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	Verdun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Verdun (German: Wirten, official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune in the Lorraine région, northeast France, in the Meuse département, of which it is a sous-préfecture.
		Verdun became part of the middle kingdom Lotharingia, and later of the Holy Roman Empire, in which it was an Imperial Free City.
		Consequently, Verdun was utterly unprepared for the initial bombardment on the morning of 21 February 1916.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Verdun,_Meuse (680 words)

	Battle of Verdun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Verdun was poorly defended, but good intelligence, and a delay in the German attack due to bad weather, gave the French time to rush two divisions to the area.
		Verdun brought the French to the brink of collapse, but it did not push their forces over the edge.
		The battle of Verdun became a symbol of French determination, inspired by the sacrifice of the defenders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Verdun (1304 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Meuse
		Meuse, river of Europe, traversing north-eastern France, southern Belgium, and the Netherlands.
		The northern part of Wallonia consists of low plateaux (200-350 m or 650-1,150 ft) crossed by tributaries of the River Meuse in the east and the...
		The chief rivers are the Schelde (Scheldt) and the Meuse.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Meuse.html (87 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Verdun
		Suppressed by the Concordat of 1802, and subsequently united to the Diocese of Nancy, Verdun was re-established by the Bull of 27 July, 1817, and by the Royal Decree of 31 October, 1822.
		It was formed practically of the entire ancient Diocese of Verdun, portions of the ancient Dioceses of Trier, Châlons, Toul, Metz, and Reims, and became suffragan of the Archdiocese of Besançon.
		Peter became Bishop of Verdun in 781, named to that office by Adrian I at the request of Charlemagne; shortly afterwards he was accused of conspiring against the emperor but was cleared of the accusation at the Synod of Frankfort (794).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15350c.htm (1610 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of Verdun, 1916
		The German siege of Verdun and its ring of forts, which comprised the longest battle of the First World War, has its roots in a letter sent by the German Chief of Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, to the Kaiser, Wilhelm II, on Christmas Day 1915.
		Verdun remained in French hands, although the defensive situation was dire.
		By this stage the German Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, was scathing in his condemnation of Falkenhayn’s lack of success in Verdun, which was proving as costly in terms of manpower to Germany as it was to France.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/verdun.htm (2238 words)

	Meuse - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Meuse is a département in northeast France, named after the Meuse River.
		Meuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790.
		Meuse is part of the current region of Lorraine and is surrounded by the French departments of Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Belgium on the north.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Meuse (118 words)

	Verdun-sur-Meuse -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the (Click link for more info and facts about Treaty of Verdun) Treaty of Verdun in (Click link for more info and facts about 843) 843, the empire of (King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)) Charlemagne was divided into three parts.
		Verdun was a (Click link for more info and facts about Gallic) Gallic fortress before Roman times and later a key asset in wars against (A former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland) Prussia, and Falkenhayn knew that the French would throw as many men as necessary into its defence.
		Pétain was preparing to evacuate the east bank of the Meuse when the (An alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy) Allies' offensive on the (Battle in World War I (1916)) Somme River was launched on 1 July, partly to relieve the French.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/ve/verdun-sur-meuse1.htm (703 words)

	MEUSE-LINE - LoveToKnow Article on MEUSE-LINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		, the chain of French forts closing the passages of the Meuse between Verdun and Toul.
		The forts are: between Verdun and St Mihiel, Genicourt and Troyon; near St Mihiel, Les Paroches (left bank) and Camp des Remains; and near CommercyLiouville St Agnant, Gironville and Jouy-sous-les-C6tes.
		Above the circle of the Toul defences there are barrier forts on the Upper Meuse at Pagny (la-Blanche-Cote) and near Neufchateau; but these last are practically in second line, and between Toul and Epinal the frontier districts are designedly left open.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/ME/MEUSE_LINE.htm (158 words)

	MEUSE - Online Information article about MEUSE
		Orne, a tributary of the Moselle, and the Chiers, which runs by Montmedy to join the Meuse.
		ridge which separates the basin of the Meuse from that of the Seine.
		The heights gradually sink from south to north, but seldom fall below l000 ft. The hills of the Argonne similarly sink rapidly down to the valley of the Saulx, where the lowest level of the department (377 ft.) is reached.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MEC_MIC/MEUSE.html (776 words)

	Verdun, Lorraine, Pictures
		Verdun, town in northeastern France, in Meuse Department, on the Meuse River, in Lorraine.
		Henry II seized the town for France in 1552, and it was strongly fortified in the 17th century.
		Verdun became an important defense post facing Germany and was captured by the Prussians in 1792 and again in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War.
	www.greatestcities.com /Europe/France/Lorraine/Verdun_town_Meuse_Department.html?redir=1 (187 words)

	FlightSim.Com NOTAMS
		Situated in the Meuse, northwest of the city of Verdun, the aerodrome was an ancient US air base; at present, it is a very busy small regional air-club.
		The main monuments of Verdun are represented: the Chausse Tower, the monument of the victory, the statues of the marshals of France, the citadel, etc...
		An ancient memorial near the aerodrome of Verdun Rozelier and of the city of Verdun.
	www.flightsim.com /cgi/kds?$=main/notams02/monu1002.htm (672 words)

	French Ancestors of Anna Rosella Obry (Aubry) of Darke County, Ohio, U.S.A. - pafg11 - Generated by Personal Ancestral ...
		Etienne GILLANT was born on 27 Nov 1648.
		Magdeleine RENAUD was born on 27 Mar 1626.
		Nicolas RENAUD was born on 20 Dec 1600.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Woods/8049/aubry/pafg11.htm (507 words)

	WWW.YANNARTHUSBERTRAND.ORG
		Verdun a, pour la même raison, accueilli une réconciliation franco-allemande en 1984 et elle a été nommée capitale de la Paix, des Libertés et des Droits de l’Homme.
		Covering some 40 hectares (100 acres) at Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Verdun, the American cemetery was dedicated in 1935 by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
		Some 25,000 American tombs scattered around Verdun were then brought together at Romagne where, after almost half the bodies were repatriated to American soil, 14,246 soldiers have lain ever since.
	www.yannarthusbertrand.com /yann2/affichage.php?reference=365J-11-11&pais=France (580 words)

	AllRefer.com - Verdun, town, France, France (French Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		A strategic transportation center, Verdun has varied industries and is situated in an agricultural region.
		The longest battle of World War I was fought at Verdun in 1916 (see Verdun, battle of).
		The town and the battlefield of Verdun, with their huge military cemeteries and numerous impressive monuments, form a national sanctuary.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/V/VerdunFr.html (349 words)

	CHAPTER XXIX
		Between the Meuse and the Chiers, north and northeast of Stenay, there was a strong position covering the crossing in that vicinity.
		The Third Corps was to establish a bridgehead east of the Meuse in the vicinity of Liny and Dun-sur-Meuse.
		On the 5th, however, a verbal message, later confirmed in writing, had been received from General Pershing, directing the occupation of Sedan, and suggesting that advantage be taken of the opportunity for pressing the advance throughout the night, boundaries not to be regarded.
	history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwi/fieldoperations/chapter29.htm (1993 words)

	Verdun - Americans in France
		Located on the banks of the Meuse River, Verdun is the site of some of the longest, and most terrible battles of World War I, with 750,000 troops killed, during 1916 alone.
		Verdun was captured by the Germans in World War II in 1940, and liberated by the Americans in 1944.
		In Verdun there are large monuments to both wars, and 6 miles northeast of the city, several battlefields remind of the terrible slaughter during World War I. Books by Jim and Emmy Humberd:
	www.americansinfrance.net /Tidbits/Verdun.cfm (96 words)

	WW1,Verdun1916,trevor tasker
		The snow in Verdun was 6 inches deep and still snowing heavily,so I decided to spend a day or two exploring this "city of peace".
		Apart from the centre of the roads, the snow was everywhere; in between the stones of the walls around the victory monument, and on the shoulders of the soldiers of the monument to the fallen.
		The area around Verdun has it's own micro-climate, whci "must be one of the most raiiest, foogiest and nastiest in all France", (Horne 1983, p55).
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/kylet1/trev.htm (2475 words)

	Lord Northcliffe's Commentary on Verdun
		The district of Verdun lies in one of the coldest and also the most misty sectors in the long line between Nieuport and Switzerland.
		Changes of temperature, too, are somewhat more frequent here than elsewhere; and so sudden are these changes that not long ago here occurred, on a part of the front, one of nature's furious and romantic reminders of her power to impose her will.
		The vast battle of Verdun might have been arranged for the benefit of interested spectators, were it not that the whole zone for miles around the great scene is as tightly closed to the outer world as a lodge of Freemason.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/1916/verdun.html (2012 words)

	Verdun on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		An episcopal see since the 4th cent., Verdun, with its surrounding area, was one of the three bishoprics (with Metz and Toul) seized (1552) by Henry II of France from the Holy Roman Empire.
		After 1871 the town became the principal French fortress facing Germany and was surrounded by a ring of defenses.
		In 1918 the Americans and French were victorious in the Verdun sector and at Saint-Mihiel.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/v/verdunf1r.asp (832 words)

	Battle of Verdun
		During the First World War Verdun was a fortified French garrison town on the River Meuse 200km east of Paris.
		Although he admitted he would be unable to break through at these point on the Western Front, he argued that in defending Verdun, the Germans would "bleed the French army white".
		Verdun, the longest battle of the First World War, ended on the 18th December.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWverdun.htm (419 words)

	Verdun, World Peace Capital with its Underground Citadel
		A fortress defended by the ancient Gauls, a Gallo-Roman town and a powerful bishopric in turn, Verdun by the end of the 19 th century had become the most heavily fortified town in France, with its Citadel and 38 forts and defensive works (including Vaux, Douaumont and Souville).
		Four years later, on 10 November 1920 in the heart of Citadelle, France chose its Unknow Soldier, to be buried under the Arc of Triomphe in Paris.
		On the banks of Meuse, Verdun today is a delightful town again, with summer concerts, numerous cultural events, and fairs and markets changing with the seasons.
	www.theworldwidegourmet.com /travel/france/lorraine/verdun.htm (262 words)

	Worldisround - Touring Verdun (then and now) - Vehicle Tours in Alsace/Lorraine photos
		Heart of Verdun, the Meuse River in front of the old city.
		I visited Verdun only a few times but recall the building with the 130,000 remains, as I agree with your statement about how moving it was to view them in 1961.
		Hi Harry, I was in Verdun with the 39th from Aug 59 to Apr 62.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/80502 (1184 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Special Report \| 1998 \| 10/98 \| World War I \| Verdun: Symbol of suffering
		The battle of Verdun was the longest battle of war and cost both sides many thousands of casualties.
		The German Fifth Army, under the command of General Erich von Falkenhayn, attacked the bulge in the French front line at Verdun, which was known as the Verdun salient.
		France's Field-Marshal Joseph Joffre, who was himself concentrating on the battle of the Somme, entrusted the defence of Verdun to General Henri Petain and the Second Army.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/newsid_203000/203224.stm (381 words)

	Verdun on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Owing allegiance: the British community in Verdun, Quebec during the Second World War.
		BOOKS: CALVARY ON THE MEUSE; A rambling account of the grisly and prolonged struggle for Verdun has too many digressions and not enough dramatic tension, Frank McLynn argues.(Features)
		Walking with the ghosts of Verdun; Death was a relief to many trapped in this hell As Remembrance Day nears, Tom Bower visits the killing fields of France's bloodiest battle.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/v/verdunc1an.asp (625 words)

	1914-1918 Butte de Vauquois - Verdun - Francerama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cemeteries, monuments and memorials [5] among which the Memorial of Pennsylvania [6] [7] border the road to Verdun, as well as numerous wash basins or fountains [8] which enhance Meuse, a very beautiful region.
		Known by all for the terrible battles of World War 1st, Verdun is a nice city spreading along the Meuse [9].
		All around Verdun, sorrow and deep emotion : battle fields furrowed [16] by bombs (Les Eparges), cemeteries, memorials, forts or ruined fortifications (Vaux), totally destroyed villages (Fleury sous Douaumont), Trench of the Baïonnettes, Cote 304, Le Mort-Homme, Montfaucon, Argonne, Haute-Chevauchee, Chemin des Dames, Voie Sacree, Douaumont.
	www.francerama.com /en/escapades/vauquois_verdun/photo_vauquois_verdun_i_a.htm (1022 words)

	BBC - History - Battle of Verdun: 21 February 1916 - July 1916 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Battle of Verdun: 21 February 1916 - July 1916
		One of the costliest battles of World War One, Verdun exemplified the 'war of attrition' pursued by both sides and which cost so many lives.
		By the winter of 1915-16, German General Erich von Falkenhayn was convinced that the war could only be won in the west.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/wwone/battle_verdun.shtml (536 words)

	Verdun hotels. Hotel rooms in Verdun. Discount France hotels for leisure breaks and business travel. Hotel in Meuse
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	www.hotellink.co.uk /docs/fr/lorraine/meuse/verdun/hotels001.htm (470 words)

	Ruth Gaines. Helping France: The Red Cross in the Devastated Area.Chapters XIII-XV, Appendix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Châlons is the departmental center of the Marne; Verdun, the frontier fortress of the Meuse, upon which for four years has pivoted the defense of the world.
		BOUNDING the Meuse on the northeast, a buffer between the French fortress of Verdun and the German fortress of Metz lies the Department of the Meurthe and Moselle, anciently known as Lorraine.
		Each serves a defined area; that of Verdun the Meuse, the Meurthe and Moselle, and the Vosges, that of Chalons the Marne, that of Mézières the Ardennes, that of Laon the Aisne, that of Amiens the Somme and the Oise, that of Lille the Nord and the Pas-de-Calais.
	www.ku.edu /carrie/texts/world_war_I/GainesARC/Gaines13-15.htm (10281 words)

	Worldisround - Biking in Lorraine (Oct 2002) by Christine Bourgeois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Riding in Lorraine in the Fall was very pleasant (we were lucky with the weather and the colors of the countryside were quite stunning).
		But touring around Verdun is always very moving even for me who grew up there.
		There are more than 70 Allied and German cemeteries in the area.(Over a million casualties, with over 600,000 killed and only a forth of the dead were ever identified).
	www.worldisround.com /articles/12946 (255 words)

	DESCENDENTS OF GEORGE GRILLOT & MARIE BEAUGUITTE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		She was born October 14, 1777 in Riaville, Meuse, France, and died November 05, 1833 in Pintheville, Meuse, France.
		She was born January 31, 1815 in Hennemont, Meuse, France, and died August 07, 1881 in York, Darke, Ohio.
		He was born December 03, 1819 in Hennemont, Meuse, France, and died March 05, 1896 in Wayne Twp., Darke, Ohio.
	users.erinet.com /22652/grila.htm (1623 words)

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