King Alfonzo XIII of Spain, French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, and other officials, speak with a Roman Catholic clergyman inside bombed-out remains of Cathedral of Notre-Dame (7 Pl. Mgr Ginisty, 55100 Verdun, France) in Verdun, France. The king and others walk out of the building. King Alfonso XIII at the Gare de Verdun train station. King Alfonzo XIII, and others, escorted by French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, examines the Verdun battlefield. Snow on the ground. From a high point overlooking the battlefield, Marshal Foch points out key locations with his swagger stick and then escorts the king down into a trench and dugout. The king with Marshal Foch in a car.
French troops leave Souilly, the headquarters of French Generals Philippe Pétain and Robert Nivelle, for Verdun by trucks during World War 1. Outside Souilly, General Philippe Pétain observes the trucks leaving for Verdun. Trucks drive along the Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way”), a road that connects Bar-le-Duc to Verdun (Meuse), France. Long convoy of trucks transport troops, supplies and artillery through the Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way ''). Trucks driving along the Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way ''). Soldiers disembark from trucks after arriving in Verdun. Soldiers push field artillery attached to a truck.
A French soldier dresses the wound of an injured comrade during the Battle of Verdun in World War 1. Bodies of dead French soldiers, partly buried in mud, found in trenches. Two men walk past bodies of the deceased. More bodies of French soldiers are scattered in the trenches. Removal of battlefield casualties. Bodies of soldiers killed during the Battle of Verdun are shown in various stages of decomposition. French soldiers wearing the Red Crosses on their arms digging graves for dead bodies removed from the battlefield. Devastated hill in Verdun. French soldiers trudging through destroyed Verdun landscape.. Bodies of deceased soldiers and scattered wreckage. French soldiers carry away wounded on stretchers.
Architecture of Verdun in Verdun-sur-Meuse, France during World War I. View of Verdun: the ramparts, walls (eighty feet thick), and the river bridge on the banks of Meuse. French civilians at the Meuse on a Monday: people beside a pond. Shell holes and people in the holes.
United States Major General Walton H. Walker receives Fourragère military award from the French during World War 2. French officers march down monument stairs of the Victory Monument in Verdun (Rue Mazel, 55100 Verdun, France) Major General Walton H. Walker, of the XX Corps, receives the Fourragère. Major General Walton H. Walker shakes hands with French officers. French troops pass in review at the Verdun Victory Monument.
A French woman with umbrella at a grave in Verdun battlefield. Official Dedication (inauguration) of the Verdun Ossuary at Douaumont, France, August 7, 1932. Seen is French General Henri Giraud, along with other officials. Soldier of French Colonial Regiment (Moroccan) dips tricolor flag embroidered with campaign symbols.
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