By the end of 1915, it was clear to the German General Staff that there was a growing discrepancy in the number of troops on ...

Germany accumulated huge losses and gained little territory, leading it to throw more and more men into the conflict: Verdun soon became a battle of prestige for the Germans, as well as the French.

They are less than eight miles away. The 101st day of Verdun, the world's greatest battle, today found the crown prince rushing into action fresh legions amid the roar of hundreds of great guns ...

For a number of months the French had been taking severe losses at Verdun to the East of Paris ... and ready to fire within two minutes. The Battle started on 1 July 1916 and on that day the ...

Yet, the army claimed that a ferocious battle had been fought, with many German casualties. At book’s end, Mosier compares the facts of Verdun to an ossuary, a jumble of buried matter. Nor were lies ...

They are less than eight miles away. The 101st day of Verdun, the world's greatest battle, today found the crown prince rushing into action fresh legions amid the roar of hundreds of great guns ...

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Between February and December 1916, the French and German armies relentlessly fought in the devastated camps around the village of Verdun.