’The most fiercely protracted battle this earth had ever seen’
The year 1916 marked the point of no return in the First World War. A look at the titanic French-German struggle at Verdun
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1916 series
In the Great War, 1916 marked the point of no return
This year marks the centennial of many important—if under-recognized—historic events. The first in a series of why 1916 was such an interesting year