The 10 photographs seen here all bear the same basic place and date information: Verdun, 1916. But that information hardly does justice to the battle they depict. Fighting began at Verdun, named for ...

On February 21, 1916, a million shells descended on the trenches surrounding the French city of Verdun; German troops advanced a few miles until stopped by rain, mud, and resistance. Both nations ...

For every nation, there are battles whose names for one reason or another mean more to their people than most. For Americans, its Gettysburg. For Australians and New Zealanders, its Gallipoli. For the ...

The title notwithstanding, this book is a very good preparatory reading for W.W. I. In it, Dr. Mosier covers a number of broad topics; geography and the French ignorance of their countryside, French ...

Verdun is a multiplayer shooter with an unusual dedication to historical accuracy, pitting small teams of players against one another on maps inspired by real World War I battlefields. Polygon sat ...

VERDUN, France — In solemn ceremonies Sunday in the forests of eastern France, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked 100 years since the Battle of Verdun, ...

The multiplayer FPS takes the fight to the lesser-known Eastern Front. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Before there was ...

The little blue flowers that have grown for a century now in France near the graves of the war dead at Douaumont can easily be mistaken for local forget-me-nots. In fact they are a foreign import, an ...

Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. xii, 324. Illus., maps, chron., notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN: 0199316899 An Outstanding Account of the ...