Verdun

(noun.) a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped.

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• Longwy had fallen, the great fortress of Verdun followed, and nothing seemed likely to stop the march of the allies upon the capital. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• These are Alsace, the three bishoprics of Mentz, Toul, and Verdun, and the three cities of Dunkirk, Bayonne, and Marseilles. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The French left might be swung back south-eastwardly on Verdun, as a pivot, and crowded back upon its right, as one shuts an open razor. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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