How Did Soldiers Survive 302 Days at the Battle of Verdun?

There's a hill in northeastern France that stands fifty feet lower than it did before 1916, and no one planned it that way. At the Battle of Verdun, the ground itself became a killer: the mud, the water, and the air all took their share of men. You'll see what ten months at Verdun actually demanded of a soldier, from trench foot and drinking from shell craters to living beside the dead and the rats that fed on them. You'll follow the siege of Fort Vaux, where five hundred men held off flamethrowers but ran out of water, and learn how France's noria rotation and the Sacred Way kept the army from collapsing. And you'll discover why the Zone Rouge, poisoned soil, and the yearly Iron Harvest mean this battle still hasn't fully ended. If you've ever wondered how anyone lived through a place like this, leave a like, tell us in the comments what surprised you most, and subscribe for more stories of how soldiers survived history's worst battles. #BattleOfVerdun #WW1 #WorldWar1 #TrenchWarfare #FortVaux #ZoneRouge #WW1History #MilitaryHistory #WarSurvivalHistory