Monument To Dead And The Fallen Children Who Died For France In Verdun France On June 14 2022 Editorial Image

Monument to dead and the Fallen children who died for France in Verdun France on June 14 2022. Editorial only. The monument stands for the famous motto of Verdun 1916 “They shall not pass”. In the centre five soldiers of stone, representing the different corps of the French army, stand side by side. On the base of both sides of a cross of war are engraved the names of the fallen at Verdun in France in both world wars. The sculptor was Claude Grange, the architect Forest. Forts, villages, roads, railways in the terrain north of Verdun were completely pulverised in the fighting. It is here that the principal memorials are to be found – including the astonishing structure which is, arguably, France’s most significant monument generated by the Great War.