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the one of the most, the it's the end of 1915. somewhere in the region of some french soldiers are to distract themselves projecting some films on the war with german. this is how they work here. a good showing that the german wilhelm, the 2nd and the german soldiers with their pointy helmets and their super man called of the

just look at this image and read the german army positions in the middle of the town of ad on the river moyes are running through it, and the hills all around the french have built 30 or more fords here to protect themselves from invasion from the east. the musical names. soon all the world will have heard of them. severe. well, the

other side of the term is on this, the german french one, the teeth, germans ready to launch in major a sensor, unexpectedly attacking the strongest position. the hold on the reckoning, the french won't give up. that's what they're doing without throwing everything they got into the panel. the,

the emperor or his interest at the task of leading the battle to his own son. this is him addressing his officers. his majesty calls us to the attack he sang. we must see that the sons of germany's will to win as hard as steve the beginning of or the heaviest mass and force flow. and so the french positions the, it's going to be a finds the length of which the world has never known by some and called rudy like

student's parents the, the german troops of what they call stolen tunnels under the hills for cover in one of these verse 20 year old team in spoken the whole sites. i've got my wife and 3000 cartridges by the door that you get the french on the, the french are still completely unaware. they believe therefore it's are in foam or of them, especially this one to move the it's

a state of the art underground city, strong enough to repel any attack. the february 9th, the germ, the crown prince's shot, the rims the

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fire ross thomas, the, it's like the end of the one lieutenant tell, so i'll post officers in there. then all we're doing is to say faces. before it all goes to have the, the backend terrace. politicians are in short the commander of the french forces. general joseph shop is always saying that they

have done is too well protected for the germans to attack it. and he's even started to strip the force of their guns and send them north to the psalm where he's preparing an assault with the british prime minister, honestly put you on the one in the bowler had worn so that he can't afford to lose any french territory. if you evacuate vietnam and sound the retreat, he says, you'll be dismissed immediately along with all of your chief of staff, the within hours. an order from those chief of staff is fired off to the troops accept on your to fight to the task that says, while of waiting reinforcements. the audit comes

to late in just 5 days to german steamroller crushes all the villages around that time. all the way up to 12 months. right below the fort. it's here at the start showing it to go. it's 25 years old, is wounded and taken prisoner. the french, the nightmare is only just begun the 25th of february, 4 days after the beginning of the song. now the germans are right up against the enormous fortress, up to 200 yards away from the suppose police and some of the symptoms from brandon. the sites go without

the curios the the most of the, the german developments. so therefore, the officers from brandon, which was trying to find to because the places on the french general selected on the

trial german church does start to renew. it expresses peace of mind to what joy to do this. she writes to her husband at the front, may god grant us peace and the music of the canons scale our future happiness. the francis badly shaken. it's a disaster. above all, it's a humiliation for the troops all are picturing the germans rolling across the country as they've done half a century earlier, in 1870 if they had done files, for instance to,

that's what people are thinking. the put down new correct arrives on the scene. to me, put down a complete unknown defense strategist, the ease handed the job of defending via the ease arriving this for now, just another bit later, urgent troops. soon the what matters nell's or friends this to get to block the german it always seems like,

because the french have been taken by surprise. it just worth reading. there's only one side that's ours. contrast to the term in front. that's network a 14 way assist. the general airlines, this country road becomes we have tons of feel like a secret way. the concepts of relentless pace, 6 changes today. the low cost fits cards about

the sacred ways, straight into of that it's become a secret cars. the and one of those 12 says a young lieutenant to terry french the over the next 10 months. french, 2000000, 100000. many of these names will be described. the children, the end among these large rolling

the dug in within the walls of to on, to determine the structure the, they suffered enormously. most of the advance has become much more difficult. and it was to start with their exhausted, especially these fragile young 18 year olds. the

and the 1st to die is finds mock, one of the greatest german painters of the 20th century. he was hit by a shell. he's realized right from the start, that this is a totally futile battle. oh, i see. he writes to his wife shortly before his death is the most frightful spectacle, the human brain could ever imagine. the crown prince, his father ties. we're misgivings. the germans have only advanced 10 kilometers in 2 weeks. and there's no breakthrough in sight. but they just keep going. the camp living space,

the use of the battle c o x to advance the to the right to supply the terms the, the or to arrange place on the west in the 4th special spinning the germans done on the inside the if the germans want to take that they'll have to destroy those guns. to do that, they'll have to take the 2 tools that stand in their way. totes 3 on deck, nancy,

the deadman. so let clients name after a body was found there in the 19th century, the every square foot of it seemed fighting to violence, to even contemplate the today and its summit. there's a terrible monument. skeletal figures trying fit during the 6 the

the battle lines to a standstill. the 2 armies are dug in face to face. they'll spend months trying to destroy each other. not this is already a victory for the french. as pit tongue promised. the germans cannot pass the time for him to speak the words to make our famous throughout the world. his words at home, the new general become

a symbol of all france. the man who stood up to the terms and the friends for remember this 25 years later, the country falls to nazi germany in 1940 on deadman. until now, however, the boot is on the other foot. as the french put out more flags, the german swell increasingly on easy, especially the ones who has been captured by the french. we've been gravely deceased by our officers writes young comp now to his mother and other demands. we would like all those gentleman responsible for the war to come and fight at our side. it is a done so we would have had peace, long ago the insect,

although the french don't suspected germany is increases the . what's the hor seemingly endless. some politicians are starting to question the sense of it. peace demonstrations by spreading. this is one in berlin on the 1st of names in the middle of the battle of the far left politician con the connect as her ring, the crowd down with the government. he says, down with the war right after he speaks, he's jailed the french different. the one of the troops have been holding out on that man's hill is almost returning to

normal. desist a battle. actually the civilians seem getting on with their lots of fun. some no idea that $60000.00 men have already died if they're done and more are dying there at the rate of one every 2 minutes. by the spring of 1916, the germans are desperate for a rapid end of the battle. the french drain. this with the me, they'll get their wish after 3 months of

shilling and tell it has been virtually destroyed. but the germans still haven't broken through. and the tone itself empty now with all its inhabitants, is still in the hands of the french. and it's clearly a success for the french any more of a tricia, a stalemate, representative victory dissenting saw the while soldiers are still being blown to smithereens. delegations arriving from all over the world to celebrate the resistance of a nation. this is the future king of serbia, an ally of france. thing. welcome. by the president of the republic, the journalists have been invited to an english correspondent rights. at that time, one feels an intense satisfaction. it would seem to master.

the friendship stood alone against german. everyone knows that the germans sell never pounds, the ground to the hold. this of no further strategic import still carry on for another a this that you buy it in 1st it's

the, the french counter attack comes on the 22nd of may. the troops prove themselves that to the 4th, they defend the truck. they were just as a dubious one. they're generally getting the form to help them break down some of the risk which the french was the front line and get a desk the gets

a disaster. 5000 dead wounded were taken prisoner and all for nothing the the survivors live back to their positions. among them, luis mother shy who writes dual more has been taken last retake and the wounded look ghastly. one of them is crying, mommy and my little girl it's madness. we're all mad.

the no longer be awesome. either side of the front to swing 200000 french germans or duncan expectations make sense troops on a rotation system. 10 days on the front, on 10 days on the 2nd then arrest the we are the

online account. and that's where captain dan view is when he writes, if you like an animal being herded into the out to 160000000 shots, the toyota department never saw most of the allowance of 3 is kind of the time with nobody. even notice there's no slot

with dangerous. there are still waiting to lance some the the assault or the general service from sonic and head of the german army orders his men to have

another go and fetch on the he wants to ken down the french and sell them from supporting the filters further north on this on the no one is really committed to the attack so that even the crown prince for him, the battle no longer makes sense. in my heart the kaiser son more. right. i was totally opposed to this offensive, but i had to obey orders. so i forced myself to appear completely confident the between the 4 to to still in german hands and the 4th still help to find the french. once more,

the landscape burns. this reconstruction based on an aerial scan of the battlefield, shows the network of trenches, the thousands of shell craters dawning, the landscape. the germans descend into the ravines, climb back up the hills and eventually circle the 4th of the inside of the 400 french. they've had no water, one munitions for several days now. and every day, 8 souls of shells rained down on their completely cut off france as watch it's

here from the 4th of june, that one of the most famous episodes of the battlefield dawn takes place. when the germans managed to breach the ford to a ton of the trench waiters were named flame throwers in hand to hit the or both sides fighting for glory and survive on the eventually the exhausted french surrender the germans, they've just been trying to kill with him. from military honors,

the total just and the thing to determine the way to the next to the next to over there on the horizon. some fee, the from this book promissory, which the scale of a month later on the 11th. so you can begin to feel that victory is within the distance that i see that and it's the

never get there. they're fine. listen seconds, fail in a village now wiped off the map, lead was taken and then we've taken a dozen times just 2 weeks. the, it's the very image of the whole battle to go away. and between the 2 sides have been fighting for 6 months over a 100000 man or dan, the by committee of his comrade signed a young writer feels has been sacrificed by his emperor and his generals the, the war has been going on to the rights to his wife, just one more push, they keep telling us. in march they set in april,

in may in june, reinforcements arrived even younger man, the, the infantry struck at the very heart of the french. they told them they were defending their country and they believed it. then they saw it wasn't working whose fault is all this? the many people blamed 1st and she was sent in to generation in the countries young man to dawn, the august the kaiser s fucking time replaced.

the the general's plan has been a total failure. the allies have been advancing on the song since early july. the minute they have done or needed elsewhere. and now remaining is declared war on germany. so fucking china is packed off and there is a punishment. he's replaced by 2 generals from the eastern front. that like we wouldn't go off and poly fun hindenburg. the engine block on the left will become president of germany after the war. he's the figure who in 1933. the point at all hitler, chancellor of germany. for the time being though easier to put an end to a battle that was supposed to be decisive for germany. but instead, a woke french patriotism like no

the but this is fair. so it never ends. for the french, it's no longer a battle. it's already become a legend, an x, a central struggle for their country survival. things are different on the sun where a murderous british and french offensive. it's been going on since the 1st of july . but that's just a joint operation with the british. so it's having

a little impact on public opinion in france or the countries collective memory. you know, it's year fresh. once they are revenge they say they want to secure the region. what they really is between september and december. sounds general time because the front end of the day guns, they fire one time shelves, the size of an 8 year old child. does they like to say

the latest news, the after the forts capture by the german french finally managed this time the prince's troops surrendered in dreams. $140000.00 germans have died at that time. and another 190000 have been wounded. all in

a battle that did nothing to effect the course of the war. the french losses were even heavier. 160000 dead, and 210000. but the french got their victory, tactical humiliations all behind them now. and when the snow is con, december of 1916, the battle is officially over $300.00 danes are fighting it would take another 8 months to win back the forest of cool and dead man's hill.

and another 2 years for the war to end. the soldiers. these husbands, these fathers taken bravery to the very limits they left behind thousands of orleans and they would ask, was a glorious this battle, or was it just absurd? oh, that was a century ago. the trauma, the great wars longest at all,

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