Fields of Battle - Verdun
Ouvrage de Thiaucourt: Verdun: The Ouvrage du Thiaumont changed hands 14 times during the fighting in 1916. The surrounding ground reveals the ferocity of the fighting and is perhaps the most tortured ground on the Western Front. This is the destroyed observation post at the Ouvrage de Thiaumont is witness to the sheer fury of German artillery fire - the cupola was 10 thick and weighed 7 tons before it was blown apart
Picture No
13923343
Media ID
47827257
Size
1900px x 1267px
(1.3MB)
Credit
westernfrontphotography.com / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Mike St Maur Sheil
Date
2006
