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Fort Douaumont, before and after the Battle of Verdun, WW1, 1915-1916 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So was this actually in use or was it collateral damage?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In use, I believe.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

It was mostly abandoned when the French realised how little resistance similar structures in Belgium had offered to German heavy artillery. The Germans took it without much of a fight, then the French took it back a few months later much the same way.