Voie Sacrée, the Glossary
The Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way") is a road that connects Bar-le-Duc to Verdun (Meuse), France.[1]
Table of Contents
18 relations: Bar-le-Duc, Battle of Verdun, Berliet, Compagnie Meusienne de Chemins de Fer, France, Labour battalion, Meuse (department), Meuse–Argonne offensive, Philippe Pétain, Renault, Robert Nivelle, Souilly, Troyes, Verdun, Voie Sacrée wind farm, World War I, Zone rouge, 2nd Army (France).
- Meuse (department)
- Transport in Grand Est
- Western Front (World War I)
Bar-le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc, formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the capital.
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Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun; Schlacht um Verdun) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. Voie Sacrée and Battle of Verdun are Meuse (department), military history of Grand Est and Western Front (World War I).
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Berliet
Berliet was a French manufacturer of automobiles, buses, trucks and military vehicles among other vehicles based in Vénissieux, outside of Lyon, France.
Compagnie Meusienne de Chemins de Fer
The Compagnie Meusienne de Chemins de Fer (colloquially Le Meusien) operated from 1888 to 1922 a long metre gauge rail network in the French Département Meuse.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Labour battalion
Labour battalions have been a form of alternative service or unfree labour in various countries in lieu of or resembling regular military service.
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Meuse (department)
Meuse is a department in northeast France, named after the River Meuse.
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Meuse–Argonne offensive
The Meuse–Argonne offensive (also known as the Meuse River–Argonne Forest offensive, the Battles of the Meuse–Argonne, and the Meuse–Argonne campaign) was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. Voie Sacrée and Meuse–Argonne offensive are military history of Grand Est.
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Philippe Pétain
Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), better known as Philippe Pétain and Marshal Pétain (Maréchal Pétain), was a French general who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II.
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Renault
Groupe Renault (also known as the Renault Group in English; legally Renault S.A.) is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899.
Robert Nivelle
Robert Georges Nivelle (15 October 1856 – 22 March 1924) was a French artillery general officer who served in the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War.
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Souilly
Souilly is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Troyes
Troyes is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
Verdun
Verdun (official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France.
Voie Sacrée wind farm
The Voie Sacrée wind farm is a wind farm located in the Lorraine region of France.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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Zone rouge
The zone rouge (English: red zone) is a chain of non-contiguous areas throughout northeastern France that the French government isolated after the First World War.
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2nd Army (France)
The Second Army (IIe Armée) was a field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II.
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See also
Meuse (department)
- Battle of Verdun
- Château de Ville-sur-Saulx
- Cigéo
- Correspondence of Lorraine toponyms in French and German
- Departmental Council of Meuse
- Meuse (department)
- Voie Sacrée
Transport in Grand Est
- Avenue de Champagne
- Canal des Ardennes
- Châlons Vatry Airport
- Col de la Schlucht
- Col du Ballon d'Alsace
- Col du Bonhomme
- Col du Grand Ballon
- Grand Canal d'Alsace
- Haguenau Airport
- Imperial Railways in Alsace–Lorraine
- Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport
- Mulhouse tramway
- Pierre Pflimlin Bridge
- Route des Crêtes
- Saint-Dizier – Robinson Air Base
- Saint-Louis-Arzviller inclined plane
- Saverne Tunnel
- Soléa
- Strasbourg Airport
- Three Countries Bridge
- Troyes – Barberey Airport
- Voie Sacrée
- Zoufftgen train collision
Western Front (World War I)
- Bapaume town hall explosion
- Battle of Passchendaele
- Battle of Verdun
- Battle of the Somme
- Beauvais Conference
- Bois-le-Prêtre fighting
- Chemin des Dames
- Doullens Conference
- Dury, Compiègne and Abbeville meetings
- Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort
- Flanders Fields
- General Government of Belgium
- German invasion of Belgium (1914)
- Iron harvest
- L'Anneau de la mémoire
- Le Courrier de l'Air
- Marne Medal
- Notre Dame de Lorette
- Operation Alberich
- Operation Hush
- Passage of the Grande Honnelle
- Race to the Sea
- Rouge Bouquet
- Sambre–Oise Canal
- The Crucified Soldier
- Vaulx-Vraucourt
- Voie Sacrée
- Western Front (World War I)
- Ypres Salient
- Yser Front
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voie_Sacrée
Also known as La Voie Sacrée, Voie Sacre.