<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War I">World War I</a>: In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Verdun">Battle of Verdun</a>, a German unit captures <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Douaumont" id="mwYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fort Douaumont">Fort Douaumont</a>, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.<sup about="#mwt56" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_25#cite_note-9" id="mwZA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwZQ">[9]</span></a></sup>
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