WWI Battlefields in France, Episode 205
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2018
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Join Us in France Travel Podcast, Episode 205
On today’s episode, I bring you a trip report with Jennifer Warner about the World War I sites she visited with her husband and sons earlier this year. The whole family has an interest in history. Her teenage sons particularly enjoyed getting a better understanding of what happened on these battlefields.
In preparation for this episode, I read a wonderful book called A World Undone: the History of the Great War 1914 to 1918. But the history of this war is a tremendously complex subject. Our purpose was not to discuss the history in depth. Our intention was to learn details of Jennifer's visit to the WWI battlefields in France and what makes some of them better than others for visitors.
Centennial Anniversary of the end of WWI
WWI ended on November 11, 1918. Making this year the centennial anniversary of the end of the Great War. As a result, battlefield sites like Verdun and Vimy will be holding special celebrations and special events to mark the centennial. We don't go into any details these centennial celebrations, but if you plan on visiting, make sure to do some research to see if you can participate in some of them.
You see rows upon rows of not just dead but also missing people. It is so sobering, even for teenagers.
WWI Battlefields in France
What are the must-see places you need to visit in order to get an overview of WWI or the Great War? In this episode we mention major WWI battlefields in the East and North of France. A sobering topic, but as you can see from Jennifer's report, also a wonderful family vacation.
Discussed in this Episode
- Verdun
- Verdun Ossuary
- Fort Douamont
- Fort Vaux
- Ossuary Douamont
- Camp Maguerre
- Abandoned Villages
- Arras City and Tunnels
- Vimy Ridge
- Wellington Tunnels
- Thiepval
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| 0:00.0 | This is Join us in France episode 205. |
| 0:05.0 | Bonsieur, I'm Annie, and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France, |
| 0:10.4 | its many quirks, its history, its language, and of course destinations in France you want to learn about |
| 0:17.2 | because hopefully you'll be visiting soon. |
| 0:20.0 | On today's episode, a trip report with Jennifer Warner about the World War I sites that she |
| 0:26.1 | visited with her family earlier this year. |
| 0:29.2 | World War I, who it's hard to say, ended on November 11th, 1918, so we are celebrating the centennial anniversary of the |
| 0:39.7 | end of the Great War. |
| 0:42.4 | Many of the sites we mentioned on this episode will be holding special celebrations and special events to mark the centennial, |
| 0:49.0 | so 2018 is a great year to visit World War I memorial sites. |
| 0:55.0 | Thank you so much Jennifer for coming on the show |
| 0:57.7 | and sharing so many great tips about your trip to France. |
| 1:02.4 | Honestly, I couldn't do this show week in and week out without wonderful listeners like you Jennifer |
| 1:10.0 | who decide to do a trip report with me. I have several episodes recorded and lined up for the next few weeks, |
| 1:16.0 | but if you had an episode-worthy trip to France, I'd love to have you on the show. |
| 1:22.0 | Right now, I'd love to have you on the show. |
| 1:22.7 | Right now, I'd love to have guests who had a bit of a different experience |
| 1:26.0 | than what you usually hear on the show. |
| 1:28.0 | Maybe you were traveling with a family group |
| 1:29.9 | that included several generations. |
| 1:32.4 | Maybe you were doing a solo trip, |
| 1:34.5 | maybe you had something spectacularly good |
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