The Battle of Verdun

by Alan Axelrod

Book Overview

The Great War ate men, machines, and money without mercy or remission. At the end of 1915, the German army chief of staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, believed he knew how to finally kill the beast and win the war.
On Christmas day, 1915, Falkenhayn sent a letter to Kaiser Wilhelm II proposing a campaign to demoralize Britain, whose industrial might and maritime power were the foundation of the alliance against Germany, while also knocking France out...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493038001
• ISBN13: 9781493038008
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.7"