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friday 10 may 2024
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The Battle of Verdun begins, I. The longest of World War and one of the hardest in history
108
years ago
21 February 1916,
The Battle of Verdun begins, I. The longest of the World War and one of the hardest in history. Germany set in motion a strategy of weakening France, without conquering the territory, to encourage its rival to recover from the casualties. For the French, on the other hand, defend the strength that became a national honour. In the battle, which lasted for almost ten months, 700,000 people died and France managed to maintain them, but the extreme inhumanity of the army’s commanders became apparent: hundreds of thousands of soldiers were sent to die mercilessly. They only knew mors pour la patrie, Breton, Catalan or Basque.
Source:
Josep Fontana, The Century of Revolution (Editorial Critical).
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