Verdun – Fighting The Great War
Men who fought here called it ”The Meat-Grindr.” 6 April 2017 I drive the Western Front. Names of towns and their historic significance batter me: Passchendaele, Ieper, Lille, Vimy, Peronne. VERDUN! “They shall not pass.” This is the infamous Argonne; it breaths the words of Erich Maria Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front.” It […]