EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 24, 1916

* Battle of Verdun, France beginning
* World War I - WWI
* German vs. French armies

The front page has a nice banner headline in red lettering: "GERMAN GOAL IS PARIS" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper. Rare as such.
Complete with 12 pages, 2 small library stamps within the masthead, generally in nice condition.

Background: The Battle of Verdun, which ignited in February 1916, stands as a haunting cornerstone of World War I, representing the pinnacle of industrial-scale attrition and the "bleeding white" of the French army. On February 24, the conflict reached a fever pitch as German forces shattered the French defensive lines on the Right Bank of the Meuse, capturing the strategic heights of the Meuse Heights and pushing the French 30th Corps to the verge of total collapse. This day was historically significant because it forced a radical shift in French strategy; the impending disaster prompted the urgent appointment of General Philippe Pétain, who established the legendary Voie Sacrée (Sacred Way) supply line to keep the fortress city alive. The sheer scale of the artillery—with millions of shells fired in a localized area—transformed the landscape into a permanent wasteland and shifted the French national consciousness toward a policy of "They shall not pass" (Ils ne passeront pas). By the time the battle concluded ten months later, it had claimed over 700,000 casualties, becoming a symbol of both the senselessness of trench warfare and the extraordinary, agonizing endurance of the human spirit under the pressure of modern total war.