Verdun : Petain vs von Falkenhayn
The History Channel
DVD Flerspråklig
| Utgitt | Unknown : Bonniers
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| Omfang | 1 optisk videoplate (DVD) (50 min.) : lyd, sv./hv.
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| Opplysninger | Desperate to break the stalement on the Western Front in 1916, Germany's army chief-of-staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, conceived a diabolical plan - by attacking on of France's most symbolic towns, he would draw her army into a bloodbath, and bleed it to death. At first this seemed to be working all to well, for more than six months the battle raged, with more than three-quarters of the French army going in to defend Verdun and suffering dreadfully. But the Germans had not allowed for the courage of the ordinary French soldiers, or the steadfastness of their commander, Philippe Petain
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