... previous offence. This demonstrated that Canada is one of the outstanding formations on the Western front. The success will lead Canadian troops to even more victory and will be a turning point for the allies. After the war ended, the achievements of the Canadian corps earned us a separate signature on the Treaty of Versailles. France also granted a piece of land to Canada in order ... memorialize the success of the Canadian troops at Vimy Ridge and many others. The Canadian National Vimy Memorial sits on hill 145, as a tribute for those ... who served their country and risked their li...

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... had numerous concrete machine gun posts; all of which were surrounded by massive amounts of barbed wire. "These conditions were summed up by Canadian soldier James Buchanen as "Hellish" "(Lotz,p.42). The Germans not only used all these defences to protect themselves but also factories, which lay ... Byng, which was somewhat ironic considering he was British. Alongside Byng would be General Currie, a Canadian soldier. This was a big promotion for Currie; in times of World War I the British did not consider Canadian soldiers "Fit enough to command anything larger than an infantry brigade"(...

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