Immortal Meals #20: The Breakfast That Killed Seven Hundred February 12, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary
Let us, first, introduce Fort Douaumont. The mightiest of the Verdun forts, Douaumont was captured by the Germans early in the battle for Verdun, 25 February 1915, just four days after fighting had begun. The fort was taken (with hardly a shot being fired) because of unbelievable French carelessness in garrisoning the jewel in their Verdun […]
