Mental Floss

French Fail To Retake Fort Douaumont

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 236th installment in the series. Following the German onslaught against Verdun in February 1916, the ...
Seattle Times

In Verdun, remembering the lessons of World War I’s devastation

Nov. 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I — “the war to end all wars,” which cost an estimated 40 million lives. While there are no more survivors to tell us their stories, WWI ...
Times Colonist

Rick Steves: Great War history comes alive at Verdun memorials

Near Verdun in northeastern France, visitors can explore Fort Douaumont, with its kilometres of cold, damp tunnels built to avoid enemy artillery. The fort played a key role in the First World War ...
Le Figaro

Verdun: «Là- bas, c'est sans limite la bataille, c'est l'enfer déchaîné.» (1916)

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Mental Floss

The Tide Turns At Verdun

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 247th installment in the series. When 1916 began, German chief of the general staff Erich von Falkenhayn ...