Stamp: Battle of Verdun 1916 - 2016 (France 2016)
Battle of Verdun 1916 - 2016 (France 2016)
29 May (France ) within release Battle of Verdun 1916 - 2016 goes into circulation Stamp Battle of Verdun 1916 - 2016 face value 0.70 Euro
| Stamp Battle of Verdun 1916 - 2016 in catalogues | |
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| Yvert et Tellier: | Yt:FR 5063 |
| Michel: | Mi:FR 6472A |
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The battle lasted three hundred days and will end on December 15, 1916. 53 million shells will be drawn there. More than two million French and Germans will participate, will leave 310,000 lives and 400,000 are wounded or maimed them.Stamp Battle of Verdun 1916 - 2016 it reflects the thematic directions:
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Main areas of conflict included Europe and the Middle East, as well as parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific. There were important developments in weaponry including tanks, aircraft, artillery, machine guns, and chemical weapons. One of the deadliest conflicts in history, it resulted in an estimated 30 million military casualties, plus another 8 million civilian deaths from war-related causes and genocide. The movement of large numbers of people was a major factor in the deadly Spanish flu pandemic.
