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Inside the Longest and Bloodiest Battle of WWI

The Battle of Verdun was the longest and one of the most devastating battles of World War I. Lasting nearly ten months in ...
Signs ask people not to picnic or play ball games there.
Verdun is synonymous with 1916—but in late August 1944 it witnessed a different battle. Join a walk-through of the city’s ...
Verdun remains inextricably linked with World War One and the battlefield sites draw thousands of visitors every year, but ...