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If you only have one day then this would be a good option.Ī recent publication (2019) by Christina Holstein is an excellent addition for a longer visit to the Verdun area. This, as is the norm with their guides, is in the form of a car trip around the battlefields, visiting many sites of interest. In terms of guidebooks, the Holts cover Verdun in their Battlefield Guide to the Western Front South. Two good accounts of the battles are Alistair Horne’s The Price of Glory and Ian Ousby’s The Road to Verdun. There are fewer books (in English) dealing with Verdun than the Somme or Flanders – as you might expect. Choice of restaurants and where to eat are more limited here however, unless you wish to drive. On the south-east outskirts, about a mile and a half from the town centre, are the medium priced ibis hotel and the low-cost Formule One, for the latter rooms are not en-suite.

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Some central hotels offer parking, free or paid. However, parking in the centre of Verdun can be a problem when staying in the town centre. For example, in the centre of the town is the upmarket Les Jardins du Mess, which also has a good restaurant, and there are places to eat out in the town centre.

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Verdun itself has several hotels to choose from, plus other types of accommodation. The A4 Motorway runs to the south of Verdun, and you can exit to the west and then drive on the Voie Sacrée towards the town itself.

Captain Edward L.In both cases, you can make the vast majority of the trip on motorways, although you will pay about €30-35 in tolls.

Chapman (1890–1916), first American aviator to die in battle in the war

Corporal Freddie Stowers (1896–1918), for action in the Ardennes (medal awarded in 1991).

Smith (1873–1918), for action near Binarville, France

Sergeant William Sawelson (1895–1918), for action at Grandpré, Ardennes.

Roberts (1895–1918), for action in the Montrebeau Woods Miller (1882–1918), for his leadership in the Argonne

(1897–1918), the "Arizona Balloon Buster" and first airman to receive the medal of honor Luke Air Force Base is named after him

Sergeant Matej Kocak (1882–1918), two-time recipient (Army and Navy medals).

Chiles (1895–1918), for action near Le Champy Bas, France Bleckley (1894–1918), for service near Binarville, France The cemetery is closed January 1 and December 25, but is open on all other holidays.

It is open daily to the public from 9:00 a.m. This cemetery is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission. It also includes the Meuse-Argonne American Memorial. Along the walls of the chapel area are the tablets of the missing which include the names of those soldiers who fought in the region and in northern Russia, but have no known grave.

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Beyond the grave sections is a chapel which is decorated with stained glass windows depicting American units' insignias. The cemetery consists of eight sections behind a large central reflection pool.

The cemetery contains the largest number of American military dead in Europe (14,246), most of whom lost their lives during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and were buried there. It is located east of the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon in Meuse. The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery (French: Cimetière Américain (Meuse-Argonne)) is a 130.5-acre (52.8 ha) World War I cemetery in France. Statistics source: ABMC Meuse-Argonne web page