Verdun Collage by Buffalo1

Photography • Military • posted on Nov 18, 2009

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In February of 1916 the Imperial German Army launched an attack on the vital French forts surrounding the town of Verdun. The goal was to "bleed France white" in defending these strongpoints. The problem was that the Germans also bled themselves white. Added together both sides totaled 1,000,000 casualties with half of these dead in 11 months of battle. Later in 1918 American troops added soldiers to the body count along with more French and Germans. Top left: One of the three machine gun casemates "Pamard" protecting the outer perimeter of Fort de Souville. Top right: A pop-up turret for two 105mm guns on Fort Douaumont. Technically Douaumont was the strongest of the forts, but it had been stripped of some weapons and undermanned when the Germans attacked. It fell quickly in February of 1916. Bottom left: The famous French 75mm guns protrude from gun ports at the smaller Fort Vaux. Here the French garrison put up a heroic defense in June of 1916 defeating German infantry, poison gas and flamethrower attacks for a week until they ran out of water, food and ammunition. The German Crown Prince was so impressed that the French commander, Major Raynal, was allowed to keep his sword and surrender with military honors. Bottom right: The Londres(London)communication trench remains as a memorial to those who served under the worst of conditions. The average lifespan of an infantryman on the Western Front in 1916 was about 5 months. See AoD Rolf's LWINTG photo. http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1975528 Also one of my early postings "A Gateway to the Underworld. http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1110509

Comments (18)

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Rainastorm

4:31PM | Wed, 18 November 2009

Pretty darn interesting images and info you ave posted here.

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flavia49

5:30PM | Wed, 18 November 2009

wonderful capture and great text!!

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HADCANCER

7:59PM | Wed, 18 November 2009

Thanks for the pics and the history lesson

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Osper

8:04PM | Wed, 18 November 2009

Interesting pics. Well done!

Kazziga

11:06PM | Wed, 18 November 2009

Great photos!

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erlandpil

1:33AM | Thu, 19 November 2009

Well done picture erland

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bmac62

1:46AM | Thu, 19 November 2009

Fascinating collage Rog. When are you going to drive over here and go through the KC WWI Museum with me? I am ready for another trip there.

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sandra46

4:29PM | Thu, 19 November 2009

wonderful collage, i've been to see the trenches on the Somme, but didn't see Verdun

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RodolfoCiminelli

4:50PM | Thu, 19 November 2009

Fantastic collage my friend.....!!!

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wjames

9:44AM | Fri, 20 November 2009

Awesome collage and great information thanks for sharing.

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texboy

7:23AM | Sat, 21 November 2009

good stuff, bud! my daddy was in the Meuse-Argonne battles, but not here....

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junge1

12:34AM | Mon, 23 November 2009

Great collage Roger and sobering statistics!

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mommavelvet9999

2:55PM | Mon, 23 November 2009

Very very cool! I learned something new today! Awesome to know someone's still preserving history and sharing it with the world.

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MongusKing

3:47PM | Mon, 23 November 2009

Great shots my friend!! XCellent!!!

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jocko500

8:58PM | Thu, 26 November 2009

wow this is wonderful history here. cool shots of it too

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debbielove

8:56AM | Sat, 28 November 2009

Damned interesting stuff Rog... WW1 was my Dads subject.. He had rows of books on the battles and Generals! He would love this... But it must my age.. coz strangely so do I ... AND I loved the National WW1 Museum at Kansas... Great shots Rog... Thanks.. Rob

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