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Barbed wire in the form of a spiral and anti-tank piles are seen in a field where barley is grown, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 17, 2025 (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Farmers continue growing crops on Ukraine front line
Barbed wire in the form of a spiral and anti-tank piles are seen in a field where barley is grown, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 17, 2025 (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Farmers continue growing crops on Ukraine front line
Barbed wire in the form of a spiral and anti-tank piles are seen in a field where barley is grown, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 17, 2025 (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Farmers continue growing crops on Ukraine front line
Barbed wire in the form of a spiral and anti-tank piles are seen in a field where rapeseed is grown, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 17, 2025 (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Farmers continue growing crops on Ukraine front line
Barbed wire in the form of a spiral and anti-tank piles are seen in a field where barley is grown, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 17, 2025 (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Farmers continue growing crops on Ukraine front line
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Farmers continue growing crops on Ukraine front line
Barbed wire in the form of a spiral and anti-tank piles are seen in a field where barley is grown, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 17, 2025 (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Farmers continue growing crops on Ukraine front line
Barbed wire in the form of a spiral and anti-tank piles are seen in a field where barley is grown, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 17, 2025 (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Farmers continue growing crops on Ukraine front line
Barbed wire in the form of a spiral and anti-tank piles are seen in a field where barley is grown, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 17, 2025 (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Farmers continue growing crops on Ukraine front line
Barbed wire in the form of a spiral and anti-tank piles are seen in a field where barley is grown, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 17, 2025 (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Farmers continue growing crops on Ukraine front line
Barbed wire in the form of a spiral and anti-tank piles are seen in a field where rapeseed is grown, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 17, 2025 (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Farmers continue growing crops on Ukraine front line
Barbed wire in the form of a spiral and anti-tank piles are seen in a field where barley is grown, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 17, 2025 (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Farmers continue growing crops on Ukraine front line
Barbed wire in the form of a spiral and anti-tank piles are seen in a field where barley is grown, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 17, 2025 (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Farmers continue growing crops on Ukraine front line
Barbed wire in the form of a spiral and anti-tank piles are seen in a field where barley is grown, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 17, 2025 (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Battle of Belleau Wood WW1,north of Chateau-Thierry only 60 miles from Paris, France. March 2014.
Captured German guns in the cratered Belleau Wood, now named 'Bois de la Brigade de Marine' after the US 4th Marine Brigade. Now a permanent memorial site.The Battle of Belleau Wood (1¿26 June 1918) occurred during the German 1918 Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought between the U.S. Second (under the command of Major General Omar Bundy) and Third Divisions and an assortment of German units including elements from the 237th, 10th, 197th, 87th, and 28th Divisions.The battle has become a deep part of the lore of the United States Marine Corps. In March 1918, with nearly 50 additional divisions freed by the Russian surrender on the Eastern Front, the German Army launched a series of attacks on the Western Front, hoping to defeat the Allies before U.S. forces could be fully deployed. A third offensive launched in May against the French between Soissons and Reims, known as the Third Battle of the Aisne, saw the Germans reach the north bank of the Marne river at Château-Thierry, 95 kilometres (59 mi) from Paris, on 27 May. On 31 May, the 3rd Division held the German advance at Château-Thierry and the German advance turned right towards Vaux and Belleau Wood. On 1 June, Château-Thierry and Vaux fell, and German troops moved into Belleau Wood. The U.S. 2nd Division¿which included a brigade of U.S. Marines¿was brought up along the Paris-Metz highway. The 9th Infantry Regiment was placed between the highway and the Marne, while the 6th Marine Regiment was deployed to their left. The 5th Marines and 23rd Infantry regiments were placed in reserve.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Saint-Mihiel Salient Battlefield France. Memorial to the Old Men who fought at Flirey.March 2014.The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a World War I battle fought from 12-15 September 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Force and 48,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions. The United States Army Air Service (which later became the United States Air Force) played a significant role in this action. This battle marked the first use of the terms "D-Day" and "H-Hour" by the Americans.The attack at the St. Mihiel Salient was part of a plan by Pershing in which he hoped that the United States would break through the German lines and capture the fortified city of Metz. It was one of the first U.S. solo offensives in World War I and the attack caught the Germans in the process of retreating.This meant that their artillery were out of place and the American attack proved more successful than expected. Their strong blow increased their stature in the eyes of the French and British forces, but again demonstrated the critical role of artillery during World War I and the difficulty of supplying the massive World War I armies while they were on the move. The U.S. attack faltered as artillery and food supplies were left behind on the muddy roads.The attack on Metz was not realized, as the Germans refortified their positions and the Americans then turned their efforts to the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Saint-Mihiel Salient Battlefield France.March 2014.The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a World War I battle fought from 12-15 September 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Force and 48,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions. The United States Army Air Service (which later became the United States Air Force) played a significant role in this action. This battle marked the first use of the terms "D-Day" and "H-Hour" by the Americans.The attack at the St. Mihiel Salient was part of a plan by Pershing in which he hoped that the United States would break through the German lines and capture the fortified city of Metz. It was one of the first U.S. solo offensives in World War I and the attack caught the Germans in the process of retreating.This meant that their artillery were out of place and the American attack proved more successful than expected. Their strong blow increased their stature in the eyes of the French and British forces, but again demonstrated the critical role of artillery during World War I and the difficulty of supplying the massive World War I armies while they were on the move. The U.S. attack faltered as artillery and food supplies were left behind on the muddy roads.The attack on Metz was not realized, as the Germans refortified their positions and the Americans then turned their efforts to the Meuse-Argonne offensive. © Brian Harris / eyevine. Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Verdun WW1 Battlefield site, Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.March 2014..The Remains of Fort de Vaux on the Verdun Battlefield.Fort Vaux, located in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was built in 1881¿1884 at a cost of 1,500,000 Francs, built to house 150 men. it became the second Fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun. The first fort to fall had been Fort Douaumont which was virtually undefended and had been captured by a small German raiding party in February 1916. Fort de Vaux, on the other hand, was fully garrisoned when it was attacked on June 2 by German assault troops. The fort had been modernized before 1914 with additional reinforced concrete top protection, like at Fort Douaumont and thus did resist a German heavy artillery preparation which had included shelling by 16 inch howitzers. The superstructure of the fort had been heavily damaged but the deep interior corridors and stations remained intact and can still be seen in their original condition today. One of the fort's side bunkers ("Casemate de Bourges") is still equipped with its 75mm cannon.The defense of Fort Vaux was marked by the heroism and endurance of the garrison, including Major Sylvain-Eugene Raynal. Under his command, the besieged French garrison fended off repeated German assaults, including fighting underground from barricades inside the invaded corridors of the fort, which was the first major engagement to happen completely inside a fort during World War I. What was left of the French garrison finally gave up after it had run out of drinkable water (some of which was poisoned), ammunition, medical supplies and food. Raynal sent several messages to his commanding officers via homing pigeons (including the famous Vaillant[verification needed]), requesting relief for his soldiers.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Verdun WW1 Battlefield site, Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.March 2014.Seen here: The shell scared landscape and remains of the small defensive Ouvrage de Froideterre on hill 345 on the Verdun Battlefield. After Douaumont and Vaux forts fell to the Germans in 1916, this fort was one of the last lines of defence between the German Army and Verdun town.The Battle of Verdun lasted 9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days between 21 February and 20 december 1916. It was the longest and one of the most costly battles in human history; recent estimates increase the number of casualties to 976,000.
The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun), was fought from 21 February ¿ 18 December 1916 during the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies, on hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. The German Fifth Army attacked the defences of the Région Fortifiée de Verdun (RFV) and the Second Army on the right bank of the Meuse, intending rapidly to capture the Côtes de Meuse (Meuse Heights) from which Verdun could be overlooked and bombarded with observed artillery-fire. The German strategy intended to provoke the French into counter-attacks and counter-offensives to drive the Germans off the heights, which would be relatively easy to repel with massed artillery-fire from the large number of medium, heavy and super-heavy guns, supplied with large amounts of ammunition on excellent pre-war railways, which ran within 24 kilometres (15 mi) of the front-line.The German strategy assumed that the French would attempt to hold onto the east bank of the Meuse, then commit the French strategic reserve to recapture it and suffer catastrophic losses from German artillery-fire, while the German infantry held positions easy to defend and suffered few losses. The German plan was based on the experience of the September ¿ October 1915 battles in Champagne (Herbstschlacht) when after early success the French offensive.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Battle of Belleau Wood WW1,north of Chateau-Thierry only 60 miles from Paris, France. March 2014. The cratered Belleau Wood, now named 'Bois de la Brigade de Marine' after the US 4th Marine Brigade. Now a permanent memorial site.The Battle of Belleau Wood (1¿26 June 1918) occurred during the German 1918 Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought between the U.S. Second (under the command of Major General Omar Bundy) and Third Divisions and an assortment of German units including elements from the 237th, 10th, 197th, 87th, and 28th Divisions.The battle has become a deep part of the lore of the United States Marine Corps. In March 1918, with nearly 50 additional divisions freed by the Russian surrender on the Eastern Front, the German Army launched a series of attacks on the Western Front, hoping to defeat the Allies before U.S. forces could be fully deployed. A third offensive launched in May against the French between Soissons and Reims, known as the Third Battle of the Aisne, saw the Germans reach the north bank of the Marne river at Château-Thierry, 95 kilometres (59 mi) from Paris, on 27 May. On 31 May, the 3rd Division held the German advance at Château-Thierry and the German advance turned right towards Vaux and Belleau Wood. On 1 June, Château-Thierry and Vaux fell, and German troops moved into Belleau Wood. The U.S. 2nd Division¿which included a brigade of U.S. Marines¿was brought up along the Paris-Metz highway. The 9th Infantry Regiment was placed between the highway and the Marne, while the 6th Marine Regiment was deployed to their left. The 5th Marines and 23rd Infantry regiments were placed in reserve. On the evening of 1 June, German forces punched a hole in the French lines to the left of the Marines' position.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Argonne Forest WW1 Hill 285 - Meuse-Argonne Battlefield site, France. March 2014. The Argonne Forest Memorial on hill 285-Cote 285, where German and French soldiers bitterly contested the position held by French troops during 1915. Later French soldiers were joined by Czech,Italian and American troops. The Argonne Forest offensive, part of the final 100 days of WW1 and a major attack on the western side of Verdun, was the largest battle in American history up to this point and involved 1.2 million American soldiers. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also known as the Maas-Argonne Offensive and the Battle of the Argonne Forest, was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice on November 11, a total of 47 days. The battle was the largest in United States military history, involving 1.2 million American soldiers, and was one of a series of Allied attacks known as the Hundred Days Offensive, which brought the war to an end. The Meuse-Argonne was the principal engagement of the American Expeditionary Forces during the First World War.
The logistical prelude to the Meuse attack was planned by then-Colonel George Marshall who managed to move US units to the front after the St. Mihiel salient fighting. The big September/October Allied breakthroughs (north, centre and south) across the length of the Hindenburg Line ¿ including the Battle of the Argonne Forest ¿ are now lumped together as part of what is generally remembered as the Grand Offensive (also known as the Hundred Days Offensive) by the Allies on the Western front. The Meuse-Argonne offensive also involved troops from France, while the rest of the Allies, including France, Britain and its dominion and imperial armies (mainly Canada, Australia and New Zealand), and Belgium contributed to major battles in other sectors across the whole front.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Battle of Belleau Wood WW1,north of Chateau-Thierry only 60 miles from Paris, France. March 2014.The Battle of Belleau Wood (1¿26 June 1918) occurred during the German 1918 Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought between the U.S. Second (under the command of Major General Omar Bundy) and Third Divisions and an assortment of German units including elements from the 237th, 10th, 197th, 87th, and 28th Divisions.The battle has become a deep part of the lore of the United States Marine Corps. In March 1918, with nearly 50 additional divisions freed by the Russian surrender on the Eastern Front, the German Army launched a series of attacks on the Western Front, hoping to defeat the Allies before U.S. forces could be fully deployed. A third offensive launched in May against the French between Soissons and Reims, known as the Third Battle of the Aisne, saw the Germans reach the north bank of the Marne river at Château-Thierry, 95 kilometres (59 miles) from Paris, on 27 May. On 31 May, the 3rd Division held the German advance at Château-Thierry and the German advance turned right towards Vaux and Belleau Wood. On 1 June, Château-Thierry and Vaux fell, and German troops moved into Belleau Wood. The U.S. 2nd Division¿which included a brigade of U.S. Marines¿was brought up along the Paris-Metz highway. The 9th Infantry Regiment was placed between the highway and the Marne, while the 6th Marine Regiment was deployed to their left. The 5th Marines and 23rd Infantry regiments were placed in reserve.[4]
Battle.On the evening of 1 June, German forces punched a hole in the French lines to the left of the Marines' position. In response, the U.S. reserve¿consisting of the 23rd Infantry regiment, the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, and an element of the 6th Machine Gun Battalion¿conducted a forced march over 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to plug the gap in the line, which they achieved by dawn.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Verdun WW1 Battlefield site, Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.March 2014..The Remains of Fort de Vaux on the Verdun Battlefield.Fort Vaux, located in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was built in 1881¿1884 at a cost of 1,500,000 Francs, built to house 150 men. it became the second Fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun. The first fort to fall had been Fort Douaumont which was virtually undefended and had been captured by a small German raiding party in February 1916. Fort de Vaux, on the other hand, was fully garrisoned when it was attacked on June 2 by German assault troops. The fort had been modernized before 1914 with additional reinforced concrete top protection, like at Fort Douaumont and thus did resist a German heavy artillery preparation which had included shelling by 16 inch howitzers. The superstructure of the fort had been heavily damaged but the deep interior corridors and stations remained intact and can still be seen in their original condition today. One of the fort's side bunkers ("Casemate de Bourges") is still equipped with its 75mm cannon.The defense of Fort Vaux was marked by the heroism and endurance of the garrison, including Major Sylvain-Eugene Raynal. Under his command, the besieged French garrison fended off repeated German assaults, including fighting underground from barricades inside the invaded corridors of the fort, which was the first major engagement to happen completely inside a fort during World War I. What was left of the French garrison finally gave up after it had run out of drinkable water (some of which was poisoned), ammunition, medical supplies and food. Raynal sent several messages to his commanding officers via homing pigeons (including the famous Vaillant[verification needed]), requesting relief for his soldiers. During his last communications, Major Raynal penned the phrase "This is my last pigeon.".After the capture of Fort Vaux on June 7, the Crown Prince of the German ruling family, the Hohenzollerns, prese. © Brian Har
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Verdun WW1 Battlefield site, Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.March 2014.Seenhere:
During the war, the village of Douaumont on the Verdun Battlefield was completely destroyed ( one of nine 'Villages Detruits' in the area ) and the land was made uninhabitable to such an extent that a decision was made not to rebuild it. The area around the municipality was contaminated by corpses, explosives and poisonous gas, so no farmers could take up their work. The site of the commune is maintained as a testimony to war and is officially designated as a "village that died for France." It is managed by a municipal council of three members appointed by the prefect of the Meuse department. The white markers indicate the names and professions of the previous inhabitants.The Battle of Verdun lasted 9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days between 21 February and 20 december 1916. It was the longest and one of the most costly battles in human history; recent estimates increase the number of casualties to 976,000.
The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun), was fought from 21 February ¿ 18 December 1916 during the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies, on hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. The German Fifth Army attacked the defences of the Région Fortifiée de Verdun (RFV) and the Second Army on the right bank of the Meuse, intending rapidly to capture the Côtes de Meuse (Meuse Heights) from which Verdun could be overlooked and bombarded with observed artillery-fire. The German strategy intended to provoke the French into counter-attacks and counter-offensives to drive the Germans off the heights, which would be relatively easy to repel with massed artillery-fire from the large number of medium, heavy and super-heavy guns, supplied with large amounts of ammunition on excellent pre-war railways, which ran within 24 kilometres (15 mi) of the front-line.
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Verdun WW1 Battlefield site, Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.March 2014.Seen here: The Voie Sacree Memorial. The Voie Sacree or Sacred Way between Verdun and Bar le Duc. The road played a vital role in supplying Verdun during WW1. Every one of the 57 Kilometres a commemoration stone has been placed capped with a Poilu helmet. At the nothern end of the road at the junction of the N3 and the N35 west of Verdun is the Voie Sacree Memorial where there is a carved depiction of the raod in action in 1916. Towards Souilly are a series of life size photographic cut outs of leading figures involved in the French defense of Verdun including Marshal Petain on his horse.The Battle of Verdun lasted 9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days between 21 February and 20 december 1916. It was the longest and one of the most costly battles in human history; recent estimates increase the number of casualties to 976,000. The Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way") is a road that connects Bar-le-Duc to Verdun (Meuse), France. It was given its name after the end of World War I because of the vital role it played during the Battle of Verdun. History.After March 1916, along the 72 km (45 mi) of the "Voie Sacrée", transport vehicles were on the move day and night ferrying troops, armaments, and supplies to the Verdun battlefield. During the initial crisis of 21 February to 22 March, 600 trucks per day had already delivered 48,000 tons of ammunition, 6,400 tons of other material and 263,000 men to the battlefield. Beginning on February 21, all horse drawn traffic and troop movements on foot had been ordered off the road leaving it open for truck and motor car traffic only. After March 1916, one truck passed every 14 seconds, submitting the road to considerable wear and tear. Quarries had to be opened nearby to supply the road with crushed stone. Over the course of ten months, 16 labour battalions worked to keep the road in good shape and order.
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Verdun Town on the River Meuse. WW1 Battlefield site, Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.March 2014.Verdun's Momument to the Fallen. Each figure representing five different arms of service in the French Army.
The Battle of Verdun lasted 9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days between 21 February and 20 december 1916. It was the longest and one of the most costly battles in human history; recent estimates increase the number of casualties to 976,000. The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun), was fought from 21 February ¿ 18 December 1916 during the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies, on hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. The German Fifth Army attacked the defences of the Région Fortifiée de Verdun (RFV) and the Second Army on the right bank of the Meuse, intending rapidly to capture the Côtes de Meuse (Meuse Heights) from which Verdun could be overlooked and bombarded with observed artillery-fire. The German strategy intended to provoke the French into counter-attacks and counter-offensives to drive the Germans off the heights, which would be relatively easy to repel with massed artillery-fire from the large number of medium, heavy and super-heavy guns, supplied with large amounts of ammunition on excellent pre-war railways, which ran within 24 kilometres (15 mi) of the front-line.The German strategy assumed that the French would attempt to hold onto the east bank of the Meuse, then commit the French strategic reserve to recapture it and suffer catastrophic losses from German artillery-fire, while the German infantry held positions easy to defend and suffered few losses. The German plan was based on the experience of the September ¿ October 1915 battles in Champagne (Herbstschlacht) when after early success the French offensive was defeated with far more French than German casualties.
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Early sunlight on this classic ruined castle and neighbouring fields in Dorset. The clouds seem to originate from the chimney-like ruins (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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A majestic landmark off the shore from Marazion, St Michael's Mount is a wonderful place to visit. The causeway is held in cool shade which emphasises the warmth of the summer dawn light making the mount seemingly glow (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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The evocative hilltop ruin of Barnard Castle, the fortress and surrounding town takes its name from nobleman Barnard de Balliol, who rebuilt the castle from the Norman structure in the 12th century (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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The Master Gunner's House and remains of Scarborough Castle in North Yorkshire, this spectacular clifftop fortress has endured sieges from the Roman army, attacks from Viking invaders, medieval kings, Civil War battles and German naval bombardment during the Second World War (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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The 2007 Tour De France arriving at Canterbury, with the ruined Norman castle in the background, Canterbury Castle was one of the three original Royal castles of Kent all built very soon after the Battle of Hastings (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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View from Highshield Crags looking west, with Hadrian's Wall stretching across undulating landscape over Sycamore Gap and Steel Rigg (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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View from the shore towards the impressive ruin of Dunstanburgh Castle, dominating the skyline on a coastal headland in Northumberland (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Looking up at Edinburgh Castle from Princes Street Gardens (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Yachts moored alongside Caernarfon Castle on the River Soilont, constructed by King Edward I in 1283 (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Dusk view of the grand 13th Century castle reflecting on the River Soilont at Caernarfon, in North Wales (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Dusk view of the grand 13th Century castle reflecting on the River Soilont at Caernarfon, in North Wales (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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The ruined 15th Century Kilchurn Castle, ancestral stronghold of the Campbells of Glenorchy, reflecting on Loch Awe in afternoon sunlight against a dramatic mountainous backdrop (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Conwy Castle, a magnificent fortress built between 1283 and 1289 in a commanding position on the Conwy Estuary, as part of King Edward I's second campaign in north Wales (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Eilean Donan castle reflecting on Loch Duich at twilight (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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View of Conwy Castle from the suspension bridge over the River Conwy, designed by Thomas Telford in 1826 with the supporting towers matching the castle's turrets (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Spectacular fireworks over Leeds Castle, reflecting on the River Len, in the heart of Kent (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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View of afternoon sunlight on York Minster, showing the ancient stone walls which once surrounded the historic city (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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View of afternoon sunlight on York Minster, showing the ancient stone walls which once surrounded the historic city (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Bamburgh Castle viewed from the beach in early evening on the Northumberland Coast, the impressive restored fortress is perched on a basalt outcrop at the edge of the North Sea commanding stunning views of the Farne Islands and Holy Island and remains home to the Armstrong family (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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