Battle Of Hartmannswillerkopf, The peak stands at 956 metres (3,136 ft) overlooking the Rhine valley.

Battle Of Hartmannswillerkopf, 4 to 9 January 1915 : The Germans launch attacks to capture the summit. The peak is a pyramidal rocky spur in the Vosges mountains, about 5km (03miles) north of Thann, standing at 956m (3,136feet) and overlooking the Alsace Plain, Rhine valley and the Black Forest Recognised as a French memorial site from 1921, the Hartmannswillerkopf battlefield is the foremost First World War site both in Alsace and on the Vosgian Front. Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf — French forces shelled then attacked German defenses on the Hartmannswillerkopf summit on the French-German border but were pushed back. Hartmannswillerkopf, also known as the Vieil Armand or Hartmannsweilerkopf is a pyramidal rocky spur in the Vosges mountains of Alsace. Over 30,000 men were killed or wounded in the brutal Hartmannswillerkopf, also known as the Vieil Armand or Hartmannsweilerkopf is a pyramidal rocky spur in the Vosges mountains of Alsace. The peak stands at 956 metres (3,136 ft) overlooking the Rhine valley. Both the French and Germans attacked and counterattacked to gain control of the strategic peak, which would allow observation and artillery attacks on enemy positions. The peak is a pyramidal rocky spur in the Vosges mountains, about 5km (3. The peak is located 9 kilometres (5. The Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf were a series of engagements fought for the control of the Hartmannswillerkopf peak in Alsace during 1915. qwev, u4gw, 2negyqo, il4qbs, h2, t9t, 6iekx, hnnk, err8, cgds,