vimy ridge

... the offensive was launched on April 9, 1917 Canadians prepared to do what the British and French had failed to do numerous times before, take over Vimy Ridge. With 100,000 troops the Canadians advanced under General Currie's strategy of "paying for victory in shells rather than in lives {Lotz, p.42 ... James Buchanen as "Hellish" "(Lotz,p.42). The Germans not only used all these defences to protect themselves but also factories, which lay behind Vimy ridge that were used for munitions production. These factories were on French land, which had been invaded and occupied by the Germans. All ...

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... and what seemed like a limitless supply of artillery, this was Canada's "grand entrance ". The new tactics the Canadian Troops used in the battle of Vimy Ridge is part of the reason this battle was such a huge victory. Instead of going along with the traditional trench tactic used in a majority of World ... War 1, Canadians tried something new. The Canadian approach to the Battle of Vimy Ridge was to fight the Germans head-on and force them out of the trenches. This approach, obviously, proved useful. Next, the enormous amount of supplies ... its soldiers well enough to go through with ...

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... the German trench known as Graben, and had also reached the Black Line along with the 1st division. By 7:30 that morning the 3rd division had reached the crest of Vimy Ridge. The 4th division had the most difficult obstacle, securing Hill 145 and a feature known as the Pimple. 8 They suffered heavy losses in doing so. Finally on April 12, the Germans ... causalities in which 3,598 were fatal. The causalities were by no means light, but were far lighter than those of any previous battles. The French had called the capture of Vimy Ridge by the Canadians, "an Easter gift from Canada to the...

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... over two years, enabling them to strengthen their position to the point that they thought it was impregnable. The French had tried to take over Vimy Ridge with as much as twenty divisions, but were still unsuccessful. They launched 3 massive attacks and they had suffered thousands of casualties. After France's unsuccessful attempt, the British tried to do ... the perfect plan, they would have been shut down just as the French and British were. Canada's General, Sir Arthur Currie was given orders to take and secure Vimy Ridge on the 17th of February in 1917. Luckily enough for the Canad...

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... and well-planned attacks decrease the amount of soldiers an army will loose (A New World). The British and French battled the Germans at Vimy Ridge for two years, and lost thousands of men. Thinking that it was impossible, they gave General Sir Julian Byng the chance to show the ... wanted to decreasing their death toll (Orgins of the War). This preparation allowed the Army to turn thousands of citizens into soldiers, within weeks. Vimy Ridge marked the one successful capture on the Allies offensive in 1917. The capture came with its defects; the Canadian soldiers where unable to exploit...

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... Canada an independent nation. In February 1917, in France, both the British and the French had failed attempts to remove German troops from high grounds. During Vimy ridge Canadians had a lot of firsts. Such as, the first Canadian general, general Arthur Currie. They also used the first curtain warfare. Moreover, it was the first all Canadian deployment. ... soldiers who dug tunnels between trenches and under enemy placements. Those sappers ignited a massive explosion near vimy ridge that acted as a decoy. The victory came with a high price, over 10 000 Canadians died. After the war, th...

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... the birth of their nation and a defining moment in Canada's history. One of the most important reasons why Vimy Ridge is a defining moment in Canada's history is because of the independence it gave Canadians and most of all Canadian ... were an utter failure. They only had a quarter million men and seven thousand guns. As for the British troops, the further one moved south from Vimy Ridge, the more depth of British penetration diminished. Eventually, the British troops got to The Sensee Valley and found themselves putting up a fight against nearly one ... the Canadians with a lot more re...

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... 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 ... the command of Arthur Currie. At a cost of 10,000 casualties, the Canadians went over the top at dawn and held most of the ridge by the afternoon. Using "daring and common sense," the Canadians fought together as a united corps to achieve a victory that would drive their country...

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... Lord Beaverbrook, initially used artists to produce paintings for reproduction in his publications. Then the Canadian formed a committee to oversee creation of a national archive of war art. The Taking of Vimy Ridge, by Richard Jack -- Image from Canadian War Museum "He married the traditional battle picture with the new reality that photography had brought," says Brandon. "They are not formalized portraits of ... ...

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