Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Martyr of Verdun: Émile Driant's Command Post" video.

  1. I do know about Émile Driant and his sacrifice defending Verdun. A true patriot and hero of France. The folly of allowing Verdun's defences to be striped would haunt both France and Britain for the rest of the war. The German attack there almost bleed Frances army dry and would be one of the major causes of the French army mutinying in 1917. It forced British Army into fighting at The Somme, a battle it was not yet ready for with all the casualties that came with it. It also had a huge effect on the German Army, bleeding it of troops. But that was down to an ill conceived plan which was aimed at destroying the French army without actually taking Verdun.
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