tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post2003580080127513992..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Verdun: Total Battle in Total Warsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-5131689012897762502016-01-17T00:58:30.458-08:002016-01-17T00:58:30.458-08:00The town issued their medal for the forces that fo...The town issued their medal for the forces that fought and defended Verdun. It simply states "ON NE PASSE PAS" (They Shall not Pass). In 1955 I visited the Douaumont Ossuary, at the age of 3 1/2 it was my first view of the cost of war.David John Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668499102291275170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-30606801068905315732015-12-06T12:39:30.846-08:002015-12-06T12:39:30.846-08:00Ms Audoin-Rouzeau's early remark that "th...Ms Audoin-Rouzeau's early remark that "the French High Command didn't expect any attack on this particular sector" begs the enormous question - 'Why not?'. The answer, from popular literature on the battle, seems to be that (a) the Germans had made sure they 'owned' the air space above Verdun, so keeping the more obvious signs of impending assault from French Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10931534060621148979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-23173024839751466942015-12-06T11:23:25.443-08:002015-12-06T11:23:25.443-08:00One of the best novels on Verdun is Jules Romains&...One of the best novels on Verdun is Jules Romains' "Verdun". I strongly recommend it.<br />DBeerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-24335075129916350722015-12-06T11:21:05.590-08:002015-12-06T11:21:05.590-08:00All accounts of Verdun say it was THE battle. Germ...All accounts of Verdun say it was THE battle. German strategy of bleeding the French army there coupled with the fact that a German victory there would cost France the war. Verdun placed enormous burden on the French army and affected overall Allied strategy. As originally conceived the Somme was to be a joint British French offensive. The losses suffered at Verdun compelled the British to bill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-69758967091131559802015-12-06T09:51:35.423-08:002015-12-06T09:51:35.423-08:00I've been researching American ambulance volun...I've been researching American ambulance volunteers who supported the French at Verdun -- amazing journals, letters, and photographs -- and to a man, the Americans feel immense admiration and sadness for what the poilu attempted and endured. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.com