The Ruins of Montfaucon, France, 1918 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Library of Congress record: The ruins of Montfaucon, from a German observation position, captured by the American Army, Sept. 27, 1918
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The Ruins of Montfaucon, France, 1918
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Montfaucon, a hilltop village in the Argonne region of northeastern France, was reduced to rubble in 1918 after holding a commanding view over the Meuse valley. American infantry seized the position on September 26, 1918, the opening day of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, which became the largest American campaign of the war. German artillery and machine-gun crews had fortified the high ground for years, so the fighting there was costly, and the village itself was almost entirely destroyed. Before the war, the community had been a farming and quarry settlement whose stone houses and church had given way to shell craters and broken walls by the time this photograph was made. Residents who returned after the armistice of November 11, 1918, found little left to rebuild on the summit.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schutz group photographers (washington, d.c.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--France |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,111 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The ruins of Montfaucon, from a German observation position, captured by the American Army, Sept. 27, 1918 |
| Reference | FRANCE The Ruins of Montfaucon 1918 |
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