Verdun 1916 : the deadliest battle of the First World War

Buckingham, William F.2017

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Fought on the heights above the town of the same name on the River Meuse east of Paris, the Battle of Verdun lasted for the 10 months between February and December 1916. Conceived by the Germans as a means of destroying the French Army through attrition, the battle cost 300,000 dead. Massed artillery was employed on a hitherto unprecedented scale - the initial bombardment lasted for 9 hours and pumped 80,000 shells onto the French trench line while on the ground the initial attack saw the combat debut of storm troop tactics and the man-pack flamethrower. In the 10 months the combatants endured heat and thirst akin to desert conditions along with bottomless mud the dreadful equal of Passchendaele. This book provides a gripping narrative of the most infamous Western Front battle of World War One.