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.
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.