The statistic that always boggles my mind is that at Verdun, the French and the Germans fired something like the equivalent of 10 tons of TNT for EVERY SQUARE YARD of the battlefield.
That is incredible!
Years ago, I saw a similar statistic for the amount of lead bullets fired on the British army retreat on “The Battle Road” after the fight at Concord & Lexington. Not explosive shells, of course, but lead bullets. The amount of lead in the air was incredible.
I believe it. I believe at Verdon the German openng bombardment was 2 million shells, with 40-60 million shells being fired during the entire battle. Unbelievable.....
There are many places in history where I would have hate to have been, WWI frontlines are near the very top of my list.