Fort VERDUN, France Postcard cca 1910
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Description:
Unused postcard. Carte Postale - Edition Verdun. Citadelle Ecoute Nr. 4.
Verdun (medieval German: Wirten, official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune in the Lorraine région, northeast France, in the Meuse département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. Population 25,000. Verdun is the most populous commune in Meuse, although it is not the préfecture (capital), which resides in the slightly smaller Bar-le-Duc.
The Battle of Verdun was one of the most critical battles in World War I on the Western Front, fought between the German and French armies from 21 February to 18 December 1916 around the city of Verdun-sur-Meuse in northeast France.
The Battle of Verdun resulted in more than a quarter of a million deaths and at least a million wounded. Verdun was the longest battle and one of the bloodiest in World War I and more generally in human history. In both France and Germany it has come to represent the horrors of war, similar to the significance of the Battle of the Somme in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth or the Battle of Gettysburg to the United States.
The Battle of Verdun—also known as the 'Mincing Machine of Verdun' or 'Meuse Mill'—became a symbol of French determination, inspired by the sacrifice of the defenders.
The perceived success of the fixed fortification system led to the adoption of the Maginot Line as the preferred method of defense along the Franco-German border during the inter-war years. In reality, French field atillery emplaced in the open on the Verdun battlefield was outnumbering turreted artillery in the forts by a factor of ten to one and inflicted most of the losses suffered by the German assailants.
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