Talk:Douaumont

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Douaumont was a very significant fort taken by the Germans on Feb. 1916 in their assault on Verdun.

[edit] Pictures

I have some before and after aerial photographs of the fort in a book somewhere. I'll check on copyright, and see if I can get them scanned. g026r 16:51, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

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The above is a rather long explanation which attempts to somehow explain the unexplicable. How and/or why the French amazingly abandoned the Fortress without a fight (not a single shot was fired). It should be noted that more than 100,000 allied soldiers died in the subsequent re-taking of the Fort which had become a German stronghold - which proved to be nearly invincible, provided of course that it was not abandoned? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.8.49.29 (talk • contribs).