Yet fighting continued around Verdun until 1918. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun -sur-Meuse. There were more than 700,000 victims – 305,000 killed and missing and 400,000 wounded (approximately), with almost identical losses on both sides. Sur le réseau social numérique Twitter, des millions de tweets l’évoquent. The Battle of Verdun ( French: Bataille de Verdun bataj d vd German: Schlacht um Verdun laxt m vd) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The 1916 battle ended after ten months of bitter fighting. It was empty – the Germans had already left.įrom 15 to 18 December, the French attacked again, retaking almost all the land they had lost since 21 February. to the combattants) : The Mmorial de Verdun, the Tranche des Baonnettes. On 24 October 1916, they recaptured Fort Douaumont and, a few days later, they entered Fort Vaux. The Battle of Verdun in 1916 was a frontal assault, the most murderous in. In the autumn of 1916, the French counter-attacked. The Germans tried to capture the town one last time, on 11 and 12 July, but they failed again. First edition from which it was not drawn from large papers. On 1 July, the British and French launched a major offensive on the Somme, relieving some of the pressure being put on the French troops by the Germans in Verdun. In all, some 4,000 trucks, 2,000 cars, 800 ambulances, 200 buses and numerous vans passed along it.įrom 6 March 1916, the Germans also attacked on the left bank of the River Meuse yet despite furious fighting on Le Mort-Homme in March and April they were unable to breach the French front line.Īt the end of June, having taken Fort Vaux, they launched a massive attack which failed – but only just. He increased the volume of traffic along the Bar-le-Duc to Verdun road, later known as the “Sacred Way”, the only route taking men and munitions up to the battlefield. General Pétain then took command of the troops. Despite heavy shelling, the French infantrymen (known as “ Poilus”) clung on to their positions and the Germans were unable to advance any further. The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun bataj d vd German: Schlacht um Verdun laxt m vd) was fought from 21 February to 18. The French High Command was anxious to retake the fort because of its dominant position high above the battlefield. During the first few days, the Germans breached the French front lines and captured Fort Douaumont without a fight on 25 February 1916.
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