The Battle of Verdun

Published: Feb. 20, 2016, 2 p.m.

The World War One battle that traumatised France; the Austrian mountaineer who wrote Seven Years in Tibet; how Christian Dior revolutionised fashion with the 'New Look'. Plus, how Foot-and-Mouth disease broke the hearts of British farmers and the botched assassination which humiliated the Israeli Secret Service. (Photo: French Troops under fire at Verdun. Credit: General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)