In 10 months, the largest swathe of territory gained amounted to a mere 5 miles. The battle, according to some estimates, accounted for almost a million men killed, captured, or wounded. The Battle of Verdun was one of the most savagely fought battles of World War One, and became the longest, and one of the most costly, battles in modern history. By the battle's end on December 16th (ignoring subsequent operations which took place in Verdun later on in the war), almost two and a half million French and German soldiers had borne arms at Verdun, an area of operations roughly 550 square miles in size. To understand this struggle is to understand all of World War I. Verdun was among the most deadly battles in history. Verdun, with its 300 nights and day of ceaseless fighting, remains the symbol of the First World War. The Douamont Ossuary building gather the skeletal remains of at least 130,000 unidentified combatants of both germans and french soldiers. Gift inscription on half-title page dated 1917. Aboard a minivan you will cross through the city of Verdun and discover the visibles scars (ww1 trenches, shell holes, bunkers) left by the war onto the landscapes (red zone) after the battles of 19. Insets: Somme Battle - Champagne Battle - Vosges Battle - Verdun Battle. Pages are quite tanned and heavily foxed. Some marks and a little bumping to boards, Spine is dulled down. Publisher: Hutchinson & Company, 1916, 2nd edition. With 32 Full-Page Illustrations and Maps. The Battle of Verdun (February 21-May 7).

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