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	Douaumont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Douaumont is a village and a commune in the Meuse département in France, near Verdun.
		The decision was made in August 1915 to reduce the garrison at Douaumont and to strip the fort of much of its weaponry.
		Unfortunately this proved unwise because in February of 1916, Germany launched the Verdun offensive; Douaumont was a key objective; even with a reduced garrison and weaponry, Douaumont presented a formidable obstacle to the German attack.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Douaumont (757 words)

	Info and facts on 'Douaumont' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Nowadays there stands the Douaumont ossuary (Any receptacle for the burial of human bones) where lay the remains of thousands of soldiers killed in the Battle of Verdun (A battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped).
		Fort Douaumont had the reputation of being the strongest fort it Europe and was considered all but impregnable.
		Unfortunately this would prove unwise, for in February of 1916, Germany launched the Verdun offensive; Douaumont was a key objective; even with a reduced garrison and weaponry, Douaumont presented a formidable obstacle to the German attack.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/do/douaumont.htm (728 words)

	The Forts of Verdun
		Fort Douaumont was the northeasternmost of these, with Fort Vaux a couple of miles to the south.
		Near the east end was the largest weapon in the fort, a single 155mm gun in a retractable turret.
		Although Fort Douaumont had only about 40 men in it, a few weeks prior to the battle the fort's commander had refused reinforcement from the regulars.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Base/3495/FVerdun1a.html (1312 words)

	1 Wing - Verdun and the Surrounding Area - Assorted Sources
		Interior of the Douaumont memorial - April 2003.
		Interior of the Douaumont at Verdun - May 1965.
		The facade at Fort Douaumont - June 1963.
	www.marville.org /misc/mamisc-18.html (489 words)

	Fort Douaumont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Similar in construction and design to Douaumont and the other fortifications in the RFV, the failure of these Belgian forts led the French High Command to downgrade the defences at Verdun and Douaumont lost much of its key armament in August 1915.
		February 1916, Fort Douaumont was some distance behind the French front lines but was immediately bombarded by the German heavy artillery.
		Its loss was a shock to the French nation, and directly led to the appointment of Petain as commander of the Verdun sector.
	battlefields1418.50megs.com /fort_douaumont.htm (541 words)

	WW1,Verdun1916,trevor tasker
		In this museum they had a model of fort Douaumont, and this 3 dimentional representation, supplemented the plans and photogrpahs I had seen of the fort, which showed the spiked railings around the fort.
		I was glad I finally made it to (and out of) Fort Douaumont on the 80th anniversary of that momentous day, when the fort was captured, and the history of europe came close to another watershed episode; "Le 25 fevrier [1916] est une date particulierement sombre pour la defence franaise.
		Douaumont probably represents, along with the First and Second battles of the Marne, one of the three greatest threats to the French army administered by the Germans during the entire war", (Fisher, 1976,p 267)
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/kylet1/trev.htm (2475 words)

	France at War - Catastrophe Within a Battle by Christina Holstein
		In such conditions an accident was bound to occur sooner or later and it was during an offensive in early May, when the fort was especially crowded, that the inevitable happened.
		Until the explosion occurred, Fort Douaumont had been regarded as a safe haven for troops in the sector but news of the disaster on 8 May spread swiftly far and wide.
		Fort Douaumont' s importance as an observatory, command post, supply depot and reserve position were so overwhelming that its possession was indispensable to control of the sector north of Verdun.
	www.worldwar1.com /france/holstein2.htm (2173 words)

	Photo: Fort Douaumont
		World War I soldiers entering Fort de Douaumont might as well have had "it sucks to be you" stamped on their foreheads.
		Fort Douaumont, the largest of the 38 forts which France built to protect its borders after its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, took 28 years to build and was completed in 1913.
		As Douaumont is the highest point in the area, it provided a good support position for armies, even if the fort itself was of limited defensive or attacking usefulness.
	www.siterev.com /~davison/gallery/photo003/027.html (469 words)

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		The Fort Vaux, a similar fortress work as Douaumont, only far smaller can be visited just as from the inside.
		In the heart of the battleground, between Douaumont and Thiaumont, lie the Ossuary.
		This memorial accommodated in the inside the mortal remnants of 130.000 unidentified soldiers, who were salvaged after the war on the battleground.
	www.verdun14-18.de /pages/en/remarkable_east.htm (679 words)

	Verdun France Douaumont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Nearby, a wall commemorates the Jewish dead, beneath a treeless ridge-top on whose tortured, pitted ground around the remains of the Fort de Thiaumont some of them must have died.
		The Fort de Douaumont (daily: Feb, March & Oct–Dec 10am–1pm & 2–5pm; April–June & Sept 10am–6pm; July & Aug 10am–7pm; closed Jan; €3) is 900m down the road from the cemetery.
		Completed in 1912 and commanding the highest point of land, it was the strongest of the 38 forts built to defend Verdun.
	france-for-visitors.com /north/verdun/douaumont.html (436 words)

	War Museums - Ossuaire De Douaumont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A salient point that's visible throughout most parts of the Verdun battle area is the Ossuaire de Douaumont, or rather its 46 metres high tower.
		It was built between 1920 and 1932, with the bishop of Verdun as the driving force behind the construction.
		The Douaumont Ossuary is at the heart of the Verdun battlefield.
	www.warmuseums.nl /gal/087gal.htm (263 words)

	WWI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fort Douaumont was constructed with concrete over a meter thick, gun turrets, and other defensive apparatus.
		Fort Douaumont was captured by the Germans in February of the year.
		At the center of the structure is a tower in the shape of an artillery shell.
	www.ga.k12.pa.us /academics/us/TECHsite/WWIsite/WWIpages/imagesBATTLEFIELD.html (984 words)

	First World War.com - Memoirs & Diaries - The Recapture of Fort Douaumont, Verdun, 24 October 1916
		From Haudromont quarries on my left to Douaumont Fort in front of me lay Guyot de Salins' division with its Zouaves, its Tirailleurs, and the famous colonial regiments from Morocco which retook Fleury on August 17th.
		The clouds are now flying so fast that in a second their ranks are broken and the landscape stands out with the astonishing clearness which precedes or follows bad weather.
		The formidable Douaumont, which dominates with its mass, its observation points, the two shores of the Meuse, is again French.
	www.firstworldwar.com /diaries/verdun_douaumont2.htm (1217 words)

	Day 3
		Day 3 and we start with a visit to Fort Douaumont, which fell on the 25th February after a tremendous artillery bombardment, but in slightly farcical circumstances.
		Close to Douaumont and the Ossuary is the fort Ouvrage de Froidterre, like the rest of the area it was subjected to an incredible artillery bombardment, and the land still bears the scars.
		East of Douaumont was Fort Vaux which fell on the 7th June.
	www.btinternet.com /~NavRadar/yorkandlancs/day_31.html (473 words)

	The battle of Verdun
		After in the days before the first and second French line was taken, succeeds to parts infantry of the regiment IR 24 under Captain Haupt the conquest of Fort Douaumont in the hand caper.
		The village Douaumont is conquered for the first time.
		The village Douaumont is firmly in German hand.
	www.verdun14-18.de /pages/en/chronicle.htm (409 words)

	The Forts of Verdun Part Two
		Entrance to Ft. Douaumont during the German occupation.
		The German capture of Ft. Douaumont greatly assisted their further prosecution of the battle.
		It is impossible to determine exactly what happened, but it is known that a large number of soldiers and a large quantity of ammunition of all types were inside the fort.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Base/3495/FVerdun15a.html (1047 words)

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		27, 2004 During World War I, Fort Douaumont at Verdun in France was captured in 1916 by a single German soldier after French General Chretien forgot to pass on orders to defend the outside fort to the last man to his successor.
		On 25 February 1916 the spectacular event happened: A German sergeant was smashed into the moat of Fort Douaumont due to a nearby explosion.
		The rumour that Douaumont was taken by the Germans was an enormous shock for the French soldiers, reinforcements and staff in the city of Verdun.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,Factoid_FEB,00.html (859 words)

	WWI Battle Of Verdun Chapter V French Liberation Of Verdun
		And the third, to be carried out 9 October, included the capture of Fort Douaumont and Fort de Vaux.
		An account of Douaumont's recapture runs as follows: "On 24 October, a dense fog overhung the entire plateau.
		While the 38th was consolidating their positions, Zouave Infantrymen went through them, and attacked the village of Douaumont.
	www.vahs.org /wwi/chap05.htm (1323 words)

	1914-1918 Douaumont, Fort de Vaux, Voie Sacree - Francerama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Photography of the Ossuary and the cemetery with roses, Douaumont, Meuse
		In devastated Douaumont, the Ossuary is erected from 1920 to 1932.
		In front of this sanctuary, the Douaumont appalling military cemetery aligns more than 16 000 tombs and as many rose trees [4] [5].
	francerama.com /en/escapades/douaumont/photo_douaumont_d_20001618.htm (710 words)

	First World War.com - Memoirs & Diaries - Account of the Struggle for Fort Douaumont, Verdun, 20-23 May 1916
		The scene there is appalling, but is dwarfed in comparison with fighting around Douaumont.
		West of the Meuse, at least, one dies in the open air, but at Douaumont is the horror of darkness, where the men fight in tunnels, screaming with the lust of butchery, deafened by shells and grenades, stifled by smoke.
		By 1918 the percentage of women to men working in Britain had risen to 37% from 24% at the start of the war.
	www.firstworldwar.com /diaries/verdun_douaumont.htm (670 words)

	Fort Douaumont
		Some of the most important forts such as Douaumont at Verdun, were considered to be impregnable.
		In July, 1916, the Germans were forced to transfer troops to defend their front-line at the Somme.
		The French now counter-attacked and General Charles Mangin became a national hero when Douaumont was recaptured on 2nd November, 1916.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWdouaumont.htm (188 words)

	Military History - Pen and Sword Books, military history book publisher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Battle of Verdun, which lasted from 21 February to 15 December 1916, was a turning point in the First World War and Fort Douaumont was the heart of the battle.
		The terrible blow to French morale caused by the loss of the strategically important fort, their attempts to retake it and the conditions of life inside are portrayed in detail.
		During their eight-month period of occupation, the Germans took steps to render the fort impregnable and following its successful recapture by theFrench in October 1916, further defensive work was undertaken that clearly foreshadowed the development of the Maginot Line forts with their machine rooms, workshops, deep tunnel systems and specialized personnel.
	www.pen-and-sword.co.uk /cgi-bin/uk/0623.html (267 words)

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		The mixed regiment, Zouaves and Moroccan sharpshooters, carried at a bound the defensive organisations of.the crest stretching from Thiaumont to the village of Douaumont.
		Each soldier, moved by the sight, looked at his neighbour, scarcely believing his eyes, and when the capture of Douaumont was confirmed, it was an unforgettable moment.
		The battalion chief, who had halted at the bottom of the ditch to see his men pass, regained his position at the head of the troops and, while paying homage to the sacred and unforgettable scene before him, gave the order to attack the guns which were just beginning to play on the advancing waves.
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Verdun_Colonials/Verdun_Colonials_01.htm (1383 words)

	Douaumont Die Hölle von Verdun (Douamont the Hell of Verdun)
		Douaumont Die Hölle von Verdun (Douamont the Hell of Verdun)
		This film re-recreates the battles for Fort Douaumont, a French stronghold captured by the Germans during the Battle of Verdun.
		Using re-created battle scenes, animated maps, spoken dialogue sequences, and some original World War 1 footage, it shows German and French troops mobilizing, and German troops capturing, holding, and losing the Fort between February and October of 1916.
	www.germancinema.com /591.html (116 words)

	Douaumont3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Describing the artillery preparation that preceded the infantry assault, Mr.
		On the horizon line of the hills above the Meuse the peak of Douaumont, wreathed in fl smoke, seemed a volcano in eruption.
		The centre was to carry the most important point - the ruins of the fort.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~english/WWI/historical/Douaumont3.html (180 words)

	Verdun: Douaumont Ossuary and Cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sitting on the ridge of Thiaumont and only a few hundred metres away from the fort, Douaumont Ossuaire contains the remains of 130,000 unknown French and German soldiers who fell on the battlefields of Verdun.
		The Ossuary was raised by a committee led by the Bishop of Verdun who collected subscriptions not only throughout France but internationally as well.
		The Battle Cry of Verdun was: They shall not pass, the inscription at Mort-Homme informs us that: They did not pass.
	www.webmatters.net /france/ww1_verdun_ossuaire.htm (419 words)

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