"We lived in filth amid the smell of blood as 8,000 shells fell on us every day. In just 36 hours, we lost a third of our men.
The earth around us quaked and we were lifted and tossed about. The air was unbreathable. Our blinded and wounded soldiers kept falling on top of us and died while splashing us with their blood. It was a living hell. We were deafened, dizzy and sick at heart.
Verdun transformed men's souls. Whoever floundered through this morass full of shrieking and dying...had passed the last frontier of life, and henceforth bore deep within him the leaden memory of a place that lies between Life and Death," - Unknown French Soldier who survived the 'Meat Grinder' in Verdun, France. #reality #ww1 #verdun #stayzero #zerofoxtrot