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DEFINING MOMENTS
FROHE WEIHNACHTEN
German soldiers celebrate Christmas on the frontline near
Verdun. While these men caroused, their fate was being
decided. On 24 December, German high command made
the decision to press on with Operation Judgement
– an all-out attack on the French city of Verdun,
which would begin the following February. The
nine-month campaign cost both sides dearly –
approximately 306,000 men were killed
and nearly half a million wounded.
1915
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