Verdun Memorial

France
For the French and German who fought in the Battle of Verdun
Location| 49°11′41″N 5°26′1″E﻿ / ﻿49.19472°N 5.43361°E﻿ / 49.19472; 5.43361﻿ (Verdun Memorial)

The Verdun Memorial is a war memorial to commemorate the Battle of Verdun, fought in 1916 as part of the First World War. It is situated on the battlefield, close to the destroyed village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont in the département of Meuse in north-eastern France.[1]

It was built during the 1960s, financed by Maurice Genevoix and has been open to the public since September 17, 1967. It remembers both French and German combatants as well as the civilian populations lost during the Battle of Verdun. Furthermore, it is a military museum which displays French and German armaments (including rifles, machine guns and field artillery), military vehicles, uniforms and equipment of both French and German troops during the battle.[1]

## The Douaumont ossuary

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The Douaumont ossuary is a memorial containing the remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War I.

## Gallery

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mémorial de Verdun.

## References

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1. ^ a b Sherman, Daniel J. The Construction of Memory in Interwar France (in English) University of Chicago Press.

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World War I War Memorials in France

* Monuments aux Morts
* World War I
* World War I casualties
* World War I memorials

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* Aisne
* Eastern Somme
* Oise
* Western Somme

Memorials|

| Australia|

* Australian Memorial Park
* Mont Saint-Quentin Australian war memorial
* V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial
* Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial

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Canada|

* Bourlon Wood Memorial
* Canadian National Vimy Memorial
* Courcelette Memorial
* Dury Memorial
* Le Quesnel Memorial

France /
French & German|

* Douaumont Ossuary
* Glade of the Armistice
* Hartmannswillerkopf
* L'Âme de la France
* Notre Dame de Lorette
* Verdun Memorial

India|

* Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial

Newfoundland|

* Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
* Gueudecourt (Newfoundland) Memorial
* Masnières Newfoundland Memorial
* Monchy-le-Preux (Newfoundland) Memorial

South Africa|

* Delville Wood South African National Memorial

United States|

* Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial
* Château-Thierry American Monument
* Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
* Montfaucon Monument
* Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
* St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial
* Somme American Cemetery and Memorial
* Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial

United Kingdom /
Commonwealth|

* 51st (Highland) Division Monument (Beaumont-Hamel)
* Arras Flying Services Memorial
* Arras Memorial
* Hohenzollern Redoubt Memorial
* La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial
* Le Touret Memorial
* Loos Memorial
* Mametz Wood Memorial
* McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial
* Pozières Memorial
* Quéant Road Cemetery
* Soissons Memorial
* Thiepval Memorial
* Ulster Tower
* Vis-en-Artois Memorial

Related organizations|

* Commonwealth War Graves Commission
* The War Graves Photographic Project

Designers and sculptors|

* Herbert Baker
* Reginald Blomfield
* Alfred-Alphonse Bottiau
* Edgar-Henri Boutry
* Lucien Brasseur
* Robert Coin
* William Harrison Cowlishaw
* Camille Debert
* Louis Dejean
* Edmond Delphaut
* Félix-Alexandre Desruelles
* Charles Desvergnes
* Émile Fernand-Dubois
* Paul Gasq
* Charles Holden
* Raoul Josset
* Augustin Lesieux
* Edwin Lutyens
* Frederick William MacMonnies
* George Henry Paulin
* Charles Marie Louis Joseph Sarrabezolles

Features|

* Bas-relief
* Cenotaph
* Commemorative plaque
* Cross of Sacrifice
* Crypt
* Epitaph
* Obelisk
* Statue
* Stone of Remembrance
* War grave

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* United States
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