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Battle of Verdun, (Feb. 21–July 1916) Major engagement of World War I between Germany and France. As part of its strategy of war by attrition, Germany selected the fortress of Verdun as the site it believed France would defend to the last man.
Oct 28, 2009 · Battle of Verdun begins. At 7:12 a.m. on the morning of February 21, 1916, a shot from a German Krupp 38-centimeter long-barreled gun—one of over 1,200 such weapons set to bombard French forces...
The battle began on February 21, 1916, with a nine-hour artillery bombardment firing over 1,000,000 shells by 1,200 guns on a front of 25 miles (40 km), followed by an attack by three army corps (the 3rd, 7th, and 18th). The Germans used flamethrowers for the first time to clear the French trenches.
It summed up every aspect of the Great War and turned Verdun into the most iconic of all places of remembrance. Battle of Verdun (21 February - 18 December 1916). More than 700,000 victims – 305,000 killed and missing and 400,000 wounded.
Battle of Verdun - WWI, French, German: The Battle of Louvemont marked the end of the Battle of Verdun. Over 10 months in 1916 at Verdun, there were over 700,000 casualties, including some 300,000 killed. Nine villages were entirely destroyed.
The battle of Verdun was the longest, if not the bloodiest, single battle in World War I. Launched by the German Fifth Army on 21 February 1916, it did not come to an end until the final French counterattack was ended on 19 December 1916.
The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse.
