So what were they doing in french verdun ?

那他们在法国的凡尔登做什么?

Guards with machine guns took up places all around the palace , and when eisenhower went to verdun or elsewhere for a meeting he was led and followed by armed guards in jeeps .

卫兵们围绕着宫殿，到处架设起机关枪，艾森豪威尔前往凡尔赛或者其他什么地方开会时，总是一大批武装卫兵坐着吉普车前呼后拥。

During this interminable year , he added , all of france was in verdun .

他补充道，在这个漫长的年代，整个法兰西都在凡尔登。

One of the things you awaken to is that it 's now almost a century since europe ripped itself to shreds at verdun .

你醒悟过来的其中一件事便是，现在距离欧洲在凡尔登这个地方被撕裂已将近一个世纪了。

In the moment of history , at verdun and for verdun , he said , france knew how to unite .

他说，在这一历史时刻，在凡尔登也为了凡尔登，法国人知道了如何团结。