Title
World War I - Verdun
Caption
Outer wall of the conquered Fort Vaux near Verdun. Roughly 700,000 people died in the Battle of Verdun (February to December 1916).
Set off by the deadly shots on Austrian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand by Serbian nationalists on the 28th of June in 1914 in Sarajevo, World War I broke out. During World War I, Germany, Austria, Austria-Hungary as well as later Turkey and Bulgary fought against Britain, France and Russia. The sad end result in 1918 comprised roughly 8.5 million soldiers killed in action, more than 21 million wounded and almost 8 million prisoners of war and missing people.
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Date
Nov 30, 1915
Credit line
Photo12/dpa-pa
Reference
DPA12A00_381
License type
Rights managed
Available size
21,9Mb (2,5Mb) / 12,2in x 7,0in / 3656 x 2094 (300dpi)