Vimy Book Review
As the title may suggest, this book was written about the battle of Vimy Ridge, which took place on April 9, 1917. In this book the author, Pierre Berton, shows how civilians from Canada, a country without a military tradition, seized the best-defended German stronghold on the Western Front. The main thesis of the book, being suggested by Burton, is how Vimy became a turning point in Canada’s relations with the world and in the image Canadians have of themselves. Throughout the entire book Burton continues to support the thesis by providing facts about how these simple civilians who’s minds were “unfettered by military rules,” displayed one of the most heroic and significant battle scenes “in all of history.” The author shows that Vimy became the historic achievement that changed Canada’s presence a
To this day, Vimy remains one of the most important victories for Canada as a country. On that Monday in 1917, men from across Canada fought together as one Canadian corps, and the battle tactics were visions of a Canadian general. The take-over of Vimy Ridge was “the largest advance” British forces had made since the beginning of the war and a true triumph for Canada as a nation. One of the key arguments that the author makes about the significance of this battle in making the Canadian image is that the brief explosive battle at Vimy Ridge “turned thousands into Canadians.” Before Vimy, the Canadian Expeditionary Force poked fun at themselves by chanting tunes such as, “We are Sam Hughes’s army; twenty thousand men are we. We cannot fight, we cannot march; what bloody use are we?” But after the cap
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Approximate Word count = 552
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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