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The French army was forced to retreat and many became prisoners of war.Ĩ June, the entire Verdun fell under Germany control.

Hitler led a group of German troops to breaking through the French defence and met me Dutch troops. German troops surrounded the French from the back, forcing them into a two-front battle.

Simple forts had build in North, while French had much advantage against the Dutch. Seeing the German Army flag waving in French trench, the German soldiers immediately pushed forward with confidence.Ģ5 May, the troops moved towards North Verdun after taking control of key points in South. When they were ready to retreat, they found Hitler's troops successfully launched a surprise attack from their back. In another advance, German troops suffer a huge loss but couldn't go farther. He the replaced the dead general, and was awarded. He successfully led this group of Germans out, and back to the main force. However, a soldier came out and persuaded them to listen to his order. Their leade was shot to death, and they were ready to surrender. In German advance, a small group of German troops was trapped. Germany, finding a chance, immediately started poisonous artillery attack in South, then advanced successfully. However, With lack battling skills, they were trapped. On the 11 May, 100,000 Dutch troops arrived at North Verdun, trying to surround the French. Discovering the danger, the German switched the depot to another place, and started another wave of bombarding. An shell hit the hidden ammunition depot. French artillery kept bombarding for covering a new infantry push. It was a day in April, somewhere near the battlefield. Joffre replaced Petain as a new general and tried to counter attack, but failed. Until 15th April, the return of offensives of German was a large causality. The German troops then used flamethrower to attack, and soon pushed forward. The German artillery fired around 1,000,000 shells, the largest amount of shells fired at that time, along a front about 30 km long by 5 km wide. on 21 February, when a 10-hour artillery bombardment by 808 guns began. Unternehmen Gericht (Operation Judgement) was due to begin on 12 February but fog, heavy rain and high winds delayed the offensive until 7:15 a.m.