Imperial German Ordnance and Battlefield Debris, Part 6

[AOK4]

Brian,

The figure of 1 million killed at Verdun is not correct, IIRC there were about 600,000 casualties, that's killed, wounded, prisoner and missing.

Jan

[Brian S]

Your number include WWII?

[JensF.]

Brought up due some new statistics.


Casualties of Verdun (killed):

Germany: about 337000 (about 100000)
France: 377321 (162308)

Makes 714 231 (262 308).

[Brian S]

WWII Germans and French killed in the area both in the initial attack by the Germans in WWII.

Later, Germans, Americans and British killed in the area, 1944.

Probably not very large numbers but significant.

That's still a lot of ghosts... Camping there as a kid was a bit heavy.

[JensF.]

Yes, during our last stay there on the camping site I had my thoughts as I knocked the tent pegs in the earth...

[gregM]

Great pictures !!

Thanks for sharing--from all of us stuck in SMALLTOWN, USA