Explain reasons why the somme and verdun were worth fighting for.

Customarily any contemporary scholar or historian would agree with the fact that a successful battle is one that is planned, orchestrated, and accomplished in such an enigmatic and intricate manner that the attacking side of the battle will prevail and will also benefit both economically and militarily. However the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme had thwarted the very notion of the “successful battle”, as neither the Allies nor the Germans had made any significant gains, achievements, or progress within the year 1916 in which the 2 battles were fought.
The ensuing paragraphs will attempt to explain as to why these two battles were not worth fighting for: both economically and militarily.

From the very beginning, the city of Verdun was of no real strategic importance for the French forces. Being situated approximately 225km northeast of Paris and bordering on the outskirts of a neutral Luxembourgese borderline, the mentioning of Verdun would hardly raise a...