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The Hartmannswillerkopf massif in the French Vosges Mountains overlooks the Alsace and was the scene of heavy fighting between the French and German armies from December 1914 onwards during the First World War.
The Vosges Front
Tête des Faux and the Linge in the Vosges were the scene of a bloody trench war during the First World War.
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During the First World War, the top of the Linge, a 987-metre-high hump in the Vosges, was the scene of a bloody trench war that claimed the lives of 17,000 French and German soldiers in just a few months.
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At the end of the First World War, an observation tower was built on top of Tête de Raves in the French Vosges.
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Tête des Faux is a 1208-meter-high mountain in the French Vosges, and its large stature also explains the strategic role it played during the First World War.
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