When it comes to the big things that happened in the last century, it is always impossible to avoid the two world wars, compared with the Second World War, which hurt more and involved more countries, the First World War is actually more significant from a certain angle. The First World War was the first large-scale war in human history, and this war rewrote the history of Europe and the history of human warfare. The most famous battle during World War I was the Battle of Verdun, where the German and French armies once again poured millions of troops.
Germany's goal was simple: to capture Verdun first, to threaten Paris not far away, and finally to take France. As a traditional power, France naturally did not compromise easily, and they also invested the country's elite military forces here, because they knew that once Verdun fell, the capital Paris would open its doors and the country would face destruction.
As the war progressed, war weariness gradually emerged within the French defenders, as the French army became tired in the face of advanced German artillery fire, and the soldiers were very depressed, believing that Verdun would eventually be occupied by the Germans. The German artillery attack at that time was indeed fierce, and they even transported 600,000 shells to the forward position in order to reduce the time of rear artillery transportation.
At that time, the French army suffered heavy casualties, many logisticians were dressed up, and one logisticsman was arranged to the artillery position by the commander of the artillery unit on the side. The veteran returned to his post after a brief instruction, and with a "fire" order, the soldiers next to him fired shells, but the logistician forgot how to control the sight. In his panic, he fired a random shot, which was not aimed and naturally did not land on the German position.
Just when the artilleryman blamed himself, there was a loud noise in the open space near the German position, the German soldiers were stunned, the French took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, and the German army was defeated. The series of loud noises was the mistake of the small soldiers, hitting the 600,000 shells that the German army had just transported to the front line, and the situation in The First World War changed, and Germany gradually lost the initiative