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The Battle of Verdun — The ten months of the Meuse inferno, 21 February – 18 December 1916
Ten months, a million shells on some days, three hundred thousand dead from both camps over a few square kilometres: designed to bleed France, the battle became the symbol of its tenacity — the Voie sacrée supplying night and day, nearly the whole army passing through the furnace. (Editorial synthesis)
The Battle of Verdun began on 21 February 1916. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The Battle of Verdun ended on 18 December 1916. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The Battle of Verdun took place in Verdun. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
2 commanders are recorded for the Battle of Verdun: Philippe Pétain (French army) and Erich von Falkenhayn (German army). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The Battle of Verdun ended in three hundred thousand dead. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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