Battle o Verdun
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Battle o Verdun | |||||||
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Pairt o the Wastren Front o the First Warld War | |||||||
Cairt: Battle o Verdun 1916 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders an leaders | |||||||
Joseph Joffre Noël de Castelnau Fernand de Langle de Cary Frédéric-Georges Herr Philippe Pétain Robert Nivelle Adolphe Guillaumat Auguste Hirschauer Charles Mangin |
Erich von Falkenhayn Croun Prince Wilhelm Schmidt von Knobelsdorf Ewald von Lochow Max von Gallwitz Georg von der Marwitz | ||||||
Strenth | |||||||
1,140,000 soldiers in from 75–85 diveesions | 1,250,000 soldiers in c. 50 divisions | ||||||
Casualties an losses | |||||||
315,000–542,000 (156,000–162,000 killed) Februar–December 1916 | 281,000–434,000 (c. 143,000 killed) Februar–December 1916 |
The Battle o Verdun (Bataille de Verdun, IPA: [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃], Schlacht um Verdun, IPA: [ʃlaxt ˀʊm ˈvɛɐdœŋ]), focht frae 21 Februar tae 18 December 1916, wis ane o the lairgest battles o the First Warld War on the Wastren Front atween the German an French airmies.