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American Red Cross Documents the Need for Reconstruction
With an estimated one million casualties, the Battle of Verdun from February 21 to December 18, 1916, was the war's longest and one of its deadliest campaigns. This post-war view of the town offers a glimpse both of the devastation and the efforts to rebuild and recover. American optimism and energy played a role in rebuilding Europe and providing nutrition to war-torn France. Despite the organization's insistence that hotels were ready for occupation, the buttresses supporting these buildings two years after the war ended, hinted that Europe was still in need of major reconstruction. |