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 ...

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.

Orphan turned slave turned explorer, Florence Baker's life could have been ripped straight from the pages of a Victorian ...

Ukraine’s newly formed 155th Mechanized Brigade recently unveiled its motto, “On ne passe pas,” a phrase rooted in French ...

No wonder the biggest trend of 1924 was flagpole sitting. And then—dance mania defined the Roaring ’20s. Jazz ruled the ...

The term "Battle of Verdun" has become synonymous with senseless slaughter. This book offers a new perspective on one of the twentieth century's bloodiest battles by examining the development of ...

On just the first day, almost 20,000 British soldiers were killed. At the Battle of Verdun, the Germans fought the French for nine months in 1916. The Germans suffered 325,000 casualties ...

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 ...

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

We noticed you're using an ad blocker. We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience. But advertising revenue helps support our journalism. To read our full stories, please ...