Bayonet Trench
Bayonet Trench is a First World War memorial near Verdun, France. The 1920 concrete structure encloses the graves of French soldiers who died on the site, which was a military trench, in June 1916 during the Battle of Verdun.Photo: PMRMaeyaert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: French WWI memorial
- Also known as: “Memorial de la Tranchée des Baïonnettes” and “Trench of Bayonets”
- Roof shape: flat
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Douaumont and Douaumont Ossuary.
Fort Douaumont
Photo: Historicair, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Douaumont was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun, France, since the 1890s. Fort Douaumont is situated 1 km east of Bayonet Trench.
Douaumont Ossuary
Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Douaumont Ossuary is a memorial containing the skeletal remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War I. Douaumont Ossuary is situated 670 metres south of Bayonet Trench.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont National Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: jean melis, CC BY 3.0.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont National Cemetery is situated 780 metres south of Bayonet Trench.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Verdun and Gremilly.
Verdun
Photo: Duhjeroen, Public domain.
Verdun is a city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department. In 843, the Treaty of Verdun, which divided the Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms—considered the foundation of Germany and France—was signed there.
Gremilly
Village
Photo: Aimelaime, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gremilly is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Gremilly is situated 8 km northeast of Bayonet Trench.
Bayonet Trench
- Categories: place of national remembrance, war memorial, building, and historic site
- Location: Vaux-devant-Damloup, Arrondissement of Verdun, Meuse, Grand Est, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.2141° or 49° 12′ 51″ northLongitude
5.42563° or 5° 25′ 32″ eastLevels
1Open location code
8FX76C7G+J7OpenStreetMap ID
way 244502233OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatWikidata ID
Q3247141
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Russian—“Bayonet Trench” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “tranchée des baïonnettes”
- French: “Tranchee des Baionnettes”
- French: “tranchée des baïonnettes”
- French: “Tranchée des baïonnettes”
- German: “tranchée des baïonnettes”
- German: “Tranchée des Baïonnettes”
- Hungarian: “Bajonettek árka”
- Luxembourgish: “Tranchée des baïonnettes”
- Polish: “Okop bagnetów”
- Russian: “Траншея штыков”
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