The Battle of Verdun (1916), fought between February 21 and December 19, 1916 in northeastern France, was the longest and one of the bloodiest battles between the German and French armies during the First World War - a quarter of million dead and around half a million wounded on both sides. The initial offensive of the German army forced the French to withdraw, who dug in and heroically defended the Siege of Verdun to the cry of They will not pass! . One of these heroes was the dog Satán , a cross between a greyhound and a collie trained by the French army as a messenger.
One of the strategic positions was being massacred by the Germans, its defenders had hardly any ammunition left and little, if anything, they could do in the face of continuous artillery bombardment. Those were times when even atheists commend themselves to God and suddenly a black silhouette crossed the enemy lines towards their position. The German snipers began their bets to see who would shoot down this sinister apparition. One of them hit a leg and fell... but, to everyone's surprise, he got up again and, limping, continued running until he reached the trenches of the besieged. That strange silhouette was Satan with a gas mask (let's remember the lethal gas), a message around his neck and some saddlebags.
Satan
The message said:
For God's sake, hold on! Tomorrow we will send reinforcements.
In the saddlebags that Satan was carrying there were two doves. They wrote down the coordinates of the German artillery and sent the same message with the pigeons. One of them was shot down but the other reached its destination. With the information provided, the French artillery managed to silence the German artillery and free their compatriots. Satan saved their lives .
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