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This is the so called red zone, here are some pictures about it: http://imgur.com/gallery/CdxZM http://imgur.com/gallery/CdxZM

• ourmandave 10y ago
  I wonder how many kids grow up in these areas thinking this is normal and the whole country isn't safe to play in.
  • martindelemotte 10y ago
    As a kid I played in these areas while my dad was cutting wood. It was rather exciting to find a shell as these were rare compared to other pieces of metal. We were just told not to play with them. I remember that one day we found a shell buried not that far from a fire that my dad had lit. I was young so I can't certify that we were in a "red zone" but it was in the woods around Verdun so there's a high chance.
    • trhway 10y ago
      >It was rather exciting to find a shell as these were rare compared to other pieces of metal. We were just told not to play with them. We were told about the same. Fortunately, we didn't have parents around during the day - USSR, all parents at work :)
• e12e 10y ago
  A little more in this link posted to hn a while back: "The Real “No-Go Zone” of France: A Forbidden No Man’s Land Poisoned by War" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9609091 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9609091 http://www.messynessychic.com/2015/05/26/the-real-no-go-zone-of-france-a-forbidden-no-mans-land-poisoned-by-war/ http://www.messynessychic.com/2015/05/26/the-real-no-go-zone...