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Podcast: World War 1 Stories & Real Battles
Episode: Battle of Verdun - February 21 - December 18, 1916 - [World War 1 & Real War Battles] WW1
Description: As the morning mist gave way to the cold light of day on February 21, 1916, the men entrenched along the rolling hills and forests of Verdun, France, could scarcely have imagined the cataclysm that was about to befall them. By nightfall, the once serene landscape would be transformed into a gruesome tableau of smoke, mud, and death – the opening salvo of what would become the longest and one of the most brutal battles of World War 1: the Battle of Verdun.
In the cauldron of Verdun, more than a million lives would be shattered over the course of ten un...