US EditionMost Brutal Battle Of World War 1 Happened 110 Years Ago Today
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vosgesmatin.frOn February 21, 1916, the crash of the cannons torn the sky of Verdun. For ten months, hundreds of thousands of French and German soldiers will face each other over a few square kilometres in one of the most deadly battles of the First World War. Verdun became a symbol of courage, endurance and sacrifice.
The Battle of Verden in 1916 between the Germans and the French lasted 300 days. Today, Verden is a symbol of one of the bloodiest chapters of the First World War, but also of Franco-German reconciliation.
Most Brutal Battle Of World War 1 Happened 110 Years Ago Today
Back in Time is ED’s newspaper-like column that reports the past as though it had happened just yesterday. It allows the reader to relive it several years later, on the date it occurred. Verdun, France, February 21, 1916 : Europe awoke yesterday to the thunder of guns unlike any heard before in this war. At precisely 7:15 a.m., the German army unleashed a devastating artillery barrage on the French sector around Verdun, sending shells raining do…
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