The Battle of Verdun
The battle that traumatised France, forbidden Tibet in the 1940s and fashion's New Look
The History Hour · BBC World Service
February 20, 201650m 32s
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Show Notes
The World War One battle that traumatised France; the Austrian mountaineer who wrote Seven Years in Tibet; how Christian Dior revolutionised fashion with the 'New Look'. Plus, how Foot-and-Mouth disease broke the hearts of British farmers and the botched assassination which humiliated the Israeli Secret Service.
(Photo: French Troops under fire at Verdun. Credit: General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)