Battle o Verdun

Battle o Verdun
Pairt o the Wastren Front o the First Warld War
Cairt: Battle o Verdun 1916
Date 21 Februar – 18 December 1916 (9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days) Location Région Fortifiée de Verdun (RFV) Verdun-sur-Meuse, France 49°12′29″N 5°25′19″E Result French victory
Belligerents
Fraunce	German Empire
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.