Germany accumulated huge losses and gained little territory, leading it to throw more and more men into the conflict: Verdun soon became a battle of prestige for the Germans, as well as the French.

They are less than eight miles away. The 101st day of Verdun, the world's greatest battle, today found the crown prince rushing into action fresh legions amid the roar of hundreds of great guns ...

A battered diary from World War I was just found in a barn in England. It recounts the horrific Battle of the Somme, the ...

Yet, the army claimed that a ferocious battle had been fought, with many German casualties. At book’s end, Mosier compares the facts of Verdun to an ossuary, a jumble of buried matter. Nor were lies ...

Bullard fights in the Battle of Verdun—an apocalyptic struggle between the French and the Germans that raged for months. His bravery earned him the Croix de Guerre, one of France’s highest ...

Michael St. Maur Sheil 100 years after the Battle of Verdun, its land—once a quiet stretch of French farmland—remains scarred from explosions. Michael St. Maur Sheil Between 1914-15 ...

The battle, fought near Verdun during the final months of the war, was critical in routing the Germans and helped pave the way for the Armistice. The map also includes detailed warnings about what ...

The main aim of the battle was to relieve the important northern French fortress of Verdun. This had been placed under siege by the German Army since February 1916. With the majority of French ...

Documentary concerning the battle of Verdun which, with its weapons of mass destruction, marked the beginning of modern warfare in what is considered to be the most gruesome military confrontation ...