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Observation post at Fort Douaumont - now a museum east of Verdun - The city in north east France was the scene of one of the costliest battles in military history, so bloody troops called it the 'Meat grinder' (Hachoir à viande).
The 1916 encounter exemplified the policy of a "war of attrition" pursued by both sides, leading to 300,000 dead and 500,000 wounded in a battlefield of less than 15 square miles over the course of 11 grim months.

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Observation post at Fort Douaumont - now a museum east of Verdun - The city in north east France was the scene of one of the costliest battles in military history, so bloody troops called it the 'Meat grinder' (Hachoir à viande).<br /> The 1916 encounter exemplified the policy of a "war of attrition" pursued by both sides, leading to 300,000 dead and 500,000 wounded in a battlefield of less than 15 square miles over the course of 11 grim months.