Verdun - Metastasis

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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🗓️ 1 April 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Battle of Verdun grinds forward as the Germans press their attack on broken French lines following the capture of Fort Douaumont. French Army leadership determines that the lines at Verdun will be held whatever the cost.

General Philippe Petain comes in as commander of French forces and resistance stiffens. The battlefield spreads as the Germans realize they will now need to attack the Left Bank of the Verdun Salient in order to secure their hard-won gains on the Right Bank.

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0:00.0	For days, I have seen nothing but the most terrible things that can be painted from a human mind.
0:10.0	Franz Mark, German artist killed at Verdun March 4th, 1916. 16. All right.
0:23.6	Welcome to the Battle Overdone podcast episode 4, metastasis.
0:47.3	Battle Overdone podcast is now available on Stitcher and on Facebook. For Stitcher, just log on to stitcher.com and look for the Battle
0:58.4	of Verdun podcast or click through the link provided on this podcast website, battle
1:04.6	overdone podcast.com. There's a link there that'll take it right to Stitcher. And on
1:10.5	the Facebook, like one of my best friends
1:12.7	calls it, just look up Battle Over Dunn podcast page and you'll be there. So check them out.
1:20.8	Pretty soon. We're going to be everywhere. All right. So last time we covered the opening days of the Battle of Verdun.
1:31.3	We talked about how the Germans pressed their attacks on the beleaguered French army and broke through the lines on February 24th,
1:39.3	causing panic and chaos for the French side. Then things got even worse when Fort Duomo fell to the Germans
1:47.0	without a fight on February 25th. General Hare, the overwhelmed old artillery general commanding the French forces at Verdun,
1:56.0	was already calling for the total evacuation of the right bank of the Verdun salient.
2:03.4	General Joffre annoyed that this sideshow at Verdun was threatening his planned magnum opus for 1916 at the Somme,
2:13.4	sent the little fighting friar General de Castelnaud up to see what was going on.
2:20.3	Castelnaud immediately ordered the French Second Army, then in reserves and readily available,
2:27.3	to move to Verdun and take over command of the battle.
2:30.3	He also informed General Hare that no more ground was to be given up.
2:37.0	Verdun was to be held.
2:40.0	So now both the French and Germans were fully committed to the coming struggle for Verdun.
2:48.0	So on February 26th, the command group of the French Second Army arrived at Verdun,
2:54.6	setting up shop at Sweeney Village along the main supply route leading into the town.
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