Photos from a walking tour of the Verdun battlefield, Sunday, October 1, 2006. Note the before and after view of the village of Douaumont. Some nine villages on the Verdun battlefield were completely destroyed and never rebuilt; Douaumont and Fleury (show below as well) were just two.
Douaumont village, prewar
Douaumont village, same view today
Douaumont village
Douaumont village
Douaumont village
Schematic of Douaumont village and Fort Douaumont
Fort Douaumont, machine gun turret
Fort Douaumont, machine gun turret
Fort Douaumont, machine gun turret and observation post
Fort Douaumont, roof
Fort Douaumont, observation post
Fort Douaumont, observation post
Fort Douaumont, machine gun turret and observation post
Fort Douaumont,75mm gun turret
Fort Douaumont,75mm gun turret
Fort Douaumont, observation post
Fort Douaumont, observation post
Fort Douaumont, 155mm gun turret
Fort Douaumont, 155mm gun turret
Fort Douaumont, southern side
Fort Douaumont, typical barrack room
Fort Douaumont, interior corridor
Fort Douaumont, washroom
Fort Douaumont, the German cemetery
Fort Douaumont, the German cemetery
Fort Douaumont, corridor
Fort Douaumont, the bakery
Communication trench, near Fort Douaumont
Communication trench, near Fort Douaumont
Ossuary and National Cemetery
Ossuary and National Cemetery
Ossuary and National Cemetery
Ossuary and National Cemetery
National Cemetery
National Cemetery
National Cemetery
Ossuary
Ossuary
Village of Fleury,
Village of Fleury,
Village of Fleury,
Village of Fleury, home of the winegrower
Trench of the Bayonets
Trench of the Bayonets
Trench of the Bayonets
Memorial to the Muslim soldiers, Verdun battlefield
Verdun memorial, in Verdun
Verdun memorial, in Verdun
Quai des Londres, along the river Meuse, Verdun
Quai des Londres, along the river Meuse, Verdun
Hostellerie Coq Hardi
Quai des Londres, along the river Meuse, Verdun
Verdun
