Writing in 1931, French man of letters Paul Valery pondered the calamitous significance of the Battle of Verdun, one of World War I’s most titanic clashes, fought by two determined armies of ...

Seventy-one year ago, February 2, 1943, the The Battle of Stalingrad, finally ended. After five months of unrelenting battle, the retreat of the ...

France is commemorating the 100th anniversary of The Battle of Verdun, World War One's longest battle.

World War I's Battle of Verdun began with a German artillery attack on French positions on this day in history, Feb. 21, 1916. It's considered the longest battle in modern warfare.

The battle of Verdun was the longest and costliest battle in world history, lasting from February 21 to December 18, 1916. Almost a year!

The Battle of Verdun lasted for 303 days and became the longest and one of the most costly battles in human history.

Drawing even more heavily on archives, letters, and journals than Alistair Horne in his classic 1962 The Price of Glory, Jankowski has written a superb, definitive popular account of Verdun ...

In 1916 the battlefield lay outside the town, in orchards and woods above Verdun; Bakhmut is an urban battle, fought amid blocks of apartment buildings and wide roads.

The letters of the German soldiers are imbued with frankness, an effort to communicate impressions to relatives, an effort to share the truth about the combats in the Stalingrad region, and ...