Witness the horror of the Battle of Verdun - the deadliest, longest, and most dreadful clash of WWI. Experience the nightmarish landscapes and the colossal toll it took on French and German soldiers.

Verdun was one of the most savagely fought battles ... They fought for control of the Kamina wireless station. WW1: Why was the first day of the Somme such a disaster? documentWW1: Why was the ...

This dominant role was reflected in the sheer number of artillery pieces of all sizes involved, redeployed from across the Western Front to the Verdun sector: the Fifth Army under German Crown ...

After a crucial week’s delay that allowed last-minute French reinforcements to assume positions behind hastily constructed defenses, on the morning of February 21 the German assault on Verdun ...

Among the many causes of that ancient Greek war was an attempt by Athens at a variation of “nation building” within a region controlled by Sparta — an unfortunate side-effect of Athenian democracy… as ...

A woman inherits a map of a World War I battlefield in France from her grandfather ... The battle, fought near Verdun during the final months of the war, was critical in routing the Germans ...

Pinpoint key locations along the Western Front, watch the general movements of both sides and view the battles of Ypres, Verdun and the Somme in more detail.

Meet Verdun Hayes, a D-day veteran who just became the oldest person in the world to skydive - at the age of 101 and 38 days old. The great-grandfather was joined by three generations of his ...