Images

French Army troops operating a captured German Maxim MG 08 machine gun at Fort Douaumont at the Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums.

Aerial view of the fortress of Douaumont, part of the Verdun complex of fortresses fought over in the Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). Photographisches Bild- und Film-Amt

A pin badge of the French general Philippe Pétain (1856-1951), who became a national hero after the successful defence of Verdun in the Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums.

The Mississippi Rifles, under Colonel Jefferson Davis, stop a Mexican charge at the Battle of Buena Vista, watercolor by Samuel Chamberlain as published in his My Confession: The Recollections of a Rogue, c. 1860.

Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis and his cabinet, print by Thomas Kelly, 1866. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

The Starting Point of the Great War Between the States, chromolithograph by Strobridge & Co., c. 1878. Depicted here is the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as the provisional president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery...

A print depicting former Confederate president Jefferson Davis imprisoned at Fort Monroe after the American Civil War, drawing by Alfred R. Waud, 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Portrait of Jefferson Davis on the eve of the American Civil War, photograph by Mathew Brady, c. 1859. National Archives at College Park.

A photograph of abandoned French artillery during the Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916), one of the major battles of the First World War (1914-18), which ultimately ended in a French victory over German forces.

A map of the Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916), one of the major battles of the First World War (1914-18) which ended in a French victory over German forces.