{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/ae214237-27e8-43d6-b343-3c5facba584a/6468d2e62c59a500110137cb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"74.14 Battles of Verdun and The Somme 1916","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/620e4d74bbc3136c1d1225d9/1684591260466-260d93231efb869896932758265ad66a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Europe entered the year 1916 exhausted by one and a half years of conflict of a scale hitherto unimaginable, with profound effects on citizens at home, as well as those on the front line.</p><p>The most intensive battles on the western front in 1916 are at Verdun and the Somme, with extraordinary numbers of casualties.</p><p>Meanwhile, on the eastern front the Russians launch a major attack, the Brusilov offensive.</p><p>Romania declared war on Austro-Hungary on 27 August 1916 and promptly invaded Transylvannia.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>www.patreon.com/historyeurope</p><p>www.historyeurope.net</p><p><br></p><p>Music composed by Erik Satie (Gymnopédie no. 1), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36)</p><p>Picture - Verdun - Gervais-Courtellemont_french_anti-aircraft_guns</p><p>Theme tune for the podcast by Nico Vettese, www.wetalkofdreams.com</p>","author_name":"Carl Rylett"}