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Battle of Verdun Centenary - France remembers on May 29 2016

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France is to hold international commemorations marking the centenary of the Battle of Verdun on May 29th 2016. President Hollande will lead the remembrance of one of the longest and bloodiest campaigns of the First World War. On February 21st 1916 German Army launched offensive against the symbolically important target of Verdun. The fighting lasted almost until Christmas and cost around 300,000 French and German lives.

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Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36407564
 
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