People outside the Douaumont Ossuary - Verdun
Verdun - visiting the provisional mass repository of remains of soldiers killed during the savage military actions at Verdun during the First World War. The Douaumont ossuary is a memorial containing the remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War I. The provisional Ossuary was open from 1920 to 1927 - the official opening of the new Ossuary and memorial tower was in 1932
Picture No
10579526
Media ID
46851190
Size
2100px x 1500px
(1.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/John Maclellan
Source
Photograph from the John MacLellan Collection
Date
circa late 1920s
