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.
Fort Douaumont was one fort that fell along with Fort Vaux which saw some hellacious fighting in it's corridors. Just made a post about it after seeing this one:
https://lemmy.world/post/11304986
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mozz@lemmy.sdf.org · 68 pts · 2y
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social · 22 pts · 2y
There's a universe where the Christmas Truce has held to this day, and I wish I was in that one.
mozz@lemmy.sdf.org · 9 pts · 2y
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
I still haven't watched "They Shall Never Grow Old" because I'll just bawl the whole time
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 16 pts · 2y
Nice fort you have there. It would be a shame if someone.... Flattened it...
PugJesus@kbin.social · 13 pts · 2y
Cratered it, even.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Babe wake up, it’s time for your ten month long flattening.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
So was this actually in use or was it collateral damage?
PugJesus@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
In use, I believe.
SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
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.
FireTower@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Fort Douaumont was one fort that fell along with Fort Vaux which saw some hellacious fighting in it's corridors. Just made a post about it after seeing this one: https://lemmy.world/post/11304986
https://youtu.be/o9Gc4D4gV10?si=
BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one · 8 pts · 2y
I didn't realize USA had such good surveillance satellites up in the 1900s
pageflight@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
Actually a lot of Google "satellite" imagery is from planes, as I assume this is.
pythonoob@programming.dev · 10 pts · 2y
Or a balloon, which they used in ww1 for observation
pageflight@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Some fascinating history, thanks for the note!
PugJesus@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
They called them 'birds' back then
darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 2y
Scubus@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Sabboton is great
blahsay@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Yeesh I think they missed a spot!