Battles and Campaigns

Battle of Verdun

1916, World War I

Citation Formats

General Reference

War and Military Atlas. "Battle of Verdun." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://military.interactiveatlas.org/battles/battle-of-verdun.

APA Style

War and Military Atlas. (n.d.). Battle of Verdun. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://military.interactiveatlas.org/battles/battle-of-verdun

BibTeX

@misc{warandmilitaryatlas-battle-of-verdun,
  author = {War and Military Atlas},
  title = {Battle of Verdun},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://military.interactiveatlas.org/battles/battle-of-verdun},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France, as the German 5th Army attacked the fortified region of Verdun defended by the French Second Army. The longest battle of the First World War, lasting some 302 days, it produced roughly 714,000 combined casualties and ended in a French victory.

Facts

Battle Type

Prolonged offensive and defensive battle (attrition warfare) 1

Year

1916 1

Location

Verdun, France 1

Outcome

French victory 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Led By

Erich Ludendorff

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Paul von Hindenburg

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Part Of

World War I

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: Battle of Verdun

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The Battle of Verdun ... was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War

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1. Wikipedia: Battle of Verdun

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