Fields of Battle - Verdun

Ouvrage de Thiaucourt: Verdun: The Ouvrage du Thiaumont changed hands 14 times during the fighting in 1916. The surrounding ground reveals the ferocity of the fighting and is perhaps the most tortured ground on the Western Front. Lt. Raymond Jubert of the 151st RI who fought here wrote in his book Verdun 1916 The infantryman has no function except to get himself crushed, he dies without glory...at the bottom of a hole, far away from any witness

151st Battlefields Changed Crushed Dies Except Ferocity Fought Function Infantryman Jubert Ouvrage Perhaps Reveals Surrounding Thiaumont Tortured Verdun Wrote

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