A special ceremony of commemoration will be held today at the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war. For the French and German armies the battle lasted more than six months from February 1916, claiming over 700000 casualties - and for a paltry few square miles. Today President Hollande and Chancellor Merkel will attend the ceremony and tour the various cemeteries and sites of the battle.
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