French Villages Destroyed in The First World War - List of Villages

List of Villages

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  • Beaumont-en-Verdunois
  • Bezonvaux
  • Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
  • Douaumont
  • Fleury-devant-Douaumont, next to the Verdun Memorial
  • Haumont-près-Samogneux
  • Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre
  • Ornes
  • Vaux-devant-Damloup (rebuilt)

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