On this day 109 years ago, on December 19, 1916 (November 25, 1916), the Battle of Verdun came to an end. On December 19, 1916, the Battle of Verdun came to an end. After paying a heavy price, the Germans finally lost all the French positions they occupied. The French lost 543,000, the Germans lost 433,000, and 70% of the French army was successively invested in the battlefield of Verdun. The battle was called "Verdun Meat Grinder" because of the huge casualties. Comments on the remains of the French army on the battlefield of Verdun: The war is too cruel.