Battle+of+Verdun


 * Battle of Verdun - ** Feb. 21, 1916,the longest battle of World War I; it ended in stalemate, with both sides suffering hundreds of thousands of casualties

 Shows Germans wearing gas masks and fighting through trenches. ^^  With the German's standing ontop, it was an easier attack for them towards the French, Though both had lost many casualties.

- this battle was one of the longest and bloodiest battles in WW!. it contained 2 million men involved.

-Germans launched a massive offensive against the French.

-trench warfare

-British got involved on July 1916.

-The point of this battle was the intention of Germans hoped bleed the french army.

 -French; an estimated 328,000 to the French 348,000 casualties lost


 * - ** **the Germans were trying to get past Verdun to capture Paris, and the French wouldn't allow it ****. ** The Germans wouldn't stop trying, and the French wouldn't stop resisting. The resulting casualties on both sides were appalling.