The attack started on 21 February 1916, and a million German troops, led by Crown Prince Wilhelm, were to be faced by 200,000 French defenders. Verdun was a fortified French garrison town on the River Meuse, 200 km east of Paris and in December 1915, General Erich von Falkenhayn, Chief of Staff of the German Army, decided to launch a major attack against it. The Battle of Verdun The Battle of Verdun What a massacre! What scenes of horror and carnage! I cannot find words to translate my impressions. One French Lieutenant at Verdun who was later killed by an artillery shell wrote in his diary on List of World War I cemeteries and memorials at Verdun 2.20 Documents at the National Archives in Kew. 2.16 Memorial to the men of the 130th Division at Douaumont.2.13 Memorial to the men who maintained the Voie Sacrée at Moulin-Brûlé.2.12 The chapel of Saint-Nicolas at Fleury-devant-Douaumont.2.11 The wall of the Israelites at Fleury-devant-Douaumont.2.8 Memorial to 137th Regiment of Infantry/The Bayonet Trench.2.6 The monument at Mort Homme and that to the 40th French Infantry.1 List of World War I cemeteries and memorials at Verdun.
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