Heavily damaged Verdun and surroundings towards the end of WW-I in 1918 in color [AI enhanced]

Highly interesting footage of the French town of Verdun in 1918. Verdun is well-known for one of the bloodiest battles during World War I which took place between 21 februari and 20 December 1916. It was at the heart of German attemps to force a breach though the Western front, but it can be concluded that they never achieved their objectives. The strategies, tactics and events on both the French and German side can be read in great detail in Wikipedia: Close to 360,000 soldiers on the French side and 340,000 on German side lost their lives during this battle. It is hard to tell which side won the battle, among other due to the war continuing elsewhere in France e.g. in the Battle of the Somme in which also the British participated.
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