Verdun Heights
is really Samogneux, Verdun battlefield, Grand Est
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
In the game
A map of the opening days of the Battle of Verdun in February 1916, Germans attacking French-held hills through burning forest.
The real place
Samogneux, on the Meuse north of Verdun, fell in the first days of the 1916 offensive and was rebuilt after the war.
Visiting
Base yourself in Verdun; the Douaumont Ossuary and the Mémorial de Verdun are a short drive away.