Topic - Verdun

Verdun (, official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a small city in the Meuse department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department. - Source: Wikipedia

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The statue of a French Poilu lies in front of the Douaumont Ossuary in Verdun, France. World War I brought unprecedented trench warfare to northern France and Belgium. The toll of dead was so immense in the Verdun region that soldiers from both sides were buried together in the ossuary. (Associated Press/File)

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