Last Offensive at Verdun: France Pushes Germany Out After 10 Months
French forces drive German troops from Louvemont and Bezonvaux, ending the immediate threat to Verdun and compelling both armies to shift focus elsewhere along the Western Front. This withdrawal concludes a ten-month slaughter that claimed nearly a million combined casualties while securing the city against capture.
December 15, 1916
110 years ago
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