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| 1. | The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916
Paperback (388 pages) by Sir Alistair Horne (Penguin (Non-Classics))
The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. Its aim was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death and a battleground whose once fertile terrain is even now a haunted wilderness. Alistair Horne's classic work, continuously in print for over fifty years, is a profoundly moving, sympathetic study of the battle and the men who fought there. It shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity.- ISBN13: 9780140170412
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| 2. | Verdun 1916: 'They Shall Not Pass' (Campaign)
Paperback (96 pages) by Ian Drury (Osprey Publishing)
On 21 February 1916 German General Erich von Falkenhayn unleashed his hammer-blow offensive against the French fortress city of Verdun. His aim was nothing short of the destruction of the French army. Falkenhayn was sure that the symbolic value of Verdun was such that the French would be ‘compelled to throw in every man they have.’ He was equally sure that ‘if they do so the forces of France will bleed to death’. The massed batteries of German guns would smash the French troops in their trenches and bunkers. But the French hung on with immense courage and determination and the battle became a bloody war of attrition. This title describes the destructive events of this pivotal First World War battle.
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| 3. | Verdun (Lost Treasures)
Paperback (500 pages) by Jules Romains (Trafalgar Square Publishing)
Of the fearful battles that scarred the last century, Verdun, 1916, in which more than half a million Frenchmen and Germans died or were wounded, stands as one of the most tragic and futile. Jules Romains' novel brings the cataclysmic clash vividly to life, whether in the trenches, under the terrifying artillery bombardments, or in the headquarters of the general staff. First published in 1937, and unavailable for many years, this is an epic masterpiece of war literature
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| 5. | Verdun, visions d'histoire [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - France ]
DVD Directed by Léon Poirier (Les Documents Cinematographiqu)
France released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: French ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Verdun, visions d'histoire is markedly different from previous artistic endeavours made in France on the subject of WWI. For one thing, it doesn't attempt to apportion blame for what happened, nor does it demonise the German people. Instead, what it delivers is an authentic reconstruction of the battle of Verdun, showing the obscene folly of war without over-dramatising it, to provide a stark plea to future generations never to go down the same path again. What is most striking about the film is its trenchant realism, which is achieved principally by use of exterior locations that were the sites where much of the fighting took place in 1916 - sites that still bore the heavy scars of conflict. Most of the cast was made up of ex-service men who had served in WWI, including the actor Albert Préjean, who would have a huge career in France after the war. So convincing are the battle scenes that they are often inserted into other films and documentaries as if they were stock shots taken from the real battle. There is also a poetic dimension to this film, with the harsh realism periodically undercut by some surprising expressionistic touches that bring in elements of subjectivity. These are achieved through some effective use of superposition which illustrate what the protagonists are imagining and feeling as the world around them is transformed into an incomprehensible nightmare. The most memorable of these is the highly poignant scene where a wounded soldier on the battlefield imagines the spirits of his fallen comrades being taken to Heaven on a stretcher by the ghosts of their mothers. Then, later, we see the ghosts of the dead sold- THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
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| 6. | German Strategy and the Path to Verdun
Paperback (316 pages) by Robert T. Foley (Cambridge University Press)
The term "Battle of Verdun" has become synonymous with senseless slaughter. This book offers a new perspective on one of the twentieth century's bloodiest battles by examining the development of German military ideas from the end of the Franco-German War in 1871 to the First World War. Its use of recently released German sources held in the Soviet Union since the Second World War sheds new light on German ideas about attrition before and during the First World War.
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| 7. | Verdun
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| 8. | WALKING VERDUN: A Guide to the Battlefield (Battleground)
Paperback (176 pages) by Christina Holstein Holstein (Pen and Sword)
On 21 February 1916 the German Fifth Army launched a devastating offensive against French forces at Verdun and set in motion one of the most harrowing and prolonged battles of the Great War. By the time the struggle finished ten months later, over 650,000 men had been killed or wounded or were missing, and the terrible memory of the battle had been etched into the histories of France and Germany. This epic trial of military and national strength cannot be properly understood without visiting, and walking, the battlefield, and this is the purpose of Christina Holstein's invaluable guide. In a series of walks she takes the reader to all the key points on the battlefield, many of which have attained almost legendary status - the spot where Colonel Driant was killed, the forts of Douaumont, Vaux and Souville, the Mort Homme ridge, and Verdun itself.- ISBN13: 9781844158676
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| 9. | Messenger Verdun
Magazine (Messenger Verdun)
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| 10. | Verdun 1916
Paperback (240 pages) by Malcolm Brown (Tempus)
The most shocking battlefield of the Western Front.
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