John Mosier is a professor of English at Loyola University in New Orleans and the author of four books of military history, including The Myth of the Great War and Cross of Iron.
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Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during World War I stands as one of history’s greatest clashes. Yet it is also one of the most complex and misunderstood. Conventional wisdom holds that the battle began in February 1916 and laste... SEE MORE