From crumbling fortresses and mountain battlefields to rusty gun emplacements and skeletal ships, there are ghostly reminders from The Great War scattered all over the world. Read on to uncover the ...

To break the agonizing stalemate that World War 1 had become, the German Empire infiltrated the most protected fortification on Earth, Fort Douaumont, capturing it without firing a single shot.

As a result, at the end of 1915, all Verdun forts were deprived of heavy artillery and a large part of the garrisons. This led to the fact that after the start of the German offensive near Verdun, one ...

It was here in 1916 that roughly 300,000 lives were lost in what's known as the Battle of 300 Days and Nights. ... Another key sight for visitors is Fort Douaumont, just northeast of Verdun.

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.

It was here in 1916 that roughly 300,000 lives were lost in what’s known as the Battle of 300 Days and Nights. ... Another key sight for visitors is Fort Douaumont, just northeast of Verdun.

On Nov. 11, 1918, the fighting ended on the Western Front. “The Great War,” as it was known for a short time, was over. But the peace, such as it was, did not ...

During the Battle of Verdun in 1916, the village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont swapped hands over a dozen times, ... It took the Germans a mere five days to capture the fort at Douaumont, ...