Verdun – Fighting The Great War

Men who fought here called it ”The Meat-Grindr.”  6 April 2017 I drive the Western Front. Names of towns and their historic significance batter me: Passchendaele, Ieper, Lille, Vimy, Peronne. VERDUN!  “They shall not pass.”  This is the infamous Argonne; it breaths the words of Erich Maria Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front.” It […]

Tags: France, Meuse-Argonne American Military Cemetery, Verdun, World War I