Béthincourt is a small village in the north of the Meuse region with 40 inhabitants, located about twenty kilometers from Verdun. In 1914 it had 439 inhabitants, 136 houses and 131 households. On February 21, 1916, the thunder of the guns marked the beginning of the Battle of Verdun. The village, which was taken by the French troops on April 8, 1916 and retaken on September 26, 1918, would completely disappear under the merciless bombardment of French and German shells. Béthincourt would receive the distinction of the Croix de Guerre with Palme. Situated in the red zone, Béthincourt should have been wiped off the map. But that did not take into account the tenacity and courage of a few villagers who fought to regain their land and began to rebuild their village a few hundred meters from its original location.

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Location: Béthincourt, Verdun, Great East, France

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