The WWI battle of Verdun ends on December 18, 1916. It was a costly French defensive victory, repulsing a major German offensive in one of the longest, bloodiest, and most-ferocious battles of the war.
At the battle's conclusion, nearly 10-month after starting, the front lines remained largely unchanged from where they started. French casualties amounted to about 400,000, German ones to about 350,000. Some 300,000 were killed. More