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In this region of France, position warfare raged and was tailored to the lie of the land. The soldiers dug out bunkers and built specific transport networks (funicular, cable cars, railways) as well as telephone and telegraph communications networks. Unable to dislodge the enemy, each soldier resorted to mine warfare, which lasted throughout the war.

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In this region of France, position warfare raged and was tailored to the lie of the land. The soldiers dug out bunkers and built specific transport networks (funicular, cable cars, railways) as well as telephone and telegraph communications networks. Unable to dislodge the enemy, each soldier resorted to mine warfare, which lasted throughout the war.

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Adjacent to a German cemetery, the Bertrimoutier cemetery holds 933 French soldiers, 12 Russians and a Romanian who died during the fighting in the Vosges at Le Violu, Ban-de-Laveline and Spitzemberg in 1914-1918. Created in 1921, this cemetery was developed in 1924 in order to bring together the bodies exhumed from the military cemeteries at Lesseux, Provenchères and Le Violu. The commune of Bertrimoutier was awarded the 1914-1918 Croix de Guerre (War Cross).

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Adjacent to a German cemetery, the Saulcy-sur-Meurthe national cemetery holds 2,565 French soldiers, of whom 1,174 were buried in two ossuaries, 11 Russians and a Romanian who died during the fighting in the Vosges and in the Gérardmer hospitals in 1914-1918. Created in 1921, this cemetery was developed up until 1935 in order to bring together the bodies exhumed from temporary military cemeteries located in the Col du Bonhomme, Col de la Schlucht, Gérardmer, Mandray and Valtin.

René Fonck, the famous Great War aviator, was from Saulcy-sur-Meurthe. The man nicknamed the French "ace of aces" was officially attributed with 75 victories and single-handedly shot down 142 enemy aircraft.

At the entrance to the cemetery is a plaque to commemorate the eight American soldiers from the 411th infantry regiment of the US Army who died on 22 November 1944 at Saulcy-sur-Meurthe and who are today buried at the American cemetery in Epinal.

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In 1914, after being evacuated by the Germans, the region of Saint-Dié was the scene of violent battles for control of the mountains and the upper ground, which could be used as vantage points. The most violent battles were waged at the Tête-du-Violu, Tête-des-Faux, as well as at the Sainte-Marie-aux Mines, Bagenelles Bonhomme mountain passes. On 27 August 1914, the Germans took Saint-Dié.

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The national war cemetery of Villé contains the remains of soldiers who died for France during the battles that took place in the Vosges. Established in 1924, this cemetery gathers together the bodies of 281 French servicemen including 62 placed in individual graves. The remains of 219 servicemen were placed in an ossuary. Alongside these soldiers are also buried ten Russian prisoners, 9 of which were placed in an ossuary, and one British soldier.

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The national war cemetery of Saales contains the bodies of soldiers who died for France during the fighting that took place during the summer of 1914, in vallée de la Bruche. Created and in 1921 and extended in 1924, this military cemetery brings together the bodies of 36 French soldiers who served with the 14th and 21st Army Corps. Ten of these soldiers were buried in individual graves and 26 were placed in an ossuary.

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Located in Ban-de-Sapt, La Fontenelle National Cemetery holds the remains of soldiers who died for France during the battles for La Fontenelle from 1914 to 1918. Established from 1921 to 1923, the cemetery also contains the bodies of soldiers from cemeteries in La Vercoste, Martignon, Huguenet, Floquet, La Croix de Gemainfaing, Hermanpaire, Denipaire and Celles-sur-Plaine. Covering 117,635 sqm, this cemetery holds the remains of nearly 1,400 soldiers, including over 400 in the ossuary. Following a public subscription launched in Vosges, a monument made of local pink sandstone and designed by the sculptor Emile-Just Bachelet, was erected on 15 August 1925 in memory of the soldiers of the Vosges.

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Built in 1920 and further developed up until 1935, Senones National Cemetery is home to the bodies of 818 Germans, 795 French, 372 of whom are buried in two ossuaries, eleven Romanians, six Romanians and six Russians killed in the region of Upper Alsace After the Great War, the remains of soldiers buried in various makeshift cemeteries in the Senones, Ménil, Moyenmoutier, Petite-Raon and La Forain areas were moved to this cemetery.

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The national war cemetery of Plaine contains the bodies of soldiers who died for France during the fighting that took place during the summer of 1914, in vallée de la Bruche and during the liberation of the Colmar Pocket (1944-1945).