And, for France and Germany, the battle would symbolize the terror of industrialized warfare, "a technocratic Moloch devouring its children," where no advance or retreat was possible, yet national resources poured in ceaselessly, perpetuating slaughter indefinitely. The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alistair Hornes trilogy, which includes The Fall of Paris and To Lose a Battle and tells the story of the. To be the last great victory of French arms, standing on their own. Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during the First World War stands as one of historys greatest clashes. German Strategy and the Path to Verdun is a detailed examination of. It is said that Verdun made France, he writes but the question should be, What did France make of Verdun? Over time, it proved Almost 90 years since its conclusion, the battle of Verdun is still little understood. It has an almost unique status among the battles of the Great War and yet, he argues, it was not decisive, sparked no political changes, and was not even the bloodiest episode of the conflict. In many ways, Jankowski writes, the battle represents a conundrum. Unusually, this book draws on deep research in French and German archives this mastery of sources in both languages gives Verdun unprecedented authority and scope. Wild marsh orchids and white swallow-wort sprout. A leading expert on the French past, Jankowski combines the best of traditional military history-its emphasis on leaders, plans, technology, and the contingency of combat-with the newer social and cultural approach, stressing the soldier's experience, the institutional structures of the military, and the impact of war on national memory. Today, the Verdun forest in France teems with so much charming life that it seems straight out of a storybook. ![]() In Verdun, historian Paul Jankowski provides the definitive account of the iconic battle of World War I. As the barrage lifted, German troops moved forward, darting from shell crater to shell crater. ![]() He has made a particular study of the French army and air force during the First World War, his many books on the subject including The French Army 1914-18, French Poilu 1914-18, First Battle of the Marne 1914, They Shall Not Pass: The French Army on the Western Front 1914-1918, Kings of the Air. ![]() The massive weight of explosives collapsed dugouts, obliterated trenches, severed communication wires, and drove men mad. Ian Sumner is a prolific writer and researcher who specializes in local and military history. For the next ten hours, twelve hundred German guns showered shells on a salient in French lines. The books in this collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse. At seven o'clock in the morning on February 21, 1916, the ground in northern France began to shake. In sight of the promised land-on the Lorraine battlefield.
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