Battle of Verdun 1916

To understand the background to the Battle of the Somme. we need to look a little earlier into 1916 and The Battle of Verdun. French losses were catastrophic, but it was the movement of German troops from Verdun to the Somme which revitalised the French and ensured German withdrawal from the area by the end of the year. Here is the story in four parts:

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