Verdun 1916: 'They Shall Not Pass' (Osprey Campaign 93) (Repost)
Ian Drury - Verdun 1916: 'They Shall Not Pass'
Osprey Publishing | 2001 | ISBN: 185532993X | English | 95 pages | PDF | 31.28 MB
Osprey Campaign 93
Osprey Publishing | 2001 | ISBN: 185532993X | English | 95 pages | PDF | 31.28 MB
Osprey Campaign 93
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’.