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- Battle_of_Verdun abstract "The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun, IPA: [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃], Schlacht um Verdun, IPA: [ʃlaxt ˀʊm vɛɐdœŋ]) was fought from 21 February – 18 December 1916 during the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies, on hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. The German Fifth Army attacked the defences of the Région Fortifiée de Verdun (RFV) and the Second Army on the right bank of the Meuse, intending rapidly to capture the Côtes de Meuse (Meuse Heights) from which Verdun could be overlooked and bombarded with observed artillery-fire. The German strategy intended to provoke the French into counter-attacks and counter-offensives to drive the Germans off the heights, which would be relatively easy to repel with massed artillery-fire from the large number of medium, heavy and super-heavy guns, supplied with large amounts of ammunition on excellent pre-war railways, which ran within 24 kilometres (15 mi) of the front-line.The German strategy assumed that the French would attempt to hold onto the east bank of the Meuse, then commit the French strategic reserve to recapture it and suffer catastrophic losses from German artillery-fire, while the German infantry held positions easy to defend and suffered few losses. The German plan was based on the experience of the September – October 1915 battles in Champagne (Herbstschlacht) when after early success the French offensive was defeated with far more French than German casualties. Poor weather delayed the beginning of the German offensive (Unternehmen Gericht/Operation Judgement) until 21 February; French construction of defensive lines and the arrival of reinforcements before the opening attack, were able to delay the German advance despite many losses. By 6 March 20½ French divisions were in the RFV and defence in depth had been established. Pétain ordered that no withdrawals were to be made and that counter-attacks were to be conducted, despite exposing French infantry to fire from the German artillery massed in the area. By 29 March French artillery on the west bank had begun a constant bombardment of German positions on the east bank, which caused many German infantry casualties.In March the German offensive was extended to the left (west) bank, to gain observation of the ground from which French artillery had been firing over the river into the flank of German infantry attacks on the east bank. The German troops were able to make substantial advances but French reinforcements contained the attacks, before the artillery positions were brought under observation. In early May the Germans changed tactics and made local attacks and counter-attacks, which gave the French an opportunity to begin an attack against Fort Douaumont which was partially occupied, until a German counter-attack reoccupied the fort and took numerous prisoners. The Germans changed tactics again, alternating attacks between both banks of the Meuse and in June captured Fort Vaux. The Germans continued the offensive beyond Fort Vaux, towards the last geographical objectives of the original plan at Fleury and Fort Souville, drove a salient into the French defences, took Fleury and brought the front line within 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) of the Verdun citadel.The German offensive was reduced to provide artillery and infantry reinforcements for the Somme front, where the Anglo-French relief offensive began on 1 July; during the fighting Fleury changed hands sixteen times from 23 June – 17 August. A final German attempt to capture Fort Souville in early July, reached the fort but was then repulsed by French counter-attacks. The German offensive was reduced further, although an attempt was made to deceive the French into expecting more attacks, to keep French troops away from the Somme front. In August and December French counter-offensives recaptured much of the ground lost on the east bank and recovered forts Douaumont and Vaux. An estimate in 2000 found a total of 714,231 casualties, 377,231 French and 337,000 German, an average of 70,000 casualties for each month of the battle. It was the longest and one of the most costly battles in human history; other recent estimates increase the number of casualties to 976,000.".
- Battle_of_Verdun causalties "315,000–542,000; killed February–December 1916".
- Battle_of_Verdun combatant "France".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander Adolphe_Guillaumat.
- Battle_of_Verdun commander Auguste_Hirschauer.
- Battle_of_Verdun commander Charles_Mangin.
- Battle_of_Verdun commander Erich_von_Falkenhayn.
- Battle_of_Verdun commander Ewald_von_Lochow.
- Battle_of_Verdun commander Fernand_de_Langle_de_Cary.
- Battle_of_Verdun commander Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-Georges_Herr.
- Battle_of_Verdun commander Georg_von_der_Marwitz.
- Battle_of_Verdun commander Joseph_Joffre.
- Battle_of_Verdun commander Max_von_Gallwitz.
- Battle_of_Verdun commander No%C3%ABl_%C3%89douard,_vicomte_de_Curi%C3%A8res_de_Castelnau.
- Battle_of_Verdun commander Philippe_P%C3%A9tain.
- Battle_of_Verdun commander Robert_Nivelle.
- Battle_of_Verdun commander Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince.
- Battle_of_Verdun date "1916-12-20".
- Battle_of_Verdun isPartOfMilitaryConflict Western_Front_(World_War_I).
- Battle_of_Verdun place France.
- Battle_of_Verdun place Verdun.
- Battle_of_Verdun result "French victory".
- Battle_of_Verdun strength "1,140,000 soldiers in".
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- Battle_of_Verdun casualties "281000".
- Battle_of_Verdun casualties "315000".
- Battle_of_Verdun combatant "France".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Adolphe Guillaumat".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Auguste Hirschauer".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Charles Mangin".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Crown Prince Wilhelm".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Erich von Falkenhayn".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Ewald von Lochow".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Fernand de Langle de Cary".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Frédéric-Georges Herr".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Georg von der Marwitz".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Joseph Joffre".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Max von Gallwitz".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Noël de Castelnau".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Philippe Pétain".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Robert Nivelle".
- Battle_of_Verdun commander "Schmidt von Knobelsdorf".
- Battle_of_Verdun conflict "Battle of Verdun".
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- Battle_of_Verdun partof "the Western Front of the First World War".
- Battle_of_Verdun place "Région Fortifiée de Verdun Verdun-sur-Meuse, France".
- Battle_of_Verdun result "French victory".
- Battle_of_Verdun strength "1140000".
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- Battle_of_Verdun comment "The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun, IPA: [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃], Schlacht um Verdun, IPA: [ʃlaxt ˀʊm vɛɐdœŋ]) was fought from 21 February – 18 December 1916 during the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies, on hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France.".
- Battle_of_Verdun label "Bataille de Verdun (1916)".
- Battle_of_Verdun label "Batalha de Verdun".