During World War 1, the Battle of Verdun destroyed the villages of Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Bezonvaux, Cumières-le-Mort-Homme, Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Haumont-près-Samogneux, and Louvemont-Còte-du-Poivre. To honor them, they were never rebuilt. This is what they looked like before the war, in order:
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Forever lost to the violence and purposelessness of WWI.
I think this is fitting somehow.
Un des obus n’as pas explosé et est maintenant fièrement exposé à [l’hopital de Toulon.](https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/zq1eke/toulon_un_octog%C3%A9naire_se_pr%C3%A9sente_aux_urgences/?depth=10)