank of the Meuse.

The village of Cumières, declared a "dead village for France", became Cumières le Mort-Homme in 1922. In memory of the village, the Saint-Rémi chapel was built with the stones of the old church, in the middle of an enclosure, preceded by a monument to remind us that there was a peaceful village here.

More information on tourisme-verdun.com/decouverte/post/site-du-mort-homme

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Location: Chattancourt, Verdun, Great East, France

Mort-Homme Memorial

1. Mort-Homme Memorial – Verdun Memorial and Monuments loop from Chattancourt

2. Verdun Memorial and Monuments – Memoire Vive loop from Vacherauville

3. Mort-Homme Memorial – Cumières le Mort-Homme loop from Vacherauville

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