Ausblutungsschlacht

A rosary
By the dead man

Ten thousand give their lives there
Orders feel like suicide

They lay cold
In the raven woods

For the flag, for the victory
Just fodder for a bitter war

Bombed out
Fort Douaumont

Scene of French resistance
The stronghold weighs countless lives

Sacred way
The holy path

The artery of the blood pump
Brings a thousand men per hour

Verdun, Verdun
Century battle, urge for destruction
Burned out from the bloodletting

Verdun, Verdun
Death directed by master’s hand
Blood and goods for the Kaiserland

Verdun, Verdun
Trust in God to lead us to victory
In this godless war of attrition

Verdun, Verdun
The campaign named as judgment
Justice's sword firmly in hand

Falkenhayn
In the false light

War of attrition, the battle plan
Verdun serves him as a mass grave

Goodbye
Philippe Pétain

The bloody triangle flooded
Drenched in blue and gray-red

Offensive
With God in the war

Fort Vaux under reinforced concrete
Raynal denies capitulation

Iron Cross
Infected by death

A piece of metal for the heroic deed
Brings men to a quick grave

Verdun, Verdun
Century battle, urge for destruction
Burned out from the bloodletting

Verdun, Verdun
Death directed by master’s hand
Blood and goods for the Kaiserland

Verdun, Verdun
Trust in God to lead us to victory
In this godless war of attrition

Verdun, Verdun
The campaign named as judgment
Justice's sword firmly in hand