Verdun: Frozen Memories of Bloodshed – Exploring the Most Brutal Battlefield Sites of WWI

On the banks of the Meuse River in northeastern France, the 千年 - old city of Verdun bears witness to one of humanity’s most harrowing wartime traumas. In 1916, Germany and France fought a 10-month-long battle of attrition here, with over one million casualties on both sides, earning it the nickname "the Meat Grinder of Verdun." Today, this land stands as one of the world’s most significant WWI memorial sites, where a network of battle relics and commemorative structures collectively narrate the cruelty of war and the preciousness of peace.