The Battle of Verdun by 2025 Kaitlyn Neidich https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4 By: Kaitlyn Neidich en-us 2021-01-12 13:30:35 UTC 2026-03-23 18:06:50 UTC hello@padlet.com When did the Battle start? neidichk https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078393634 The battle started February 21, 1916 and it ended December 18, 1916 ]]> 2021-01-12 13:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078393634 Where was the battle taking place? neidichk https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078402629 It was in Verdun, France.]]> 2021-01-12 13:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078402629 The objection neidichk https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078406203 It was originally planned by the German Chief of General Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn to secure victory for Germany on the Western Front. The aim was to crush the French army before the Allies grew in strength through the full deployment of British forces.

]]> 2021-01-12 13:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078406203 How did we know who won? neidichk https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078412586 By early December, under Robert Nivelle, who had been appointed to replace Philippe Pétain in April, the French had managed to recapture much of their lost territory, and in the last three days of the battle took 11,000 German prisoners before Hindenburg finally called a stop to the German attacks.]]> 2021-01-12 13:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078412586 Important Dates 1 neidichk https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078417587 2021-01-12 13:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078417587 Important Dates 2 neidichk https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078523697
  • Expanding the Battle
  • 4 March – Douaumont village falls to Germans

  • 6 March–9 April – Intense fighting continues at Verdun.  German attack on west bank of the Meuse makes slow but steady progress, capturing Forges, Regnéville, the Bois des Courbeaux (recaptured on the 8th then lost again on the 10th) and Côte de l’Oie. Le Mort-Homme remains in French hands

  • 9 April – German forces launch a major attack on both sides of the Meuse. The onslaught on the west bank puts German troops on the slopes of Le Mort-Homme, but the offensive on the east bank makes little headway

  • 30 April – Pétain takes command of Army Group Centre; Nivelle becomes commander of Second Army

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  • The Grinding Mill
  • 4–24 May – German forces make repeated attacks on Le Mort-Homme

  • 22 May – A French counter-attack against Fort Douaumont by the 5th Infantry Division fails

  • 29 May–2 June – Fighting is intense around Hill 304, Le Mort-Homme and Thiaumont

  • 3–8 June – Fort Vaux is surrounded by the Germans, and after a five-day battle the French are forced to surrender this key position

  • 23–30 June – A major German attack in the Thiaumont–Fleury–Souville sector brings further German gains, although the impending Anglo-French offensive on the Somme begins to pull German attention further north

  • 1 July – Anglo-French Somme offensive begins further north, drawing off German reserves from Verdun

  • 11–12 July – The final major German offensive of Operation Gericht fails to take Souville


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  • Recovery
  • French forces launched a major counter offensive at Verdun, capturing Thiaumont Redoubt and Farm, Fort Douaumont and several other key locations

  • 28 August – Falkenhayn resigns, and is replaced by Paul von Hindenburg

  • 2 September – Hindenburg orders that all offensive operations at Verdun cease

  • 19 October – French artillery begins a major preparatory bombardment of the German lines at Verdun

  • 24 October – Major French offensive begins, making advances of 3km (1.8 miles) on the first day, and recapturing Fort Douaumont

  • 2 November – French forces recapture Fort Vaux

  • 15 December – Another French offensive at Verdun pushes German forces back almost to their February 1916 start positions at Bois de Chaume. The Germans have by now lost nearly all their territorial gains at Verdun

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  • The Battle of Verdun was a French victory.
  • Verdun was heavily defended Surrounded by numerous heavily-armed forts, Verdun was a fortress city and a vital link in the French sector of the Western Front. To the French, Verdun was their national treasure, something Falkenhayn knew full well.

    • ]]>     2021-01-12 14:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078543178     Interesting Facts neidichk https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078547999 The first shot was fired on 21 February 1916 It came from a German long-distance naval gun and damaged Verdun Cathedral, right in the center of the city. It was followed by a huge barrage of Verdun’s front defenses inflicting huge casualties. Of every five French soldiers that had been positioned on the front line, only one survived unscathed.

    ]]>     2021-01-12 14:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078547999     neidichk https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078553750 2021-01-12 14:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078553750 neidichk https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078564735 2021-01-12 14:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1078564735 Who fought the battle? neidichk https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1082851994 The French and German]]> 2021-01-13 13:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1082851994 Why was the battle fought neidichk https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1087005252 The attack on Verdun (the Germans code-named it ‘Judgment’) came about because of a plan by the German Chief of General Staff, von Falkenhayn. He wanted to “bleed France white” by launching a massive German attack on a narrow stretch of land that had historic sentiment for the French – Verdun.

    ]]>     2021-01-14 13:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1087005252     What impacted did this battle have? neidichk https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1087046506 The massive loss of life at Verdun 143,000 German dead out of 337,000 casualties, to France's 162,440 out of 377,231 would come to symbolize, more than that of any other battle, the bloody nature of trench warfare on the Western Front.]]> 2021-01-14 13:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1087046506 How was the battle of Verdun fought? neidichk https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1087053879 It was fought by using trenches. ]]> 2021-01-14 13:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/neidichk/8su71ke06lzhnrq4/wish/1087053879