The Lingering Lessons of Verdun

Behind France's largest WWI cemetery, with graves planted with red roses, Douaumont Ossuary holds the remains of more than 130,000 unknown French and German soldiers. (photo: Rick Steves)
Fort Douaumont, near Verdun, France
Fort Douaumont, with its miles of cold, damp tunnels built to avoid enemy artillery, played a key role in the WWI Battle of Verdun. (photo: Rick Steves)

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