Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Verdun Regiment: Into the Furnace: The 151st Infantry Regiment in the Battle of Verdun 1916
    The Verdun Regiment: Into the Furnace: The 151st Infantry Regiment in the Battle of Verdun 1916
    The Verdun Regiment: Into the Furnace: The 151st Infantry Regiment in the Battle of Verdun 1916
    Ebook492 pages8 hours

    The Verdun Regiment: Into the Furnace: The 151st Infantry Regiment in the Battle of Verdun 1916

    By Johnathan Bracken

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    This book on French soldiers during WWI is “a first-class narrative with an abundance of personal testimony from the officers and men of the regiment” (The Great War Magazine, Editor’s Choice).
     
    Although the French fielded the largest number of Allied troops on the Western Front in the First World War, the story of their soldiers is little known to English readers. The immense size of the French armies, the number of battles they fought, and the enormous losses they incurred, make it difficult for us to comprehend their experience. But we can gain a genuine insight by focusing on one of the defining battles of that war, at Verdun in 1916, and by looking at it through the eyes of a small group of soldiers who served there. That is what Johnathan Bracken does in this meticulously researched, detailed and vivid account.
     
    The French 151st Infantry Regiment spent fifty days under fire at Verdun in 1916 and another thirty-five in 1917 and lost 3,200 soldiers killed or wounded. Yet their ordeal was no different from that of hundreds of other infantry units that fought and endured in this meat-grinder of a battle. Their diaries and memoirs tell their story in the most compelling way, and through their words the larger human story of the French soldier during the war comes to life.
     
    “The book recounts the horror of intense artillery bombardments and men mown down in great waves. None of this is particularly pretty and the accounts do much to scatter notions of war as a glorious, thrilling experience. It was vicious and brutal utterly cruel.”—War History Online
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJul 30, 2018
    ISBN9781526710314
    The Verdun Regiment: Into the Furnace: The 151st Infantry Regiment in the Battle of Verdun 1916

    Related to The Verdun Regiment

    Related ebooks

    European History For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      5 Best Books On Waterloo

      Oct 4, 2018

      Many books were released for the bicentennial of Waterloo, but few were as clearly written and as challenging as Glover’s monograph. Highlighting many myths about the battle, the author provides convincing evidence to support his version of the event

      1 min read

    • Article

      Resistance Assassins

      Mar 19, 2020

      Resistance Assassins
      4 min read

    • Article

      Second Battle Of Artois

      Dec 1, 2022

      Second Battle Of Artois
      9 min read

    • Article

      Relics of Monongahela

      Oct 2, 2020

      Relics of Monongahela
      5 min read

    • Article

      THE KAISER & THE FÜHRER

      Apr 15, 2021

      THE KAISER & THE FÜHRER
      1 min read

    • Article

      Battle Of Villers-bocage

      Jul 16, 2020

      Battle Of Villers-bocage
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Battle For Hougoumont

      Apr 14, 2018

      The Battle For Hougoumont
      16 min read

    • Article

      Vaccinate For Victory

      Jul 6, 2023

      Vaccinate For Victory
      3 min read

    • Article

      Quest For Identity

      Dec 14, 2021

      Quest For Identity
      3 min read

    • Article

      SIXTH ARMY POWs

      Oct 4, 2018

      SIXTH ARMY POWs
      1 min read

    • Article

      The Arab Legion

      Jul 8, 2021

      The Arab Legion
      3 min read

    • Article

      Omdurman 1898

      Oct 1, 2021

      Omdurman 1898
      12 min read

    • Article

      A Ridge Too Far

      Apr 13, 2021

      A Ridge Too Far
      10 min read

    • Article

      Another Contemptible Little Army?

      Feb 23, 2018

      Another Contemptible Little Army?
      12 min read

    • Article

      The Long View

      Dec 21, 2021

      The Long View
      2 min read

    • Article

      Wellington Rifles

      Jun 14, 2018

      Wellington Rifles
      7 min read

    • Article

      A Tale Of Two Cities

      Jan 4, 2022

      A Tale Of Two Cities
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Norman Knight

      May 19, 2021

      The Norman Knight
      2 min read

    • Article

      Always Forward

      Aug 9, 2022

      Always Forward
      13 min read

    • Article

      Stemming Blucher’s Tide

      Mar 7, 2022

      Stemming Blucher’s Tide
      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Verdun Regiment

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Verdun Regiment - Johnathan Bracken

      "_book_preview_excerpt.html}IG_f(, In:J$O3G]tetliҿDsϬ"e"<|yV}Ʊk_W4t|V]V|Yyuhw޻P ycv_B;hn?ݶx\vC/._~QȻx8/ۭw~N4W Aזv4q,01PEA{W?2r5}' lC;0{Z3 ]ˬ+0Oxu\5+_u{/3eP^\]g'Ý |^>8!n,g|cOE ZN]1\> Sk`GTۡkZh=vи񾞛{<|rU1^<^Mw{yȿ{W^yJO˼[(PZ9|fʿ=#.`_y7j7Mn'Y>*/忲tm+4Xܻav(37S׺(0s1pЖB{q]򊤶F(VƟe/ŶBLu_pDY;!aot C&@좑Z|G!kFtz_8c-kZaf2uB*]m_wm(ŧN(/wAn4QvsvM<^P9 !LYVWvv%4AV`NdiS8Gǡ{*pI~)l)f%'?OyGZ^ ۇQîr[ehfG5(S"L2,dTP䄄X.$0e͜)긋suc:lE<4CaT5?OUx,xm˽Ee+eeȜa+QakܷFr\"aybӸ*=&Zy d8=|ُvN=N<9w]Bڣ ·z3A bv]Usy*vN^jP( !p7xpa'Yu{ dP@8$8m #2A~%c x qe`|/qgag( <$),!{*؃;0C7Tƶqn㼑PdC N?+w#k < {%/˩p(B"%㼕M.Re,5S+^6"78]>*s/](tQy-]7r^!@ڇ^i_YAeX,I6a1G|'Ԗ* (#dѿD􁒽:aRWvCh")L\WJXL_@zQ_po4J=7 `d=`Ƃǎͦ JFy' {Zqun*Ee ĉ,m;¾5@iNJ%4A__߂'% m"8'pN dantZ Hȕd^ˎ皎A {\ =N`%c 6f/lSTWdQ`Q# oy3?L}1関J́kAp) B,? ٯҞb]= C 2FV͕'#`&7 C0Z>nU3exQ TEwL/N0MK(XqJoC/*4O,*Y +W+S!否@[-wJeGDBw(L: i(XGfİ2l_θMvB,=f/;]T2IO'Upe~ WDm?*@ZisI^vJ|r#sH c:aI)P2ɼƃyt6xu}ąBJ7rx#f#BѣR&X(C!Elݕ [AC; +_<(xeǏWLJQTcxis\!e}+3q/+kG)ãg718c:@.ە#aOegDm+U"}Dn]E)؍I#{*1Z0._O"Q7-u5%JAP`V( nL\P3WOU}QI? ZfmUB&8YBGͤ0wҸ!:rd $f\(#яPz= Z-L>6ѱ7gPSɟ#O=O)=h*e۝4ݾ|'G2SOdz7C<Eis:erOh' b _ 鵑ǗC2* S`qDU\#cNdo?F:Z]03'ĥ*(Rӄ@dlah"Z0܂pH2SE`,}s&!;ys+J&$}p9s ࣫xM]wdoj_i=O@{/NIĦwP~|܈y:yC ˂6eLʒGu‹ Q3@![cXOfiU~ a#otL=讫,N.a'A7 #D`ɕN_aKHXp|[m5+kAifNe$JBx&TcBa;U:$rC9"'-qj`dnRA^% @ Bؼ蛐w; 1(:8D{xAn R[dLQh7vg 84R4֖22U nŒz!gB+r8Wٵ|4UQF=9?u>&?ZU';CP6uM7wmD'f;6q4>-T3BZWnR)"W}i/[XIWc,Etj0m2o6 hئC&4\*e/Jv$$]A!_?Lh6'z@F/|By~m>s}Z+>JyvTh \eaF1=rnhjZ63|IO! NM+Y9e?xѳ xmӬ2՝;8OR-뙮;ŕ`S܍_%{ud[!} xa21w$>\ 5E~ZQb( *"BӇ?H`Ir6P8jwQ^aQ`nte&9!.b=B^7zY:U2"<̏,z&{$RA#PLΓQ4(3;:CL^!Eu#8Б7Fm5fM`m Rİ_,; F(_j|аOOa2HOz2U^aHRwWUOͰ[(PBLܚsOD\ѯfS4`:"m*>dyan rm9z =J0f:%*u,T*U!!GM4H?7cQ`qSl 3 ú3?F3qIUM۹UvGV k5+@ 'ȐtB&\€FċM23#KNJ+_ʩ\czmqxoHPtWjC wG=CPQ&?us]<d"釦dlsj(;[X֔D?zDBL1(:1-"W9 O D*ߖW MIQQ^{zyQ4Q~;lܨD-4={FUWi5 1hp,W`uNg0q+;MBufʆgJ^־4>a(Bѕim&0`Y@coI;PaQ9<+Cf:FiӪx)oCС57Pe Rccj̭#yZ46:wxbdu@f ݕ~W9新rj*CP<uA~Lc {nf{˸^(Lb:i Nj⛏զ9 asȃUy)wlg\\X-0귢22va- e>jM]u lm G$f-q=p2u<𥊴d z"C'K\*ʯFWןns!ܠY 12MVqqb2'DNjįy,HD:!>׮u )3v95NJg4,$kQXfAm2Gc쵺|:w8Bds[j/ n VSHE'('%uM!h(@6pmDWG&! Hȝ%P{f,-*29K*Reҧ,fpܳ_ܖtqTOqoHG[c祺)!5#ka~Pg}T9>V}8VP!4K$4'o RB=-sI@\L,*bhY6= p-ٴrl#"XE"Yni]\Z="4aC/FWR_) %AmU LydS+jt%/`J[Hu 9nnE۸C$ˎ%Mn=&if\WhzߨÃך+UQy[f`e~&V*(R~#?Wj|Eѧ*$t?o]PRTˇ/e ~} 4QMςW g>]Ѭ:9JmAc l(EjbRQ9=^h;<# hPJkΪrD#<k?_BGJI7꘳UY /yW[f:W0*`LQh@0̮њߜkLS) @phگ#x"T"ɧQߺ! dd cCS>Ԙ*T}t{е+"bf#Y:pvhn7~Oį$#MPQu4-9tL$p[+pu21l)5 \{vſ܄y642W@А1df(=qF4(K6cs$\Qn S\>^SusIG-ڜ1> :Gʹlۮ}$u95xXHܤ|od"Y'1㼘@YB<&R˛RP#$wOmI݃t rv2M"vhDJһe' ;+a[tEqc܏wK1AB; ]fz +q'A䣈bJl e'!([=#42~ĨnuIYxhjĂ+S"EoCMqX_R`q>E#Àk(I{e/n#pjK&4s?:& "'@i,0 f$e5-˶U㊅_d*qWF=M*+եa׎P:+-`\ضzwrf/JѿW(]Hu,€_밡/-?&{`A7g:b#:h#&u@ҀT8\߻3^hQ#%MT$+G~KUE23;Vj⛣ƀ;s3΄Q=],2ڧd<Ҍ;+\͈tg9)/Bx&X2)ãU=FpZ@x W7שRbEځz8<ʩ_ƈlR:b&&djxT1i |o`;,HZ ih xyE`?{W"b7H,^yYKQC'>2 U?URЭ2th:pۙ7q0QFcf`/{G2]|rY5}f Md3?0BsœF?Hq[Ch!!΂!kC/Y< w1໮3t:-X_OjOW!],\O̟ 6ETs,.Uf/:$b9˶t@(4fFX(iK[ Z=S&θ=*/.HzT\%X /"#MvyK)I ؂)DL dX7 6hdMOL5TmzpsAv/.jЯ/|5:!bW]qg lĴj@3 IN!eR;56^:m;+Rד}O8S"&PC+…FvNhctiD )oT?AO·&&c-/u]mA-jz ]T#iMP4>\n~ p3I+kM2iirJd:f~^tV?.*0 GKN h,hy1 2 %  rh[b^,]vtf+&%ʼxءFh8k.C{½3!n <-Djh iqyl!vds(}ryrZ1'C//nIb1bfP)V/C?wkt*:A@iEine3Vd. 5鰄i~:}ʞX&S%FdT52Y{gp T`%_Nudییf4n͵>HXBC`8 WNDլ:碙ζO<>4,+aE <&یݒ(Yyk7tʮ^͵`拹ߐ@ȓkH/q J{  :\db\~N`GYK^yh]Aty 4 &eYRrL3y8ECǣ^R>Muk_:hzMoJek#)FǪ ӔC˗ *E?r ;XΘ>-Q]U^՜Bљk㄂}POHiJ(!0/FeV&aX&P Ќ Nn$MvPܛQ!zdk5x:SFiqipB'0G^-L*ulCi1_ZqT]&lyfmUEɦ) oб9)b Zc%%DGF@AM.^MXY`n,sILe[K':Pl,wFӍ= lzi|,G1={{ "kS$u>,. J s\؁vk@~V:l i7<V6}˵4SqNp+AD>mMp/hl^QCҹdz~(Ւ Dz3T BHM8 fJ GVKD":$Z# 8T6nqM_{2zӱh3C; BlI\O\I "5^^<]G )ۦvl=vHGz,$jzp|^t,k<ɃYǶ+ҜWHJ[-'_袹A|AnM#Ktb%)dXVfȽ xdaցӷ } j_Gqu\u*x+qX4' eq8AgᵘtMni>Rg,?ё㖮nضHUMh:m 7@k?}, "^/#ܦ^C`MXLDPǀf(/WJ)D? zLZFPSAzcy93kN P͎0Dej.iNX*[ (\~Va! j)إ3= )׭vzpyBًfNY\Yrޮ Z!g`Ny$K* :Xf}-Hue5nF!'Zn?R'H  .* h鴳4̟h,a,1^S]%gY' o+Ξ!${'8.'įq>}DwdW5hJσ~.ԠkRgU+O,L#DV% $QCC0kj#5.niu+RZwR]B׌6f 4`Ou쎛8cMXj^AdJ6|RQHvر?m]d>;t FԦn^S3X1 3%g὆0˺S {mgEՙcE6%1Cc7qZ;950d/^UY{fl̘M~õ?hU|xt0@vn kvBO8GM6&+qHi v1*mPyF(!N\)`jl C ٽi .U%_;+L8vK$H*5a5DX%b=jm,O'AQ-9d*,"@1K-I mSہ69#I0l̃kkpТ>%d1F8tpA[ofFiCPÀ="rãpSӋOQKc)3xհk& ȣq8/qu.ZF:`yFLo4T<&i>*Pw#&c^А5(aj8yE992~|zGg SSvl}PL,ae +l<rٳ7LlyΨG ;˯βsFAfm(טY5Gl5х@u!oIՀ X+iTD7 DT{lwFFŋՀ1B( ~(ǟ6c]'Hvm/AλR\HYqv'0axB\[BRhJz"/hf΋֨,M ]!}HywT󶨧ZtTiͯ]:|j&DbƆZD(2e3:0+FZ8i&@)5o!rç_Wm/v TR Q|;cM-x4 o:76#JIxZAP>&K"ʣ =^7.0EOfѣKݡ F!x~֓]G{ 9cogyl)~ϾV|Dx#WGk jŬ^U/W4 V~KfNn1EM'75io (b8@t6cgM] Ԋӫ*T֬){ [Z꣔˦3qn2oڝVa*]y59SOjmعg[zl^=N)~򔾿:%40GZi(̒듍ЯԤ@V̩%RmU}xQZd FDTkڏ"CTkG)o>S/t586Kw5[`;1nY04!-Vf.\ݏ7T\5EmƘoH_oo\ PcߵU7Ѩ4R-[ ;+VH)g:z KǠ__`\FR.*vjA)3T3=1_dovi A2=bo* [ @$86Jj5iFjzW`X0]g$oh9K΀2=u8HY^<7EF+Z+=_A#x֡bڱH d~v1W0Bʁ5kDlD́9Qm}7OɵY~Xx&YJ(8+Xz//zb8Mcj`iycC,d{jCK!-G!g8wfe]߈R=!'+BjU*D;T%О)< 2Gh_9jiaiT Ac,y~13iY:=ډg8sw3G"\lPisWc]@GX؅J#xhLG r)l6KC:6K]y;̺= P^mb1^iԳhrc4d')`)S$FoPrԵ 侢Vt-B }O3]"b*?X/M@p|oYcJup V" hin˳6.ǼvXV/+1uKE䋀|\ 5_S郬NdKʳ&dBQ4irs'kM2/)8iT/ˍ715XZm%'|~礐76Ff+ȔHIWJ쉷Hpꝴ=-x&jM&+ \#nd'TSYYFPZr2+h1S (7ߒ# N3Vڧv tڂ},Zz>fim.̵S/.fTcs*`i(11;]jJ;Mn]w~jK6OonFص) Bo==ndfGs-u~qs\ІJk#רּOb`Fkr"Lۓƪxz|mԘ$h%`D?ڡV[Od}-n9Y.9hnþc/'< /ntuwrd;iOb!'7Y"KPB}Y|P"#xhȴzKQH(}hoٌf}kK1^\efH٦W9^dkd ؽzK4&ͼeLn%!veZ j,K-^>WN e roa}Qhq i&J]3 ~LcŁc~&+Κ IW˥<"0bǰT薩džP̀v`}%rK?jW"%41kG{ C*+jO.;6VpL';16X.zќhsc5X<Ib{ceLrX tIL[nɶ4寓\<62۽՝Ǽq{%ŝ;}n׮BVߴqNl/[DžAkإ>u0c[]H|ɤ1X]&MF%˸ڱuGW#fE'oj{W1d1WOO͚trp~9}ŒۚYN/q[ XJk oS;k.IQɘzo2KˬW\z,h dkV}"jJ7~\IS*/?dpT]ΈGTޛv̴L>cS=K\q@g)^׫HQ:)<1MeNX8$}'zrWh~&ۤ?.uю~/ju/R< RC1Oܼ]yUY'WţJFÓ섳x\z<&վ#O+ [Wt6FRWv XELz:ur`X6qNauFI&痌ߩ2#Z ԏ~nm|hu_gUz@i;/qSn`SoFUDC+b *{Ce,dcDOl~dg?I+*f}؟2PZؿ>1)=*zSnXgC 0g=}'}XMq/3 [hImg7ʻom@n1/?Q153n.yU Q3"]LkF wVh;NAvɍ LoQ͉"]XZσdϕſ]{4s=G6µʣz+yRnU1-. Pug&t #`TYRn]˓zM]dr{"5֯wsDylQpqFvtFڮ p0(S-F.בic֤9~ƄsaNH r)UĸZv®jE/I8"̅ b.!bmJh$lANZp"=\TMw|c9+ut؝\U>&I\v=frnqŦC+W .5)ָ)+_JNʅ9kmMso)]:G=GrpK#bh/(nԪ[Y4U_A)
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1