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 ...

LONDON, Feb. 24, 1916 (UP) - Under the eyes of the Kaiser, the German crown prince and his army are smashing their way steadily toward the fortress of Verdun, in France. They are less than eight miles ...

PARIS, Dec. 27, 1916 (UP) - During the closing three months of 1916, three events took place in France which demonstrated as never at any previous period of war the apparently inexhaustible resources ...

After a crucial week’s delay that allowed last-minute French reinforcements to assume positions behind hastily constructed defenses, on the morning of February 21 the German assault on Verdun – a ...

Verdun, 1916. For ten months, German and French troops died in equal numbers in an increasingly symbolic battle that neither side could be seen to lose. David Reynolds explores why. Show more Verdun ...

Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel laid a wreath at a cemetery where 11,000 German soldiers are buried France and Germany have marked the 100th anniversary of the World War One battle of Verdun in ...