Nice fort you have there. It would be a shame if someone.... Flattened it...
Cratered it, even.
Babe wake up, it’s time for your ten month long flattening.
So was this actually in use or was it collateral damage?
In use, I believe.
It was mostly abandoned when the French realised how little resistance similar structures in Belgium had offered to German heavy artillery. The Germans took it without much of a fight, then the French took it back a few months later much the same way.
Fort Douaumont was one fort that fell along with Fort Vaux which saw some hellacious fighting in it's corridors. Just made a post about it after seeing this one: https://lemmy.world/post/11304986
Nowadays it's open for visitors and well worth a visit.
Sabboton is great
Yeesh I think they missed a spot!
