02633nam 2200553 450 991081137690332120230803022749.00-19-931691-00-19-931690-2(CKB)2550000001180224(EBL)1591071(SSID)ssj0001084829(PQKBManifestationID)12480333(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001084829(PQKBWorkID)11036465(PQKB)11163404(MiAaPQ)EBC1591071(Au-PeEL)EBL1591071(CaPaEBR)ebr10825605(CaONFJC)MIL560338(OCoLC)868068313(EXLCZ)99255000000118022420140115d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVerdun the longest battle of the Great War /Paul JankowskiNew York :Oxford University Press,2013.©20131 online resource (345 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-931689-9 1-306-29087-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Timeline; Introduction; 1. The Three Hundred Days of Verdun; 2. Verdun under German Eyes; 3. Verdun under French Eyes; 4. The Offensive Trap; 5. The Prestige Trap; 6. The Attritional Trap; 7. The Nightmare; 8. Rancor; 9. Warning Signals; 10. Enemies; 11. Circles of Loyalty; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendix on Sources; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; ZAt seven o'clock in the morning on February 21, 1916, the ground in northern France began to shake. For the next ten hours, twelve hundred German guns showered shells on a salient in French lines. The massive weight of explosives collapsed dugouts, obliterated trenches, severed communication wires, and drove men mad. As the barrage lifted, German troops moved forward, darting from shell crater to shell crater. The battle of Verdun had begun. In Verdun, historian Paul Jankowski provides the definitive account of the iconic battle of World War I. A leading expert on the French past, Jankowski coVerdun, Battle of, Verdun, France, 1916Verdun, Battle of, Verdun, France, 1916.940.4/272Jankowski Paul1950-1643819MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811376903321Verdun3989299UNINA