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Battle of Verdun (1916)
On the WWI map as “Verdun”
21 Feb-18 Dec 1916 — Falkenhayn attacks a fortress France cannot abandon, intending attrition itself as the goal. Ten months, ~300,000 dead on the two sides, nine villages erased forever — and the recoil bleeds Germany white too. “Ils ne passeront pas.”
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- Battle site
- Chapter
- Verdun, the Somme and Brusilov (chapter 7 of WWI)
- Atlas
- The Great War, 1871–1923
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