World War I's Battle of Verdun began with a German artillery attack on French positions on this day in history, Feb. 21, 1916. It's considered the longest battle in modern warfare.

The eastern French city of Verdun is a place of memory which symbolises the terrible human cost of World War I. Hundreds of thousands of French and German soldiers died there during 300 days of ...

VERDUN, France – France's president and Germany's chancellor want their countries' improbable friendship to be a source of hope for today's fractured Europe as they commemorate the centenary of ...

A Verdun city councillor says he’s not sure he can ever again believe anything said by the borough’s mayor, who has admitted making up an elaborate story about a 14-year-old boy ending up in a ...