[DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about EUROPEAN HIST. - StudyStack [PAR] HENRI PETAIN WAS A HERO FOR THE VICTORY AT THIS FORTRESS IN 1916, 
AT A COST OF OVER 500,000 FRENCH CASUALTIES, VERDUN. [DOC] [TLE] Philippe Petain | French general | Britannica.com [PAR] French general who was a national hero for his victory at the Battle of Verdun in 
... While the latter favoured the offensive at all costs, Ptain held that a ... Ptain in 
1916 was charged with stopping the German attack on the fortress city of Verdun. 
.... ...lasted from February to June and resulted in 380,000 French casualties... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Verdun | World War I [1916] | Britannica.com [PAR] Mar 4, 2016 ... Battle of Verdun, (February 21December 18, 1916), World War I ... and most-
ferocious battles of the war; French casualties amounted to about ... The fortress 
of Verdun with its surrounding fortifications along the ... Philippe Ptain. ... air 
over the battlefield, and Ptain deployed hundreds of artillery pieces to... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Verdun - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Verdun fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916, was one of 
the largest and ... Afterwards the German advance slowed, despite heavy French 
losses. ... from which French artillery had been firing over the river, onto the 
Meuse Heights. ..... Ptain ordered for the remaining Verdun forts to be re-
garrisoned. [DOC] [TLE] The Outbreak of War - FreedomFlix [PAR] In 189394 the French negotiated a military alliance with Russia called the Dual 
..... 1916, the Germans opened a devastating attack against the French fortress 
city of Verdun. Verdun's defenders were commanded by General Henri-Philippe 
Ptain. ... But it had cost France approximately 500,000 casualties to hold the city. [DOC] [TLE] the us army in world war i, 19171918 - US Army Center Of Military ... [PAR] battlefields and in the trenches of France that the U.S. Army would fight in 1917 ... 
rapid mobilization of 500,000 Americans to ship to England, where they would be 
.... mendation, he met with General Henri Philippe Petain, the hero of. Verdun 
and ...... inflicted over 10,000 casualties on the Germans, the price was recipro-. [DOC] [TLE] Changing Tides of War on the Western Front - Dictionary definition ... [PAR] By the spring of 1917 World War I had been raging for over two years, yet little ... 
on the German line that cost hundreds of thousands of French casualtieswas ... 
who was capable of salvaging the French army: Philippe Ptain (18561951). ... 
Army achieved something quite rare on the Western Front: a clear-cut victory. [DOC] [TLE] events - France & Germany from 1870 - Food Desert [PAR] Tensions in Germany over mass immigration increased. ..... 23/7/1951, Marshal 
Petain, Head of Vichy France between 1940 and 1944, died in prison ... It had 
cost the Allies 200 million to fly in food and essential supplies, with up to 200 
flights a day. .... 12/9/1945, An estimate of War casualties reckoned that Britain 
had lost... [DOC] [TLE] American Military History-Chapter 17 [PAR] In striking contrast to 1.5 million trained men available in France and more than 2 
... and argument persisted over Emory Upton's rejection of the militia system in ..... 
It was the greatest Russian victory of the war, but it cost a million men and left .... 
morale and discipline Henri Philippe Petain, who had emerged as the hero of... [DOC] [TLE] French soldiers near the pond of Vaux, Verdun, 1916. - Pinterest [PAR] See more about The Pond, French and Soldiers. ... French Tissot gas mask WW1 
..... He was just one of 500,000 French casualties of the battle. .... Soldiers take 
shelter in a trench during the intense fighting at the French fortress of Verdun. ..... 
The French General Philippe Petain (1856 - 1951), commander of the 'fortified... [DOC] [TLE] 1916 -- Year of Big Push -email - Great Efforts ... - Course Hero [PAR] View Notes - 1916 -- Year of Big Push -email from HIST x260 at Loyola New 
Orleans. ... the longest battle of the war and cost both sides manythousands of 
casualties. .... Over the ensuing months

Question: Henri Petain was a hero for the victory at this fortress in 1916, at a cost of over 500,000 French casualties
Answer: Verdun