LONGEST Battle of WW1: Verdun | Animated History

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That Petain guy really saved France. I’m sure he’ll be remembered as a selfless patriot and won’t soil his own legacy in the next war…

"You either die as a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the vilain" That sums up Philippe Pétain so damn well...

“Out of every five men, two have been buried, two have been wounded to some extent, and the fifth is waiting.” A (paraphrased) quote describing the ten-day artillery barrage that opened the Battle of Verdun.

Even today, the Verdun forest bears the scars of the battle, with the ground retaining the shape of shell impact, remnants of fortifications, rusting ammunition and grenades, and nameless graves around every corner. A place well worth visiting.

Not many words can describe how hellish this battle was, it was a human slaughterhouse, some of the worst that the war had to offer. I’m really glad you’re finally covering more World War One, Griffon! Hoping to see more!

Verdun has to be the most awe-inspiring battle of the war to me. It was so horrific, yet the French resolve never fell. They would not let them pass, and they never did. It's incredibly powerful.

My Great Grand-Uncle François fought at Verdun as part of the French 99th Infantry Regiment. Conscripted in 1916, he saw his baptism by fire in October at the Eix sector of Verdun, arriving as part of a reinforcement wave after his unit got nearly entirely wiped out at Tavannes. He survived Verdun, but was later killed in action on 10 June 1917 at the Chemin des Dames during a French counter-attack. I have his identity tag, military ID booklet, letters, postcards, photos, and his coin pouch which was struck by shrapnel. They were sent back to my family upon his death.

The French fought tooth and nail to defend Verdun, their holy city The spirit of these men proved that, even after centuries of wars and bloodshed, even after the horrors of world war 1 that brought the northern half of the country to ruin The Gallic Rooster still stands

My great great grandfather fought for the French at verdun, after the war he went to the United States and his son fought for the us army in west Africa and Sicily before being wounded via landmine in Sicily. Crazy how he had to fight French troops with his father being one

As a WWI buff thank you for this. Whenever people make fun of the French for always losing and surrendering I alway laugh. Verdun shows how strong the French people actually are and the fact the Germans didn't win the battle is insane. The only reason why some forts feel was just because the French ran out of water.

AS THE DRUMROLL STARTED ON THAT DAY, HEARD A HUNDRED MILES AWAY!

My arrière-arrière grand père (19 Sept 1898) would live through the Great War. When the IIIe French Republic joined in at 1914 he was already eligible for conscription. In the IIIe Republic you were had to join conscription at a very young age. He did not fight at Verdun but he did still fight.. he also served in the World War 2 but he died in 1971. I’am 15 and I love history because my ancestors have seen what I watch here!

“I cut my teeth in the trenches of the Somme, you larped your Santa Claus butt through Vietnam!” JRR Tolkien

One thing this video didnt go into a ton of detail in is the sheer amount of artillery shells that both the french and Germans used in Verdun. All in all, 60 million artillery shells were used in the battle, with the Germans using 1 million shells in 10 hours during the initial assult. I imagine the sky could scarcely be seen through such an onslaught.

Verdun is such a giant battle for France that at least 2/3 of his army served at Verdun during those 10 months battle. Which mean that a lot of french today had at least one great grand father who fought at Verdun. It’s a battle like few country endured it, we shall never Forget.

the Verdun battle left more than a thousand dead per day from February to December but the worst remains that in February 1916 the Germans launched 2 million shells during 2 days. That's 1 shell every 0.08 seconds Verdun was the Stalingrad of ww1

Fields of Verdun, and the battle has begun

"Soldiers attempting to heat coffee using flamethrowers" Part of me finds that funny, but part of me can relate <3

Nice work. Thanks I'm a Frenchman over 50 and I knew a great-grandfather who fought there. He sometimes told us the songs that the poilus sang before going into battle.