World War I quizlet Flashcards | Quizlet
In 1916 and 1917, millions of young men were killed in the search for the elusive breakthrough. In the German offensive at Verdun in 1916, the British campaigns on the Somme in 1916 and at Ypres in 1917, and the French attack in Champagne in 1917, the senselessness of trench warfare became all too obvious.