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Noun: Verdun  vehr'dún
  1. A battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
    - Battle of Verdun, battle of Verdun

Type of: pitched battle

Part of: First World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I, WWI

Encyclopedia: Verdun, Quebec