ww1 mass german grave

[Wolfgang Thorsten]

in france there was a mass grave with over 24,000 german soldiers in it aged between 16-17

[Ernst Hoffmann]

It was a very brutal war there is no doubt about that. Do you have anymore information than that?

Regards
Ernst Hoffmann

[Wolfgang Thorsten]

Most of these were young lads striaght out of school, around 16 and 17 years of age. They were told to walk into battle singing there school songs, which they did. many of them were killed by thir own german gas, due to a change in wind direction, failed to reach its target.

most of the germans that were bured were know only to god

[Gerhard Schmidt]

Most of these were young lads striaght out of school, around 16 and 17 years of age. They were told to walk into battle singing there school songs, which they did. many of them were killed by thir own german gas, due to a change in wind direction, failed to reach its target.

most of the germans that were bured were know only to god

I've heard of this before. In Europe the winds tend to flow west to east more often than not. Horrible to use gas at all, but even more heartbreaking when it's use leads to the death of children.

[Wilhelm Stahlschmiedt]

I've read about this in a Military Science class I've taken. Perhaps you have an article to share that everyone could learn from?

[August Schreiner]

Where was this in France?

[Matthias Finkenauer]

I wondered if this was the same cemetery i visited, but then i remembered that that one had "only" 18 thousand i believe. It had many rows of black metal crosses (with a few scattered jewish tombstones) with 4 deceased to each and then in the back were 4 mass grave sites each containing thousands. Also the red baron was buried there too at one time. Its interesting that german ww1 graves are mostly massed and large cemeteries, where british grave sites are many times small and numerous.
*Just checked,the one i am talking about was in the somme region of France called Fricourt German war cemetery

[Michael Josef Schwendau]

When you put on a uniform or your learn to kill... you are no longer a child. Children play with toys and games. War is and has never been a game. Please don't confuse the two.

[Vandewalle]

Hey guys.
I saw this topic and I just had to reply to it.
I live in Flanders, Belgium and we have many historical places around here.
and it just happens that I'm fond of visiting them. And just special for you guys, part of the realism community and possible intressted in history as well I made a website called: www.titishomepage.tk .
you might think its a bit of a weird name of a homepage, but actually, TiTi is my nickname here. so it does nothing have to do with sexual contents or whatsoever. Au contraire, it has alot to with Militaria and Historical trips.

One of the trips I made and wrote a review of is about WW1. I visited cemetary's, trenches and more. I posted pictures about that on my site. And one of them is about a German cemetary with a mass grave as well.

Another good trip was Bastogne. Loads of pics are seen there too.
I hope you guys enjoy the read, and stay tuned for updates!

PFC Vandewalle [29th ID]

[Ernst Hoffmann]

I will check that link out sounds interesting! Glad you stopped by Vandewalle it actually really pleases me that you took the time to post here. We also have several Belgium's in our unit one was our tank commander for the battle Karl Ritter.

Regards
Ernst Hoffmann