At the onset of the war, Germany had
pressed quickly through Belgium into France, but became bogged down well shy of
Paris, and the war gridlocked into WWI’s iconic trench warfare. In early 1916,
however, General Erich von Falkenhayn of Germany believed he knew a way to
crush France and weaken Britain’s will to fight—by seizing the French defensive
position at Verdun.
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Intro music written and performed by C. Keith Hansley for use on this channel.
Background music:
Interloper by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Sources:
Warfare in the Western World: Military Operations Since 1871 (Volume II) by Robert A. Doughty and Ira D. Gruber et al. Massachusetts: D. C. Heath and Company, 1996.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/german-troops-capture-fort-douaumont-verdun
http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/verdun/douaumont.html
All images, maps and graphics used in the construction of this video are licensed as Public Domain in the Creative Commons.
Intro music written and performed by C. Keith Hansley for use on this channel.
Background music:
Interloper by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100401
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Sources:
Warfare in the Western World: Military Operations Since 1871 (Volume II) by Robert A. Doughty and Ira D. Gruber et al. Massachusetts: D. C. Heath and Company, 1996.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/german-troops-capture-fort-douaumont-verdun
http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/verdun/douaumont.html
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