Not all are so lucky to escape unscathed and so the French and Belgian governments still pay reparations to the “ mutilée dans la guerre“– the victims of the war nearly 100 years after it ended. Occasionally, the Iron Harvest claims casualties of its own, usually in the form of a dazed farmer and a destroyed tractor. Every year, all along the old Western Front in France and Belgium, the population endures the “Iron Harvest” – the yearly collection of hundreds of tons of unexploded ordnance and other war materiel still buried in the ground. This does not mean that the areas are completely safe, however. Beginning of Battle of Verdun February 1916. In these areas, people were allowed to return and rebuild their lives. German troops in action at the beginning of the Battle of Verdun 1916. Nine villages deemed unfit to be rebuilt are known today as the “ villages that died for France.” Inside the Zone Rouge signs marking the locations of streets and important buildings are the only reminders those villages ever existed.Īreas not completely devastated but heavily impacted by the war fell into other zones, Yellow and Blue. The people of this area were forced to relocate elsewhere while entire villages were wiped off the map. Those areas that were completely devastated and destroyed, unsafe to farm, and impossible for human habitation became the Zone Rouge. Douaumont Ossuary and Cemetery Verdun WWI Saint-Quentin National Necropolis French Military Cemetery cemetery Picardie, WWI, WWII Connaught Cemetery. Immediately after the war, the French government quarantined much of the land subjected to the worst of the battles. After the surrender of France and the Armistice on 22 June 1940, Verdun (which is most known for the terrible Battle in the First World War, that bears it’s name)is a small city in the Meuse department in Grand Est in northeastern France, like all of the non Vichy areas of France was occupied by German & Axis troops in World War Two. In-game Description The Landsers are a German rifle squad, composed of an NCO, a rifleman, a machine gunner, and a grenadier. They can also count on their Minenwerfer and the 7.7cm Feldkanone for artillery support. They have the ability to rapidly lock down sectors with accurate rifle fire and machine gun support from the MG08/15. The roll of British ports bombed last week sounded more like a train announce ment than a report of one of the great battles of history. lowest to highest levels, and also locating it within the wider context of WW1 and WW2. The 'Landser' were the standard German infantry soldiers. Liverpool, Bristol, Southampton, Ports mouth, Plymouth, London. The maker’s name is found under the city gate on the left side of the medal. At the top is theinscription, Verdun On Ne Passe Pas. This 28mm bronze medal shows an extremely high relief soldier holding a rifle across chest with the gates of Verdun in the background. The Battlefield of Verdun in 2016 (French Government photo) The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alista. One of the rarest versions is the Rasumny Medal.