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Back to SearchVerdun - The Trench of Bayonets
Episode 40
The story of the Trench of Bayonets.
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7 years, 8 months ago
Verdun - Fury in the Desert
Episode 39
With terrible losses and plummeting morale, the French 2nd Army strains to hold the Right Bank after the fall of Fort Vaux. The German 5th Army conti…
7 years, 9 months ago
Verdun - Vaux
Episode 38
With a new attack on the Right Bank at Verdun, the Germans surround and lay siege to Fort Vaux. But this fort, commanded by the tenacious Major Rayna…
7 years, 9 months ago
Verdun - Dogfights Over Death Ground
Episode 37
While the Battle of Verdun raged on the ground, it raged in the sky as well. Control of the airspace over the battlefield shifted hands several times…
7 years, 9 months ago
An Interview with 8000ft Media
What an opportunity! Last week Mr. Ross Barnwell and Mr. Andy Robertshaw came on to the BFWWP to speak about their short film project, Beaumont-Hamel…
7 years, 9 months ago
Verdun - Back to the Right Bank
Episode 36
With the capture of Hill 304 and le Mort Homme on the Left Bank, the Battle of Verdun shifts back to the Right Bank with a disastrous French attempt …
7 years, 10 months ago
Seicheprey - Cherry Blossoms in Spring
Seicheprey is a little hamlet in the Woëvre, and in April of 1918 it was the scene of the first clash between the newly-arrived American Doughboys an…
7 years, 10 months ago
Verdun - Firepower Kills
Episode 35
The Battle of Verdun widens as the Germans now launch attacks on the Left Bank of the River Meuse.
The battles for le Mort Homme and Hill 304 rage …
7 years, 10 months ago
Seicheprey - Doughboys in the Woëvre
In April of 1917 the United States of America formally entered the Great War on the Allied side.
As American Doughboys arrived in France, they wou…
7 years, 10 months ago
Verdun - Metastasis
Episode 34
The Battle of Verdun grinds forward as the Germans press their attack on broken French lines following the capture of Fort Douaumont. French Army lea…
7 years, 11 months ago