This Land in France Has Been Off-Limits Since 1918

Ajouté : 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]France has land that's been off limits since 1918, not temporarily, permanently.

[00:00:07]In northeast France, the Zone Rouge, World War I never ended. The soil is saturated with arsenic, mercury, and chlorine from 4 [music] years of chemical warfare.

[00:00:18]1 million soldiers are still buried there, unrecovered, unidentified, unexploded shells still detonate in neighboring fields today.

[00:00:28]France has a full-time team whose only [music] job is removing World War I munitions. They clear 900 tons every single year.

[00:00:37]Experts say this work will continue for another 700 years. World War I ended [music] 108 years ago.

[00:00:45]France is still cleaning it up daily.