Ossuary Douaumont
Wednesday, April 9, 2008, the first day in Verdun and we'll go directly to The Ossuary Douaumont after visiting the fort .
Just arrived in Verdun we attack the afternoon with the ossuary and cemetery ...
Our digestion was very difficult once they saw in this Cemetery the 15 000 identified graves, white line and if well maintained ...
French and Germans are buried in the vaults of the Ossuary Douaumont.
Each vault is a sector of the battlefield.
is estimated to have about 954 men who are unidentified.
Ginisty MGR had the courage and the idea of this construction.
The monumental tower of the Ossuary 46 meters high at its summit offers a panoramic view with a viewpoint. The Bourdon Victory resounds to the important ceremonies and the lighthouse, lantern of the dead, shine on the battlefield.
In 1984, two heads of state decided to sign a reconciliation for the two countries: France and Germany.
Mitterrand - President France - French and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl sign that reconciliation in 1984. 
The ossuary holding the remains of dead soldiers on the battlefield in order to preserve their memory.
When we returned we will feel something.
Life in Fort Douaumont
We started in Verdun we were two classes of third accompanied by teachers. A guide showed us Verdun. We went to Fort Douaumont, our guide told us about the lives of soldiers at the fort early in the battle of Verdun, 21 February 1916: Living in the cold, lack of hygiene, lack of medical care, food, comfort ... The fort is built of stone, renovations were made to it. The place was very damp and cold, icicles forming on the ceilings. The shells that fell on the city of Verdun weighed a ton. For us to realize the effect produced, the guide dropped a metal plate of 500 kilograms (one-half the weight of a shell crashed into the ground). The noise was long, loud, loud, oppressive, the soldiers heard this noise and it sounded very often because of the shape of the walls. Personally I loved this trip because we could see the lives of soldiers, beyond the books and explanations given to us by the teachers. we could somehow see part of the war and its consequences today.
Camille Bazin
Fort Douaumont
Its construction began in 1885 and ends in late 1913. It becomes its volume, the first fort in the region of Verdun in 1914.
At the beginning of the First World War, the French no longer believe in the usefulness of the forts as it believes that only the offensive can bring victory, they disarm. On 25 February 1916, the Germans attacked in the direction of Fort Douaumont in order to increase their lines about 600 meters from the strong German believes winners thanks to this easy victory they use is strong as the logistics center.
May 8, 1916, 00 pm to 6 am, a violent explosion, that of a depot with grenades, set fire to a filing with flamethrowers. heavy losses were 800 dead. On 24 October 1916, the fort was taken over by the Infantry Regiment of Morocco.
The third class of purple and I went to visit the ossuary Douaumont using a guide.
In 1984, the two heads of state gathered to celebrate the ossuary, which has about 130 000 men who never were identified. Beside this ossuary, there is a cemetery where 15,000 soldiers identified. This ossuary and the cemetery were built to honor all the dead French unmarked.
I chose the ossuary Douaumont because I find it really interesting to be visited.
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