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    #46
    Lots of artillery and for good reason. Remember the 40,000,000 shells.
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      #47
      The museum displays are around this diarama which is a good depiction of what the battlefield looked like during the battle.
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        #48
        The main protaganists, the lowly soldier. The grand strategies of generals counted for little here. The shell, bullet and grenades decided the issue.
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          #49
          Remember the remains of the dugouts?
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            #50
            And finally a look back at Douaumont fro Fleury ridge. So much death in such a short space.
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              #51
              More tomorrow.
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                #52
                Fantastic thread Don...

                I must admit, I have been there often, mostly with a camera... but I have always forgotten to actually take any photos... it is great to have the trip documented in this way!!!!

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                  #53
                  Originally posted by Don Doering View Post
                  Just down the slope from Fluery is an old French ammo bunker that the Germans had captured. The French counterattacked and retook it. Chris, one of the guys with me has the award document to a Bavarian soldier who earned the Tapferkeits medal in silver, the second highest award a bavarian could get and argueably the highest a lowly enlisted man could dream of receiving for actions here which I will briefly describe to illustrate how much more significant a tour can be when you know some of the actors.

                  Hi,

                  Small correction, I have his EK2,

                  I do have a Silver bravery medal award doc for the area though, but just behind douaumont..

                  http://www.kaiserscross.com/40047/46301.html

                  Best
                  Chris

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                    #54
                    Originally posted by Don Doering View Post
                    For those wondering I'll just say we didn't dig anything up here. The fresh dirt was caused by the foresters driving a tracked backhoe thru to do some work. I wonder if the driver ever walked back up to see what he drove over?
                    Indeed they do... but you saw how "J" was... would not get more than a shrug if he drove over one ;-)

                    Some have been driven over many times, and noone gets around to moving them.

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                      #55
                      A great lesson of the Big War, although I focus on WW2 I must visit this place for sure, next time I am near Paris.

                      Thanks a lot.

                      Juerg
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                        #56
                        Don, i,m enjoying this great thread of Verdun, Thanks for taking the time to post such an interesting subject with great pix

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                          #57
                          Originally posted by Chris Boonzaier View Post
                          Hi,

                          Small correction, I have his EK2,

                          I do have a Silver bravery medal award doc for the area though, but just behind douaumont..

                          http://www.kaiserscross.com/40047/46301.html

                          Best
                          Chris

                          Thanks for the correction Chris. I remember both stories now. Now back to our story.

                          Fighting towards Ft Vaux and Souville was bogged down so the Germans decided to launch a series of attacks along the other bank of the Meuse. They attacked from Malancourt (10) towards (8) le Mort Homme (the Dead Man) and (9) Cote 304 (Hill 304. The fighting here was just as intense as on the other side of the river. Both hills were bombarded into lunar landscapes. The Germans set up an OP in the ruins of a church at (11) Montfaucon to assist in the accuracy of their guns.
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                            #58
                            We parked the car (X marks the spot) and walked up the Dead Man.
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                              #59
                              The farmers fields were yielding their annual harvest.
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                                #60
                                I made an impressive leap and jumped that creek, sorta.
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