Neat visit.
Itwas part of a longer tour across north Frnce. After a few days in Paris, we drove west to Mont St Michel. Then across the Peninsula to Normandy then north France, Belgium and back to Paris through Verdun.
1346: 669 anniversary of the English victory at Crecy
1415: 600 anniversary of the English victory at Agincourt
1433: 582 anniversary of the English siege of Mont St Michel
1815: 200 anniversary of the English victory at Waterloo
1914: 101 anniversary of the first German invasion through the Ardennes-Belgium woods.
1915: 100 anniversary of the French-Germany defeat/stalemate at Verdun
1916: 99 anniversary of the English stalemate at the Somme
1917: 98 anniversary of the English stalemate of the 3rd Battle of Ypres/Passandaele
1940: 75 anniversary of the second German invasion through the Ardennes-Belgium woods and passes
1940: 75 anniversary at the English retreat over the Dunkirk beaches and museums
1944: 71 anniversary of the American-English victory of Normandy invasion and its battles across France to Germany
1944: 71 anniversary of the third German invasion through the Ardennes-Belgium woods and passes
1945: 70 anniversary of the American victory in the Battle of the Bulge
Sobering to see so many invasion routes taking the same roads, the same villages and towns, crossing the same bridges and fords as in years past.