By the end of 1915, it was clear to the German General Staff that there was a growing discrepancy in the number of troops on ...

Verdun was one of the most savagely fought battles of World War One. The Germans fired two million shells in the opening eight-hour bombardment, and tens of millions were fired over the course of ...

The 101st day of Verdun ... war By HENRY WOOD, United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, July 1, 1916 (UP) - Within two years, despite the handicap of maintaining her own unequal end in the ...

In it, Dr. Mosier covers a number of broad topics; geography and the French ignorance of their countryside, French and German history prior to the war, railroads and ... basic misunderstanding is that ...

1916 The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodies encounters of WW1. Find out about the role played by Scottish soldiers. World War One: the war at sea During World War One, the sea became a ...

Michael St. Maur Sheil The first large battle fought by American soldiers in World War I took place in Belleau ... Sheil 100 years after the Battle of Verdun, its land—once a quiet stretch ...

The 101st day of Verdun ... war By HENRY WOOD, United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, July 1, 1916 (UP) - Within two years, despite the handicap of maintaining her own unequal end in the ...

A detailed account of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. Between February and December ... the devastated camps around the village of Verdun.