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Germans want to seize high ground giving them vantage point over Paris. Almost take the heights in incredibly bloody fighting. French go ballistic with propaganda, nationalistic songs, banners, commandeer civilian vehicles to rush in reinforcements and launch series of equally bloody counterattacks. German offensive is stopped. Germans cope by saying they didn’t really want the Verdun heights to begin with. One of the bloodiest battles in history. French and Germans basically exhausted themselves there which led to British and Americans playing a prominent role later in the war.