Germany accumulated huge losses and gained little territory, leading it to throw more and more men into the conflict: Verdun soon became a battle of prestige for the Germans, as well as the French.

The battle of Verdun was the longest and costliest battle in world history, lasting from February 21 to December 18, 1916. Almost a year!

For France, perhaps one of the most important battles in its recent history was the Battle of Verdun. Fought almost throughout the entirety of 1916, the battle was instigated by the German Army in ...

They are less than eight miles away. The 101st day of Verdun, the world's greatest battle, today found the crown prince rushing into action fresh legions amid the roar of hundreds of great guns ...

Between February and December 1916, the French and German armies relentlessly fought in the devastated camps around the village of Verdun.

For a number of months the French had been taking severe losses at Verdun to the East of Paris ... and ready to fire within two minutes. The Battle started on 1 July 1916 and on that day the ...

Spying and mishandled secrets have unintended consequences. Our current “document debacle” sent me back to the late Barbara Tuchman’s book, the “Zimmermann Telegram,” and how we stumbled ...