Verdun 1916: The Deadliest Battle of the First World War

by William F. Buckingham

Book Overview

Fought on the heights above the garrison town of the same name on the River Meuse, 140 miles east of Paris, the Battle of Verdun lasted for ten months, between February and December 1916, double the length of the Battle of the Somme and over three times the length of the Battle of Passchendaele. Conceived by the Germans as a means of destroying the French army through attrition rather than breakthrough and encirclement, the battle cost 300,000 lives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445677229
• ISBN13: 9781445677224
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.7"