Video: 'World War I: Battle of Verdun' (Feb. 21, 1916, at 7:34; 4 videos)

(Sunday, February 21, 1916, 7:15 a.m. CET; during the Battle of Verdun, part of the Western Front of World War I) — The Battle of Verdun, one of the largest battles of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies, began this morning when a 10-hour German artillery bombardment by 808 guns was launched in the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in northeastern France.

The French were able to prevail after 10 months of fighting.

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