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Published on: 2016-04-01
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The Great War ate men, machines, and money without mercy or remission. At the end of 1915, the German army chief of staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, believed he knew how to finally kill the beast and win the war. On Christmas day, 1915, Falkenhayn sent a letter to Kaiser Wilhelm II proposing a campaign to demoralize Britain, whose industrial might and maritime power were the foundation of the alliance against Germany, while also knocking France out of the war. He wrote that the “strain on France has reached breaking point …. If we succeed in opening the eyes of her people to the fact that in a military sense they have nothing more to hope for, that breaking point would be reached and England’s best sword knocked out of her hand.” His plan was to attack a single point the French perceived as so vital that they would be compelled “to throw in every man they have.” Falkenhayn concluded: “If they do so, the forces of France will bleed to death” or, as he put it later, the “French army would be bled white.” Falkenhayn’s target of choice was Verdun, a place that, throughout virtually all of the history of Europe, had been a fortress. Located within a loop of the Meuse River, it occupied a strategic blocking position in the Meuse River valley. As recently as the Franco-Prussian War of 1871, Verdun had been the last of the French fortified cities to hold out against the German onslaught. After that war, it had been vastly augmented, so that it was now a circle of detached forts surrounding a central citadel. The town of Verdun itself, also fortified, was likewise encircled by forts distributed in a five-mile radius. The combined massive complex guarded not only passage through the river valley region, but also dominated a key railroad junction leading to points south, southwest, west, and north in France. Along with the related, but separate, Battle of the Somme, Verdun was among the most deadly battles in history. To understand this struggle is to understand all of World War I, including the principal stated motive of Woodrow Wilson for bringing the United States into the “European War” in April 1917. For him, Verdun proved both France’s determination to win at all costs and the likelihood that, without help, it would be defeated nevertheless. The unparalleled barbarity of Verdun, a product of the Old World, convinced the American president that only the principal nation of the New World could finally alter the grim course of human destiny. While many, both in 1916 and in the decades that followed, saw Verdun as a bloody monument to the inescapable futility of war, Wilson saw in it a hope for fighting what he would call a “war to end all wars.” The Battle of Verdun - 1916 - The greatest battle ever The Battle of Verdun fought between France and Germany in 1916 is the greatest in world history and caused over 700000 casualties First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of Verdun 1916 Battles - The Battle of Verdun 1916. The German siege of Verdun and its ring of forts which comprised the longest battle of the First World War has its roots in a ... Map of the Battle of Verdun - Feb 21-Dec 18 1916 History Map of WWI: the Battle of Verdun - Feb 21-Dec 18 1916; illustrating Verdun and Vicinity. Battle of Verdun - Wikipedia Battle of Verdun; Part of the Western Front of the First World War: Map: Battle of Verdun 1916 The Battle Of Verdun - YouTube Rating is available when the video has been rented World War I: Battle Of Verdun 1/4 - YouTube The Battle of Verdun through June 1916 with a brief look at the civilian life in France at the time. The Battle of Verdun - History Learning Site The Battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest single battle of World War One. The casualties from Verdun and the impact the battle had on the French Army was a primary ... Battle of Verdun - World War I - HISTORY.com Find out more about the history of Battle of Verdun including videos interesting articles pictures historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com What caused Verdun to be the longest battle of WW1? - BBC Verdun was the longest battle of World War One lasting a total of 300 days. Logistics politics pride and strategy all helped to prolong the conflict. Verdun - Wikipedia The Battle of Verdun was fought on August 20 1792 between French Revolutionary forces and a Prussian army. The Prussians were victorious. This therefore opened the ...
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