The constant heavy artillery bombardments that took place during the battle of Verdun had transformed the battlefield into a devastated corpse-ridden landscape scene of mass death and total destruction, a wasteland of mud full of […]
- 05 -132016
The “hyperbataille” of Verdun, twenty-fourth episode : the selection of the unknown french soldier and Verdun
- 05 -102016
The “hyperbataille” of Verdun, twenty third episode : the emblematic battle of Verdun
At the start of the battle, French troops put up a bitter resistance against Germany’s incredible will to triumph. At the same time, contemporaries sensed that this battle was bound to determine the course of […]
- 05 -062016
The “hyperbataille” of Verdun, twenty second episode : the destroyed villages of Verdun
In 1914, the rural area that was to become the geographical area of the Battle of Verdun had many small villages of 100 inhabitants each. All the residents of these villages were evacuated before the […]
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