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Verdun Offensive
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Verdun Offensive

War Department · 1918 · charcoal (overall production method/technique)

From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Charcoal and crayon drawing on textured cream wove paper. The paper is mounted on heavy brown cardboard. Troops on foot and mounted on horses in foreground. A line of heavy artillery and soldiers dominate the center of the drawing. Smoke plumes trail out of the artillery guns; the background is misty with smoke.

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Credit lineVerdun Offensive. 1918. War Department. National Museum of American History, War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff. CC0.

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