Panorama de Verdun, France, 1917 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Panorama de Verdun, France, 1917 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Panorama de Verdun, vue prise du Fort de la Chaume, 1917
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Panorama de Verdun, France, 1917
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Verdun in 1917 sat at the center of one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the First World War. The German offensive that began on February 21, 1916, aimed to bleed the French army white, and by 1917 the fighting had settled into a grinding stalemate across the ridges and ravines of the Meuse hills. The town itself had been shelled for more than a year, its cathedral and many houses damaged, and its civilian population had largely been evacuated. French forces held the right bank of the Meuse, and the ruined city served as a supply and staging point for troops rotating through the surrounding trenches and forts. Residents and soldiers alike would have known the place less as a town than as a symbol of French endurance.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--France |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 590 px · prints to 18 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panorama de Verdun, vue prise du Fort de la Chaume, 1917 |
| Reference | FRANCE Panorama de Verdun 1917 |
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