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History of Chateau-Thierry


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House of Vermandois & Soissons.

Château-Thierry was the site of two important battles. The Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) in the Napoleonic Wars between France and Prussia, and Battle of Château-Thierry (1918) in World War I, between the United States and Germany.

In 1918, a mounting for the infamous Paris Gun was found near the castle. The cannon itself was never found

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