The Fate of Nations, G. J. MEYER

This second volume begins with the Battle of Verdun, the longest battle of the Great War and one of the most terrible ever fought. By the beginning of 1916 the French had already suffered 2 million casualties. Russia was crippled. Von Falkenhayn now believed 'The forces of France will bleed to death.' Through the unimaginable horrors of the Somme, the entry of the US into the war and the 'final th