Battle of Verdun
British Museum exhibition: "The other side of the medal: how Germany saw the First World War", 9 May – 23 November 2014
Verdun and Vincinity - Map
Sujet : Bataille de Verdun (1916) Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) -- Guerre de tranchées Verdun (Meuse, France ; région) France. Armée. Régiment d'infanterie (164) Référence bibliographique : Rol, 47413 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : Pho20Rol Image de presse Couverture : .. juillet 1916 Langue : français
12th Engineer Regiment, the Roundhouse, Woinville, France (Missouri Historical Society P0389-000263)
55-Verdun-sur-Meuse-rue Saint-Pierre bombardements-1916
Certificat de décès du soldat de 2ème classe Antonio Sanchez (5e Régiment de Tirailleurs Algériens), pied-noir né dans le département français d'Oran le 6 mars 1891. Mort pour la France tué à l'ennemi pendant la bataille de Verdun le 2 mai 1916.
Title: Am'n [i.e. American] Ambulance on road to Verdun, shell bursting Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Title: American Ambulance field hospital at Verdun Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Title: American Ambulance field service, Verdun Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Title: American soldiers in trenches, France, 1918: USASC #23056 (near Verdun) Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.
Barrage fire on Verdun from Barancourt (February 22, 1916)
Bataille de Verdun - 1ere ligne - (photo VestPocket Kodak Marius Vasse 1891-1987)
French soldiers moving into attack from their trench during the Battle of Verdun, 1916.
Un champ de bataille de Verdun pendant la guerre 1914-1918 qui conserve les impacts d'obus
Printed in Great Britain Subjects: Verdun, Battle of, Verdun, France, 1916
Bavarian Reserve Railway Construction Company 4, secondary railway siding to the provisions of Prémont, taken on 25. 5. 1917. Before Verdun, light railway station, station, railway
Bei Verdun, Feldbahn (Caplager - Faßwald) Mai-Juni 1916
Verdun.
Lead bullet from shrapnel shell recovered on the Verdun battlefield in France.
Bird's Eye view of Verdun, 1916
British Museum exhibition: "The other side of the medal: how Germany saw the First World War", 9 May – 23 November 2014
Title: Bringing in French prisoners in a suburb of Verdun, World War 1914-1918 Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.
Title: Bringing in French prisoners in a suburb of Verdun, World War 1914-1918 Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Nach 15 Jahren auf den Schlachtfeldern von Verdun ! Erst jetzt werden gefundene Soldaten in primitiven Bretterkisten zur letzten Ruhe bestattet.
Title: American soldiers in trenches, France, 1918: USASC #23056 (near Verdun) Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.
Historical Overview
The Battle of Verdun 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. The German 5th Army attacked the defences of the Fortified Region of Verdun and those of the French Second Army on the right (east) bank of the Meuse. Using the experience of the Second Battle of Champagne in 1915, the Germans planned to capture the Meuse Heights, an excellent defensive position, with good observation for artillery-fire on Verdun. The Germans hoped that the French would commit their strategic reserve to recapture the position and suffer catastrophic losses at little cost to the German infantry.
Quick Facts
France
- Commander: Philippe Pétain
- Strength: ca. 1.100.000
- Casualties: ca. 377.000
German Empire
- Commander: Erich v. Falkenhayn
- Strength: ca. 1.250.000
- Casualties: ca. 337.000
Strategic Context
German objective: to strategically "bleed France white".
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