Word: verdun
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Section No. 1 of the American Ambulance Field Service, which I joined last March, was unusually fortunate in seeing service in the two historic regions of France, the valley of the Somme and Verdun. We were stationed in the Somme valley for nearly four months, when we were suddenly sent to Verdun, where we worked close to the city for three weeks and then back about 25 miles from the front for another three weeks...
...doing business with tourists when peace returns. What an opportunity for a man with the historic instinct! But will France permit showmen to desecrate the soil where her heroic sons have given up their lives for human liberty? The great battlefields of the war from the Somme to Verdun should be set apart and dedicated to educational and patriotic uses for all time. --New York...
...working seven cars night and day on advanced posts in 48-hour shifts, but the men and cars are pretty well recovered from the strenuous nights and days they got at Verdun and all are eager to see our fighting division move where we will get in the coming pursuit race to Berlin...
...regarded as the turning point of the war. The period of preparation will now be succeeded by a continued offensive. The evidence is unmistakable that the war is entering upon a final and triumphant phase for the Allies. The long and glorious resistance of the French at Verdun has been relieved. The Germans can no longer press the Russians in the east or the Austrians seriously threaten the Italians in the south. The big push...
However, an occasional reading of headlines will never give one a comprehensive idea of the forts surrounding Verdun, or of a particular sector on the western front. In the Sunday editions of the daily papers, and in a few periodicals there are reviews of every weeks developments in the war zone by a military expert. These articles give one in a condensed form all the important strategic moves which have been officially reported during the week, and also the probable success or failure of the offensive campaign in question. A careful reading of the weekly reviews as a supplement...