Verdun - Battlefields

The battlefields of the First World War lie on both sides of the Meuse, but mainly on the right bank.

On this bank are the Fort de Vaux, the Fort de Souville (with a memorial to André Maginot, after whom the Maginot Line was named), the Ossuaire de Douaumont (containing the remains of unidentified soldiers), the Fort de Douaumont and the Tranchée des Baïonnettes (the trench in which a whole infantry unit was buried alive).

On the left bank are Dead Man's Hill (Mort- Homme), Hill 304 (Cote 304) and the Butte de Montfaucon, which all featured prominently in the fighting.