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The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun.
Battle of Verdun – The Germans gassed French artillery positions around Verdun, France, causing 1,600 casualties. [ 87 ] The Passing Show of 1916 , a musical revue by Sigmund Romberg and Otto Motzan with book and lyrics by Harold R. Atteridge , premiered at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City and ran for 140 performances.
General Pershing authorized the results of the Meuse-Argonne Campaign, the greatest battle in American history up to that time, in his Final Report: "Between 26 September and 11 November, 22 American and 4 French divisions, on the front extending from southeast of Verdun to the Argonne Forest, had engaged and decisively beaten 47 different ...
The Test of Battle: the American Expeditionary Forces in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign. Newark: University of Delaware Press. ISBN 0-87413-301-7. OCLC 14240589. Clodfelter, Micheal (2007). The Lost Battalion and the Meuse-Argonne, 1918: America's Deadliest Battle. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 978-0786426799. OCLC 71812758. Ferrell, Robert H ...
Built from 1881 to 1884 for 1,500,000 francs, it housed a garrison of 150 men. Vaux was the second fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun after Fort Douaumont, which was captured by a small German raiding party in February 1916 in the confusion of the French retreat from the Woëvre plain. Vaux had been modernised before 1914 with reinforced ...
The heights of Le Mort Homme (French pronunciation: [lə mɔʁ ɔm]) or Dead Man's Hill (German: Toter Mann) lie within the French municipality of Cumières-le-Mort-Homme around 10 km (6 mi) north-west of the city of Verdun in France. The hill became known during the Battle of Verdun during the First World War as the site of much fighting.
An attendee walks past a poster of Jesus wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat at a campaign rally for then-President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, on November 2, 2020.
Battle of Verdun – The Imperial German Army was set to launch a massive offensive against the French at Verdun, France, on this date but bad weather delayed the initial attack for nine days. [ 47 ] Battle of Salaita Hill – South African and German colonial forces fought the first large-scale battle of the East African Campaign at Traveta in ...