Verdun 1916 : the deadliest battle of the First World War
Buckingham, William F.2016
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Fought on the heights above the town of the same name on the River Meuse east of Paris, the Battle of Verdun lasted for the ten months between February and December 1916. Conceived by the Germans as a means of destroying the French Army through attrition, the battle cost 300,000 dead. Massed artillery was employed on a hitherto unprecedented scale - the initial bombardment lasted for nine hours and pumped 80,000 shells onto the French trench line while on the ground the initial attack saw the combat debut of storm troop tactics and the man-pack flamethrower. In the ten months the combatants endured heat and thirst akin to desert conditions along with bottomless mud the dreadful equal of Passchendaele. This book provides a gripping narrative of the most infamous Western Front battle of World War One.
Main title:
Verdun 1916 : the deadliest battle of the First World War / William F. Buckingham.
Author:
Buckingham, William F., author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2016.
Collation:
318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445641089 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.4272
LC class:
D545.V3
Local class:
940.427
Language:
English
BRN:
1437293