Posted on Feb 22, 2020

Verdun is a Human Slaughterhouse | Apocalypse: WWI

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On February 21, 1916, during World War I, the Battle of Verdun began with a German offensive leading to an estimated 1 million casualties and becomes the longest battle of the entire war.

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MAJ Byron Oyler

Posted 5 y ago

I have been to Gettysburg, Battle of the Bulge, Corregidor in the Philippines, and many others and Verdun is the one that most felt like a battlefield. I highly encourage people to visit.

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Walking there you could tell, this was a place of death. Then there’s the Ossuary.....

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MAJ Byron Oyler

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I believe it is the most savage war ever, combining 19th Century tactics with 20th Century weapons.

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Such a futile conflict. Millions of men thrown away in pointless assaults and it didn't even solve anything except cause the communists to take over Russia and break the Ottoman Empire into the Arab States that would bring us so much joy in the more recent times.

If you haven't seen 1917, I highly recommend it. It took what "Dunkirk" did and did it better.

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski

Posted 5 y ago

As said so many times - war is hell.

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