WW1: Battle of Verdun

WW1: Battle of Verdun

Another million French troops died in The Battle of Verdun. This was the longest battle in WW1 and was fought between the French and German troops in Verdun in eastern France. This battle, though one of the longest and most bloody in the history of warfare, really had no positive result for either side. Although the battle consisted mainly of trench warfare, most of the casualties resulted from artillery fire. Part of this is due to the German’s employing their Zeppelins to bomb the French troops. Also, the battle was in such a small area of land that artillery fire ravaged the land, making the fighting conditions horrible. A deceased French lieutenant’s journal was found after the battle, and the last words he wrote were “Humanity is mad. It must be mad to do what it is doing. What a massacre! What scenes of horror and carnage! I cannot find words to translate my impressions. Hell cannot be so terrible. Men are mad!"