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Summer 1918, the 2nd Battle of the Marne From the 27th of May to 6th of August 1918, the Aisne is the center of one of the determining battle of the war of 1914-1918 which will be called the 2nd Battle of the Marne, in a few days the Germans take back the “Chemin des Dames” (Soissons ) and progressed to Chateau-Thierry. They are stopped 60 kilometers from Paris. From the 18th of July the allied offensive was launched prelude to victory. This battle will make tens of thousands of dead, wounded, missing in the Allied and German units.
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It was built between 1921 and 1931. The Marshal Foch chooses the site of Dormans to perpetuate the memory of the second battle of Marne.
The French-American military cemetery is hosting 2,000 German graves, 2,200 French graves and 20 British graves.
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It was built between 1921 and 1931. The Marshal Foch chooses the site of Dormans to perpetuate the memory of the second battle of Marne. The tower of the monument, high of 52 meters offers the exceptional sight of the plain where the battles in 1914 and 1918 have taken place. In this memorial, it is possible to discover a crypt and a commemorative chapel, containing the funeral room and a boneyard. A permanent exposition permits to understand how the village of Dormans was destroyed during the two battles of Marne.
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