The Battlefields Of Verdun

VERDUN, FRANCE - AUGUST 27: Footsteps from recent visitors are visible among the remains of a former French communications and supply trench from the World War I Battle of Verdun on August 27, 2014 near Verdun, France. The 10-month Battle of Verdun in 1916, among the most horrific on the entire Western Front, resulted in a combined 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)