In 1916, a dirt road between Bar-le-Duc and Verdun became the vital artery of the battle. For ten months, territorial battalions threw 700,000 tons of stone under the wheels of the trucks that were constantly marching. This mythical road, renamed "Voie Sacrée", saved the French victory by a work of invisible wear and tear of the paternes of the territory. More
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In 1916, a dirt road between Bar-le-Duc and Verdun became the vital artery of the battle. For ten months, territorial battalions threw 700,000 tons of stone under the wheels of the trucks that were constantly marching. This mythical road, renamed "Voie Sacrée", saved the French victory by a work of invisible wear and tear of the paternes of the territory. More