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02:3434-year-old German soldier Fritz Mosler writes
03:00My dearest sister, I can take no more of the horror and the fatigue
03:06I don't want to describe what I've lived through here
03:09At times, I'm not sure if I'm dead or alive
03:12Those who make it home safe and sound will owe thanks to God
03:17Has God abandoned these men?
03:25Did they have a choice?
03:30How did they continue?
03:35How did they manage to hold on to their humanity?
03:41Through their love of country?
03:46Pride
03:46Or their daily ration of wine?
03:54What kept them alive?
04:00Was it the long-awaited mail that brought a glimmer of hope?
04:08Was it the camaraderie?
04:15Was it simply luck?
04:17Why does this particular battle, the Battle of Verdun, where over 300,000 perished
04:25Still resonate so loudly 100 years later?
04:29Six months before the battle, the summer of 1915
04:37The German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires confront the Russian Empire
04:44The United Kingdom, Italy, Serbia and particularly France
04:49Where the front has settled into a stalemate across 700 kilometers of trenches
04:53From occupied Belgium to Alsace
04:56The Germans occupy ten French departments
05:01Like here in Lubin, a small village in the Vosges
05:06Where the German commanding officer organizes two Sunday masses
05:10One for the French civilian population
05:13The other for the German troops
05:15Rare footage of the Prussian order
05:19The invader takes over the resources belonging to the population
05:27With whom he maintains good or bad relations
05:30Here, a family provides a German officer with accommodations
05:34Behind a careful smile
05:37Clémence Martin complains of unwillingly contributing to the German war effort
05:41In her words
05:42We live like exiles
05:45We are forced to work for the Germans
05:49Everything is requisitioned
05:53What are we to say when our poor children cry out
05:59Mother, I'm hungry
06:01In France, behind the lines
06:07Everything is done to compensate the loss of the North's industries
06:11And to make up the backlog
06:13In German armament production
06:15The factories run day and night
06:18The men have been replaced by women
06:20Trade unionist Marcel Capi describes their hell to perfection
06:25Women in their 20s with pretty faces and frail figures
06:30Fire, smoke and the deafening rumble of the towers
06:33Pale alarms suddenly appear from under a rolled up sleeve
06:39The worker always standing lifts the shell
06:42It weighs 7 kilos
06:432,500 shells are lifted twice a day
06:4735,000 kilos
06:49In one year she's lifted 900,000 shells
06:527 million kilos
06:53Once strong and healthy
06:55Now she's just a thin, exhausted young woman
06:581, 2, 3 in the morning
07:01Dawn washes across the windows
07:03Crumbled faces
07:04Sunken eyes
07:06Hollowed cheeks
07:07Bruised arms
07:08Begging for mercy
07:09In 1915
07:15The women of the warring nations unite to demand peace
07:19We protest against the madness and the horror of war
07:24Involving as it does a reckless sacrifice of human life
07:27And the destruction of so much that humanity has labored through centuries to build
07:31War is commonly brought about not by the mass of the people
07:35But by groups representing particular interests
07:38To placate public opinion
07:41A munition factory's childcare center is featured in the newsreels
07:45However, many of these children are abandoned
07:49And raised in poverty
07:51Like one million other war orphans
07:53In those days, France's schoolchildren parade behind the flag
08:00They march in step
08:02Brought up to hate the German
08:05The Kraut
08:06Who stole Alsace and Lorraine in 1871
08:09The lost provinces must be recovered
08:14This idea is drummed into the heads of France's youth
08:17We must be ready to die for our country
08:20Children lie about their age
08:37And find themselves in the trenches
08:39Like 15-year-old Jean Fendriche
08:43A young man from Lorraine
08:45Who was wounded five times
08:47And received the war cross
08:48The German troops celebrate Christmas of 1915
08:58They're on their home turf in Alsace
09:02They feel justified
09:06Because Alsace and the Moselle have been annexed
09:10This land is now part of the Reich
09:13The German Empire
09:14Where it belongs
09:15The Germans build better trenches than the French
09:23Because now they're in a defensive position
09:26Their leader is a cautious, respected Prussian aristocrat
09:3554-year-old General Eric van Falkenhayn
09:38He speaks French and admires French culture
09:42But he considers France to be a second-rate military power
09:46To him, England is the real enemy
09:50He wants to dissociate the two Allied adversaries
09:53Defeat them separately and negotiate
09:56Falkenhayn's spies have informed him
09:59That the English and the French
10:01Are preparing a huge offensive in the Somme
10:03His best play is to attack first
10:07Somewhere else along the front
10:09He chooses Verdun
10:12A quiet, poorly defended zone
10:16Falkenhayn has gathered his information
10:20Through a series of reconnaissance flights
10:22The Zeiss lens factory
10:31Supplies photographic equipment
10:32To fearless aviators
10:35Like Lieutenant Hermann Göring
10:36Who will become the highest official
10:39In Hitler's Reich
10:4020 years down the line
10:42At 22, Göring receives the Iron Cross
10:46In honor of his reconnaissance work
10:48In the Verdun area
10:49And on the Meuse River
10:50Falkenhayn feels confident
10:57Of his plan to attack at Verdun
10:58His starting positions are ideal
11:03He has the benefit of excellent
11:05Natural observation posts
11:07Such as the Romagne Crest
11:09Hidden from sight by the forests
11:11He will be able to transport
11:13His troops and artillery
11:14Displace the French
11:16Scale the hills
11:18And seize the highest spots
11:20Defended by forts
11:21Like Duomo
11:22Falkenhayn knows
11:27That these forts have been disarmed
11:28To provide additional artillery
11:30For the Somme
11:31He will be able to push the French back
11:34To the Verdun citadel
11:35And the Meuse River
11:36Where they will be trapped
11:38And cut off from their backup
11:40The name of Falkenhayn's plan
11:50Is Gericht
11:51Operation Judgment
11:53This will clear the way to Paris
11:56Only 230 kilometers away
11:58Germany is fighting on two fronts
12:03In the east and the west
12:04She will have to use her troops sparingly
12:07And destroy the French in one shot
12:09In an unprecedented avalanche
12:11Of millions of shells
12:13Falkenhayn has the necessary resources
12:16His artillery is the best in the world
12:19Much improved since 1914
12:21The 100,000 workers in steel factories like Krupp
12:25Produce hundreds of highly powerful heavy cannons per month
12:28The German high command
12:37Also has access to a very elaborate railway network
12:40Unlike the French in Verdun
12:42Who are very isolated
12:43In order to come as close as possible
12:47To the attack zone
12:48The German train tracks
12:49Are extended by several kilometers
12:51Enabling hundreds of trains
12:56To continuously supply the first lines of battle
12:59Two and a half million shells
13:14Are hidden two kilometers
13:16From the French front lines
13:17Enough for six days
13:19Of uninterrupted artillery bombing
13:21140,000 soldiers are assembled
13:33In small, discreet groups
13:34They are wearing the new steel helmet
13:37The famous Stahlhelm
13:39Which will come to symbolize
13:41The invading German soldier
13:42The army scheduled to attack Verdun
13:52Is led by the son of Emperor Wilhelm II
13:55The Kronprince
13:57Wilhelm of Prussia
13:58Despite the intimidating skull and crossbones
14:03Which are actually the Hussar's emblem
14:05The Kronprince isn't a fearsome warrior
14:08He has spent his life in lavish parlors
14:14And has only used a rifle to shoot pheasants
14:18Twenty years later
14:24He will actively support Hitler
14:26Emperor Wilhelm II braves the cold winter of 1916
14:33And comes to Verdun to congratulate his son in person
14:36And makes sure he is surrounded by highly competent generals
14:40A victory at Verdun will strengthen his stature
14:48And the prestige of the German Empire
14:50But all preparations for this campaign
14:58Must remain secret
14:59In the German-occupied villages around Verdun
15:03French civilians are evacuated
15:05To dispel rumors of an impending assault
15:08The German troops are exhausted
15:23From building gigantic underground shelters
15:25These can accommodate up to 4,000 men
15:29Undetected by the French until the very end
15:32A German propaganda film shows the Kronprince
15:40Hammering home a message to his troops
15:42The Sturmtroepen
15:44Their mission is crucial to the Vaterland
15:46The Fatherland
15:48The Nation
15:49In order to destroy whoever survives the bombings
15:53A new and terrifying weapon is now at their disposal
15:56The Flamethrower
15:57Late January 1916
16:10One month before the battle
16:12German troops continue to arrive
16:14The atmosphere is increasingly tense
16:21Everyone senses something decisive is in the works
16:24And everyone hopes it will end the war
16:2726-year-old Lieutenant Werner Bummelberg writes
16:34Like beasts of burden
16:37The men are loaded down
16:39With grenades, their rifle, tools, helmet
16:43And bandoliers full of ammunition
16:45Not a word is spoken
16:47The attack is set for February 11th, 1916
16:58At dawn
16:59A few kilometers away
17:06On the banks of the Meuse
17:07The French, behind their camouflage netting
17:12Seem unaware of what the Germans have in store
17:15They're done as calm
17:37Like the waters of the Meuse
17:39Most of its inhabitants
17:42Left at the onset of the war
17:44To seek refuge in the countryside
17:45These units have a quiet station
17:51Where they can rest
17:52This sense of security
17:59Has prompted the commander
18:01To set up close to town
18:02A big hospital
18:03Specifically for treating the diseases
18:06Brought back by soldiers
18:07Who have spent too much time in the trenches
18:09Such as frostbitten feet
18:13Requiring amputation
18:14Or dysentery caused by dirty water
18:16Where corpses have been left to rot
18:18Arrogant military doctors
18:21With inflated male egos
18:23Avoid treating these cases of bloody diarrhea
18:26They have handed this task over
18:32To the French army's only female doctor
18:34Dr. Nicole Mongeant
18:36This 30-year-old Parisian woman
18:39Successfully achieved a feminist tour de force
18:42By getting herself drafted into the army
18:44She explains
18:47I spend weeks with people
18:49Who treat me like I have the plague
18:50At the end of the war
18:53Nicole Mongeant commits suicide
18:55Out of fatigue and despair
18:57In 1916 on the Verdun front
19:01She checks up relentlessly on the soldiers
19:04Accompanied by her dog Dunn
19:06For Verdun
19:07Who occasionally protects her from the men
19:10These soldiers are so sexually deprived
19:15That they perform sketches
19:17Using pathetic female substitutes
19:19With no Germans to kill
19:34They kill time instead
19:36They occupy themselves by practicing their trade
19:39Like this craftsman
19:40Who uses the bronze shell casings
19:43To make rings for faraway wives
20:09North of Verdun
20:2110 km before Fort Duomo
20:25The core forest is on the French front line
20:30Like the rest of this forgotten front
20:38The core forest isn't heavily defended
20:40The French soldiers wander around
20:43Carefree
20:44Mere meters from the German lines
20:46Their leader
20:53Is 61-year-old Colonel Émile Drillon
20:56Who will play a crucial role
20:58In upcoming events
20:59After leaving the army
21:01Drillon became deputy
21:03For the part of the Lorraine region
21:04That remained French
21:05A devoted patriot
21:07He has volunteered to fight
21:09Along with 200 other deputies
21:1117 will be killed
21:12Many others will be wounded
21:14Drillon is stationed in the quiet Verdun sector
21:24In February 1916
21:28He commands 2200 infantrymen
21:30Known as chasseurs
21:32He lives among them
21:34And they all call him
21:35Father Drillon
21:36He has adopted a war orphan
21:3814-year-old Germain Baron
21:40Who is the battalion's mascot
21:42Drillon notices suspicious activity
21:47On the German lines in the woods
21:49He is convinced
21:57That they are related
21:58To the preparation
21:59Of a widespread attack
22:00On Verdun
22:01He attempts to reinforce
22:04His defensive line
22:05With whatever means
22:06Are at his disposal
22:07New communication trenches
22:12Are dug
22:12And makeshift shelters
22:14Are constructed
22:15On several occasions
22:19Drillon shares his concerns
22:21About Verdun's weak defenses
22:22With headquarters
22:23But his warnings
22:26Go unheeded
22:27So he decides
22:30To abandon his post
22:31And don his deputy's attire
22:33So that he can alert
22:35The army commission
22:36The war minister demands
22:39Explanations of
22:39Commander-in-Chief
22:40General Joffre
22:41In the public eye
22:4564-year-old Joseph Joffre
22:47Is the man who won
22:48The Battle of the Marne
22:49Which saved Paris
22:50He appears to wield
22:52More power than
22:53Raymond Poincaré
22:54President of the French Republic
22:56Joffre threatens to resign
23:02He replies contemptuously
23:04To Drillon's accusations
23:06I will not tolerate
23:08Military officers
23:09Informing the government
23:10Of complaints or claims
23:12Pertaining to the execution
23:13Of my orders
23:14The French army's
23:18Main headquarters
23:19At Chantilly
23:19In the north of Paris
23:21Is truly a state
23:22Within a state
23:23Joffre has decided
23:25To ignore the warnings
23:26Which have increased
23:27In numbers
23:28Such as this one
23:32Expressed by the head
23:33Of secret services
23:34General Charles Dupont
23:36Our intelligence
23:38Is formal
23:39The Germans are
23:40Constantly increasing
23:42Their numbers
23:42And strengthening
23:43Their artillery
23:44I am struggling
23:46To persuade
23:46General Joffre
23:47Of the imminence
23:48Of a tremendous attack
23:49On Verdun
23:50And yet
23:51I've never had
23:52Such trouble
23:53Convincing him before
23:54Why
23:58Because an alert
24:00Of this kind
24:01Is common
24:01On a 700 kilometer
24:03Long front
24:04For Joffre
24:09The real battle
24:11Is in the sum
24:12Nothing
24:14Must overshadow
24:15This great offensive
24:17On the other side
24:34Of the front
24:35On the evening
24:35Of February 10th
24:37The Germans
24:38Are awaiting
24:38The signal
24:39To launch
24:39Their offensive
24:40On Verdun
24:41The conne prince
24:46The emperor's son
24:47Appears one last time
24:49To motivate his troops
24:50At that very moment
24:56A small group of
24:57Alsatians desert
24:59Including Emile
25:00Dedier
25:00Of Germany's
25:01143rd Infantry Regiment
25:03He successfully
25:06Makes it to the
25:07French trenches
25:08And alerts the troops
25:09By 5 a.m.
25:12The Prussians
25:12Will be here
25:13These Alsatian
25:17Deserters
25:18Are taken in
25:18By Drillon's soldiers
25:19Drillon immediately
25:21Grasps the urgency
25:22Of the situation
25:23He decides
25:24To evacuate
25:24A few men
25:25He sadly
25:26Bids farewell
25:27To his mascot
25:28Young Germain Baron
25:29And entrusts
25:30His wedding band
25:31To his secretary
25:32To deliver
25:33To his wife
25:33But a storm
25:35Delays the German
25:36Offensive
25:37Over a two-day period
25:44The forest
25:45Is engulfed
25:46In 50 centimeters
25:47Of snow
25:48Providing Drillon's
25:49Chasseurs
25:50And all those
25:51Defending Verdun
25:52With an unexpected
25:53Reprieve
25:54Joffre finally
25:57Decides to react
25:58All available units
26:00Around Verdun
26:01Receive the order
26:02To make their way
26:03To the front lines
26:04A French soldier
26:11From the 288th
26:12Infantry Regiment
26:13Anatole Castex
26:15Writes
26:15Here we are
26:18Since last night
26:19Right next to the crowds
26:21Who are just 80 meters away
26:23The weather is awful
26:24We are here as backup
26:26Because an attack
26:27Is expected
26:28All furloughs
26:30Have been suspended
26:31Every night
26:33We dig trenches
26:33And plant barbed wire
26:35Everywhere
26:35On the other side
26:48German soldiers
26:50Who were prepared
26:50To attack
26:51Are depleting
26:52Their rations
26:53In order to withstand
26:54The cold
26:55Paul Edigofer
26:57A young Alsatian
26:59Serving Germany
27:00Describes the scene
27:01Water runs off our helmets
27:04Spreading an unbearable cold
27:06Throughout the body
27:07The drops fall mercilessly
27:11Wetting our hands
27:12And faces
27:13Bouncing off the cans
27:15Of food
27:15The monotonous sound
27:18Feels like the ticking
27:19Of death's clock
27:20Drillon tells his men
27:25Tomorrow
27:26A massive German assault
27:28Is likely to be launched
27:30We must be prepared
27:32To die where we stand
27:33The day of the attack
27:387.15 a.m.
27:39February 21st, 1916
27:42The sun is shining
27:43The great German offensive
27:46Designed to change
27:47The course of the war
27:48Is unleashed
27:49A storm of steel
27:53And a tornado of fire
27:55Rage for 10 straight hours
27:571,300 cannons
27:58Fire 1,000,000 shells
28:00Over a 20-kilometer front
28:02Destroying the entire
28:03Core Forest Zone
28:05At 5 p.m. on February 21st, 1916
28:24The bombing stops
28:26The German assault troops advance
28:28Taking possession of a stretch of land
28:30One that should be devoid
28:31Of all living beings
28:33But against all odds
28:34Some French soldiers
28:36Have survived
28:37Amongst them
28:38Drillon's chasseurs
28:40Despite terrible losses
28:43The survivors rally courageously
28:45And resist with all their might
28:47The flamethrowers force the French
28:49Out into the open
28:50Running from one ditch to the next
29:00They relentlessly retaliate
29:02By nightfall
29:03Practically all the trenches
29:05Overtaken by the Germans
29:06Are now back
29:08In French hand
29:09The following day
29:11On February 22nd, 1916
29:14At 5 a.m.
29:15Drillon's infantrymen
29:16Endure another crushing attack
29:18The assault is just as violent
29:20But this time
29:21The Germans have added gas shells
29:24Suffocating and overpowered
29:26The defenders are unable
29:27To stop the German offensive
29:29Drillon sends out a final message
29:33I'm down to my last reserves
29:36Send backup
29:37I'll defend my line
29:38To the very end
29:39Following a final counterattack
29:46Drillon orders the retreat
29:48And leaves last
29:49To protect his men
29:51A few survivors
29:58Make their way back
29:59They manage to reach
30:03The aid station
30:04Where Dr. Nicole Monjean
30:06Is waiting
30:06She recalls
30:09They came from all sides
30:14Pointing to their injured
30:16Limbs and faces
30:17They claim that the
30:19Core Forest
30:19Had fallen into enemy hands
30:21And that Drillon's men
30:23Had been exterminated
30:24Colonel Drillon was dead
30:26According to some
30:27Or a prisoner
30:28According to others
30:29We didn't know
30:30What to think
30:31Emile Drillon
30:33Was shot in the head
30:35Like him
30:38These men
30:40That he photographed
30:40A few days prior
30:41To the attack
30:42Did not survive
30:43Out of 2200 men
30:481700 died
30:50Their sacrifice
30:51Made the Germans
30:52Lose an entire day
30:54Was this delay
30:55Decisive?
30:56Thanks to the heroes
30:58Of the Core Forest
30:59The first backups
31:00Were able to get there
31:01And France's artillery
31:02Is now concentrated
31:03In the area
31:04300 French cannons
31:10Let loose
31:11The artillerymen
31:12Don't bother to aim
31:13They just shower
31:14The Comprince's troops
31:15With shells
31:16German soldier
31:18Richard Mueller writes
31:20We're caught
31:22We're caught in the crossfire
31:23Retreating is as dangerous
31:24As advancing
31:25We're surrounded
31:26By a horrifying chaos
31:27Of human debris
31:28We hear moaning
31:29That seems to come
31:30From the bowels
31:30Of the earth
31:31It's the poor souls
31:32Who've been buried alive
31:33How can we escape
31:35The French artillery fire
31:36Despite the terrible losses
31:40The Germans continue
31:42Their relentless progression
31:43On the second day
31:48Of the attack
31:49February 23rd 1916
31:51They stormed
31:53The Côte du Poivre
31:54They are only 5 kilometers
31:58From the impenetrable
31:59Fort Duomo
32:00The highest point
32:01From which they would
32:02Dominate the entire battlefield
32:04Fort Duomo
32:07Is gigantic
32:08It's a 400 meter
32:10Wide hexagon
32:11Spanning 7.5 acres
32:13Surrounded
32:14By 6 meter thick walls
32:16Its underground passages
32:19Built at various depths
32:21Run several kilometers long
32:23And can provide shelter
32:25To 3,000 soldiers
32:26Although there are
32:27Only four toilets
32:28The tunnels are lit
32:30By gas lamps
32:31And candles
32:32The men defending it
32:36Are a few territorials
32:38Older soldiers
32:39Who've been called back up
32:41These forts
32:42Built to defend France
32:44After the defeat of 1870
32:45Are still imposing
32:47French propaganda
32:49Turns them into strongholds
32:51That can block
32:51The access to Paris
32:52But for how long?
32:57The French are very worried
32:59About the fall
33:00Of the Côte du Poivre
33:01And the threat
33:02To Fort Duomo
33:03Commander-in-Chief
33:05General Joffre
33:06Gives the order
33:07To hold position
33:08He writes
33:11Any commander
33:13Who in our current situation
33:14Gives an order
33:15To retreat
33:15Will be summoned
33:17To appear
33:17Before a war council
33:18Reinforcements converge
33:22On the great slaughterhouse
33:23Joffre
33:28Is now ready
33:29To sacrifice
33:30Any number of men
33:31To block the road
33:32To Paris
33:32Five days after the beginning
33:38Of the German attack
33:39February 26th 1916
33:41200 kilometers from Verdun
33:44Clémence Martin
33:45Is in her village
33:46Occupied by the Germans
33:48She understands
33:49That serious events
33:50Are taking place
33:51She writes
33:52We can hear the cannons
33:54The Germans tell us
33:56It's coming from Verdun
33:57I can't believe it
33:58That's 200 kilometers away
34:00They're celebrating
34:02Their flags are hoisted
34:04In victory
34:05They ring the bells
34:07At noon
34:07To sing their joy
34:08To me
34:11It sounds like a death knell
34:12They claim one of the Verdun
34:14Forts has been seized
34:15Which seems unbelievable
34:16Is that even possible?
34:24Douaumont
34:25This famous German propaganda film
34:28Celebrates the great feat
34:29The taking of the fort
34:31Even though there was
34:32No real resistance
34:33Because it wasn't heavily defended
34:35But conquering Fort Douaumont
34:38Has huge repercussions
34:40German soldier
34:47Paul Edegofer writes
34:49To us
34:52The fall of Douaumont
34:53Is the symbol of victory
34:54And hopefully
34:55Peace
34:56Emperor Wilhelm II
34:59Has the press publish
35:01A communique announcing
35:02Verdun's main fort
35:05Has fallen
35:06It makes the headlines
35:08Of the world's newspapers
35:09The Sunday Pictorial
35:11The most important
35:12English newspaper
35:13Of the time
35:14With a circulation
35:15Of two million
35:16Runs the headline
35:17Will the Germans
35:18Break through in Verdun?
35:23English public opinion
35:24And George V
35:25Both believe
35:26That if the French front
35:27Gives way
35:28The war may be lost
35:29As it is
35:31So many men
35:32Have left their families
35:33To fight in the Somme
35:34The French press
35:41Purposely doesn't report
35:43On the status of Douaumont
35:44So as not to discourage
35:46The population
35:46Instead
35:48It announces
35:49The arrival of the emperor
35:50The Kaiser
35:51On the Verdun front
35:53Wilhelm II
35:57Must be concerned
35:58About the many losses
35:59Suffered by his army
36:0020,000 men
36:01In less than one week
36:03We must persevere
36:05Pleads his son
36:06The Kronprinz
36:07According to German command
36:09The artillery now set up
36:11In the hills of Douaumont
36:12Less than 10 kilometers
36:13From Verdun
36:14Will be able
36:15To reach the city
36:16Verdun has been hit hard
36:24Its cathode rule
36:26Was 1,000 years old
36:27The city has been
36:30Partially evacuated
36:31And the German shells
36:34Don't claim many victims
36:35But the French high command
36:39Understands the gravity
36:40Of the situation
36:41The protective ring of forts
36:43Is about to give way
36:45The villagers around Verdun
36:50Are forced to leave their homes
36:51They pass by soldiers
36:55And medics
36:55Under terrible stress
36:57Going in the opposite direction
36:58Surgeon George Douaumelle
37:03Will become one of the
37:04Greatest French authors
37:05He writes
37:07They push wretched animals
37:10And shaky carts
37:11Carrying mattresses
37:13Quilts
37:14Whatever is needed
37:15To sleep and eat
37:16From village to village
37:21They look for accommodations
37:23That don't exist
37:24Yet they never complain
37:26Groups of people
37:31With minor injuries
37:32Limp towards the ambulance
37:34A doctor approaches us
37:36We are immediately struck
37:40By the stench
37:41And the complaints
37:42Of the wounded
37:42A wave of formaldehyde
37:45Tears at our throats
37:47But can't mask
37:48The vile odor
37:49Of men crowded together
37:50We see them
37:52In different rooms
37:53Huddled around frying pans
37:55Or stretched out
37:56On cots
37:57And hallway tiles
37:58We hurry
38:02To divide up the work
38:03And allocate rolls
38:04The cries
38:06And the suffering
38:07Overpower the explosions
38:09Of the tremendous cannonade
38:11George Duhamel
38:19And the three other surgeons
38:21Of Ambulance 9-3
38:22Carry out over
38:24A hundred emergency operations
38:25Per day
38:26They sort the wounded
38:30By the seriousness
38:31Of their injuries
38:32Amputating wherever
38:33Gangrene has developed
38:34They see to the burial
38:36Of those they couldn't save
38:38Six days after the attack
38:45On February 27th, 1916
38:47While George Duhamel
38:49Is trying to save lives
38:50In the suburbs of Verdun
38:52The situation on the battlefield
38:53Remains critical
38:55The French have lost
38:56Duomo
38:57But they desperately
38:58Try to hold on
38:59To the village
38:59Behind the fort
39:00The 95th Infantry Regiment
39:04Tries to resist
39:05And even attempts
39:06To attack
39:06The soldiers await
39:14Their turn
39:15In the central trench
39:16That leads to the front line
39:17The regiment
39:36Loses 800 men
39:37Out of 1,000
39:38In a single day
39:39Eugène Le Mercier
39:42A French fighter
39:43Describes this never-ending hell
39:45In a letter to his mother
39:46You have no idea
39:48What man can do
39:49To his fellow man
39:50My feet are covered
39:53With human brain matter
39:54I crush thoraxes
39:56And walk over entrails
39:59The regiment was heroic
40:03But we have no more officers
40:06When all the officers have died
40:15One after the other
40:16The non-commissioned officers
40:17Take command
40:18And the combat continues
40:20Until no man is left standing
40:22Those who survive
40:25Are the ones
40:25Who have been there
40:26The longest
40:27They've been fighting
40:28For almost two years
40:29And have learned
40:31Their trade
40:32Even in the shell holes
40:33And humidity
40:34In the cold and ice
40:35They know small ways
40:37To create
40:38A semblance
40:39Of comfort
40:39They've been ordered
40:43To hold their position
40:44Above all
40:46Their commanding general
40:47Wants to reassure
40:48The allies
40:49Joffre sends as many reinforcements
41:13As he can
41:14To lead the defense of Verdun
41:16He names a recognized
41:17And available leader
41:18Philippe Pétain
41:20The problem is
41:25That Pétain is in Paris
41:27And can't be located
41:28One of his officers
41:30Familiar with his habits
41:31Goes round to the brothels
41:32And hotels
41:33That Pétain frequently visits
41:35Pétain is found
41:39In a room
41:39At the Hotel Terminus
41:41Gare du Nord
41:41In the company
41:42Of Eugénie Ardon
41:44A 39-year-old divorcee
41:46She's considered
41:47His steady girl
41:48Because there are others too
41:50Just as pretty
41:51But younger
41:52One week after the onset
41:58Of the German attack
41:59Pétain and his general staff
42:01Settle into the city hall
42:02At Souilly
42:0320 kilometers from Verdun
42:05General Pétain is 60
42:07A farmer's son
42:09Heavily affected
42:10By the defeat of 1870
42:12He establishes his authority
42:13Through his composure
42:14And sense of leadership
42:16But will he succeed
42:20In turning the situation around?
42:24His men claim
42:26He has the spirit
42:26Of a foot soldier
42:27He is concerned
42:29About their existence
42:30He dares to say
42:31Firepower kills
42:33Which is rare
42:34For a general
42:34He also advises his men
42:39Be heroic by all means
42:41But most importantly
42:42Stay alive
42:43He does everything in his power
42:46To improve the daily existence
42:48Of the poilus
42:49Or hairy beasts
42:50He is concerned
42:52With the regularity
42:53And the quality of the meals
42:54And never skimps
42:57On the red wine
42:57There is always more wine
43:01Than water
43:01Which is in serious shortage
43:03The red wine
43:11Is brought all the way
43:12To the front
43:13Bringing courage
43:14To these men
43:15Ready to die
43:16For the homeland
43:17For the haben
43:20For the whole
43:21The new man
43:22The new man
43:24availability
43:24And the new man
43:25For the name
43:26Of the commander
43:26The加ít
43:26The new man
43:27The new man
43:27To this man
43:28I live in the airport
43:29Though the record
43:29If theon
43:32The new man
43:34To this man
43:35To this man
43:36To this man
43:36ve Áugаются
43:39At the last few days
43:40When he shoots
43:41He does everything
43:43I'm not aware
43:44Of the former organize
43:45He did everything
43:45He does everything
43:46It's put everything
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