MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · December 18
THE DAY IN HISTORY · DECEMBER 18
December 18 in history
1916 — 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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