Verdun - The 299-Day Battle That Killed 300K Soldiers And Still Scars The Earth With Unexploded Shells

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Battle of Verdun--fought from February 21-December 18 1916 in the Western Front of France--was horrifying and hellish even by the standards of World War One. Over a 299-day-period, there were 1 million total casualties. The French were bled white,...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The History of North America podcast is a sweeping historical saga of the United States,
0:09.4	Canada, and Mexico from their deep origins to our present epoch.
0:13.9	Join me, Mark Vinet, on this exciting, fascinating epic journey through time, focusing on the compelling,
0:20.7	wonderful, and tragic stories of North America's inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders,
0:27.1	environment, and geography.
0:29.5	I invite you to come along for the ride.
0:32.2	The History of the Popes of Rome in Christianity reaches into nearly every aspect of history.
0:38.7	In the history of the Papacy podcast, we step over the rope.
0:42.2	We dive into, discover more about the people events and background that define the influence
0:48.0	of the Popes of Rome and church not only on the West, but the world.
0:52.6	To start listening now, go to pathanonpodcast.com or search for History of the Papacy on your
0:59.5	favorite podcast platform.
1:09.4	History is in just a bunch of names and dates and facts.
1:12.5	It's the collection of all the stories throughout human history that explain how and why we
1:16.6	got here.
1:18.0	Welcome to the History on Plug Podcast, where we look at the forgotten, neglected,
1:22.4	strange, and even counterfactual stories that made our world what it is.
1:27.2	I'm your host, Scott Rank.
1:29.4	Hello, everyone.
1:38.2	Welcome back to our series, Key Battles of World War I.
1:41.4	In the last episode, we looked at 1915 and what was happening.
1:46.1	It was relatively quiet as far as a year can be in World War I.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from History Unplugged, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of History Unplugged and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.