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Hidden deep in the woods near Verdun, France, lies Camp Marguerre, where the German army tested the use of concrete during the First World War.
Trench of Bayonets
The bayonet trench in Douamont, France, is a war memorial on the Verdun battlefield that rests on a war myth.
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