Image: VERDUN-OSSUAIRE DE DOUAUMONT5
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Description: Crosses marking some of the 16,142 graves at the Douaumont cemetery, the largest military cemetery in France. On each plaque, below the personal details of the soldier, is Mort pour la France ("[One who] died for France"). In the background can be seen the ossuary, which contains the remains of over 130,000 unidentified combatants. Plaques inside the ossuary list the names of some of the unidentified dead.
Title: VERDUN-OSSUAIRE DE DOUAUMONT5
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