Into the undergrowth.
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You can see the shell holes, trenches, collapsed bukers etc...pseudo-expertComment
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A a friendly reminder that it was not always quiet here.pseudo-expertComment
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Up to the top. How many lives were lost over how much time to make the journey that we did in half an hour? The monument at the top speaks volumes.pseudo-expertComment
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Then into a trench and down towards the German positions.pseudo-expertComment
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There are some huge shell craters here.pseudo-expertComment
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They seem to be everywhere.pseudo-expertComment
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And so it goes until we clear the woods and are again in a field. So quiet and peaceful from out here where the signs of murder and mayhem have been plowed under. But just step into the woods a couple of feet and the story is there for all to see.pseudo-expertComment
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On a side note, the mud here is very thick and heavy. It clings to you and drags you down. That too hasn't changed since the war. I wonder how many guys are out in those fields, weighed down by equipment and the clinging mud.pseudo-expertComment
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The Germans stormed Maloncourt and basically wiped out it's defenders down to almost the last man. At first glance it looks much like it did back then.pseudo-expertComment
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But you only have to step off the road to discover more. Even at the village, which was rebuilt, you can see traces of the war.pseudo-expertComment
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A testament to the bravery of the defenders and the determination of the attackers.pseudo-expertComment
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Last for today is the OP at Montfaucon. The Germans took the village and built strongpoints in the area of the old church. They installed an OP, making it blend into the ruins.pseudo-expertComment
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The OP with entrance on the reverse so they could come and go unseen by the French.pseudo-expertComment
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The view from the OP to the Dead Man and Hill 304. How much death and destruction was called down from here?
The tower in the way is an American memorial.pseudo-expertComment
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