Hauts-de-France WWI memorial Notre-Dame de Lorette The French military cemetery and monument of Notre-Dame de Lorette, close to Lens, commemorates the thousands of soldiers who lost their lives in one of the heaviest battles during World War I.
Hauts-de-France Canadian National Vimy Memorial The two 30-metre-high pylons of the Canadian War Memorial in Vimy, France, commemorate Canadian soldiers who died during World War I.
Hauts-de-France Maginotbunker on the Zwarteberg At the foot of the French side of the Zwarteberg lies a series of bunkers from the Maginot Line, including this example from 1938.
Grand Est Defenseless Fort Douamont Fort Douamont near Verdun had barely been completed in 1886 or was already obsolete.
Grand Est Heroic defence of a fortress Fort Vaux in Verdun has become a symbol of the heroism of the French soldiers who braved days of siege and shell attacks by the German army during the First World War.
Grand Est Abbey ruins of Montfaucon Around 620, a community of monks founded an abbey atop the hill of the French village of Montfaucon d'Argonne.
Grand Est Fortified trenches in Verdun A stone's throw from the Douamont fortress meanders the Boyau de Londres, a World War I trench.
Grand Est Bitche train station Until 2014, you could still see trains passing in the French-fortified town of Bitche. From then on, train traffic on the route section between Niederbronn via Bitche to Sarreguemines was discontinued.
Hauts-de-France The hidden Blockhaus of Eperlecques Hidden deep in the forests of the French town of Eperlecques, the German army built an assembly and launch base for V2 rockets during the Second World War.
France Ruins of the Abbey of Saint-Bertin After French revolutionaries chased the monks out of Saint-Bertin Abbey in 1791, demolition began.
6 remnants of the Battle of Berlin The fierce Battle of Berlin was the final fight at the end of World War II. The bloody confrontation, from mid-April to early May 1945, brought the Nazi regime to its knees and ended World War II.