The Battlefields Of Verdun

VERDUN, FRANCE - AUGUST 27: Crosses stand at the Azannes II German military cemetery, where 7450 German World War I soldiers are buried, on August 27, 2014 near Verdun, France. Most were likely killed in the nearby Battle of Verdun. The 10-month battle, among the most horrific on the entire Western Front, resulted in a combined French and German casualty count of between 714,231 and 976,000 for both sides. The two armies fired an estimated 65 million artillery shells at one another, of which millions never exploded and are still strewn througout the region. France will commemorate the centenary of the battle in 2016 with events including the inauguration of a redesigned national memorial. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)