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Just imagine a village of 400 people with stones made houses and church and before the rolling thunder of shells falling on them
And now here is the village



Shells hole, and trees
This village and 8 others have been declared Dead for France, and it has been decided to plant trees
but you will always see the shells holes, even after one century.
From June to August 1916 the village changed hands 16 time

Verdun in the French defensive strategy was a fortified area, with fortress like Vaux see previous posts
but there was too prepared and fortified artillery positions like the one I post here



The picture under shows the entry of the Battery laboratory (preparation and test of ammunitions


Theses caves are the barracks for the gunners, but the destructions are due to German guns direct hits


Here under, the inside of the rest room and at the ...

My first stop in this pilgrimage was for the Fort de Vaux.
During the Verdun Battle the assault against the fort occured from June 1st up June 7th

Let's havea look inside the fort, the quality of this picture is not perfect but it gives you the reality of the inside of the fort, moisty, dark cold, during the battle there was odors of powder, gas, death and other ones!!!


This picture shows Fort sleeping room


Here is the infirmary of the fort
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10. MY SHARE OF TRUTH ON CAUSE OF THE DEFEAT

My very dear readers, I do not have the whole truth, but I do try to acquire a part of it. Here are, in my opinion, the structural causes of the French defeat.

10.1. Lack of Communication

Based on their experience in WWI, the French HQ of 1940 relied heavily on phones rather than radio; this was known as the Brun network. The French HQ believed the radio would offer information to the German Abwehr. While this may be true on strategic level, it was a dramatic error on the tactical level.
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MAY-JUNE 40 CAMPAIGN
ITS MYTHS, HEROES & LEGENDS.
ITS CONSEQUENCES

Thanks to AlanP for his help in translating my Frenglish to pure English

1. INTRODUCTION

Just over 65 years ago, on June 18 1940 , an almost unknown General, the future hero of a ravaged France , made a call to French resistance on the BBC. This was in stark contrast to Marshal Pétain, hero of Verdun , who had the day before announced on French Radio to an incredulous and stunned France that the combat had to cease. Pétain, who five years ...