Verdun, France. a French flag towers over a garden in the Verdun Military Cemetery . The Ossuary of Verdun is in the background.

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13,000 identified soldiers who were killed in the First World War are burried in the Verdun Military cemetery. The ossuary of Verdun holds the remains of some 130,000 unidentified French soldiers killed in the great war.

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Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Verdun, France
Photo credit: © Yagil Henkin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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