Mister D
02-21-2013, 02:39 PM
A 21 hour artillery bombardment, in which as many as 100,000 shells per hour fell on the French positions, preceded the German infantry of Feb 21, 1916.
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/verdun.htm
The German siege of Verdun seems to encapsulate the strategy of attrition settled upon by the belligerents on both sides as well the futile slaughter that became not so much characteristic of the war itself but our collective memory of the conflict.
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/verdun.htm
The German siege of Verdun seems to encapsulate the strategy of attrition settled upon by the belligerents on both sides as well the futile slaughter that became not so much characteristic of the war itself but our collective memory of the conflict.