Verdun was one of the most savagely fought battles of World War One. The Germans fired two million shells in the opening eight-hour bombardment, and tens of millions were fired over the course of ...

Britain and its Empire lost almost a million men during World War One; most of them died on the ... of both sides and view the battles of Ypres, Verdun and the Somme in more detail.

Documentary using animated maps recreations and period footage on conflicts around a French stronghold which the Germans briefly captured during the battle of Verdun in WWI between February and ...