The Battle of Vimy Ridge, as it happened Why Vimy matters: Peter Mansbridge When sculptor Walter Allward unveiled the memorial at Vimy Ridge in 1936, he called it "a sermon against the futility of ...

IT was a historic and bloody battle that saw more than 3,000 brave Canadian troops killed as they seized Vimy Ridge from the clutches of the Germans. On Easter Monday, 1917, more than 15,000 Canadi… ...

As Vimy vet F. F. Worthington wrote in another 1967 history of the battle, after Vimy, "to be British was not enough; we were Canadian and could do a good job of paddling our own canoe." ...

VIMY, France – An ocean away from home, spilling their blood on a remote ridge in the muddied battlefields of northern France a century ago, many would argue that Canadians earned nationhood ...

Graphic: How Canadians won the Battle of Vimy Ridge. On Easter Monday 1917, Canadian forces, fighting for the first time together, would capture most of the German positions by the afternoon.

The battle of Vimy Ridge, near Arras, was part of a wider British-led offensive that acted as a diversion from a French attack to the south, and proved successful in its aim.

As Canadians mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, diaries kept by a young soldier from Toronto reveal the horror of war and preparations for a battle many see as a ...

The Battle of Vimy Ridge, which began on April 9, 1917, was the first time Canadians from coast to coast fought together against a common enemy. Canada. Apr 9, 2022. Advertisement.

IT was a historic and bloody battle that saw more than 3,000 brave Canadian troops killed as they seized Vimy Ridge from the clutches of the Germans. On Easter Monday, 1917, more than 15,000 Canadi… ...

Most Canadians can’t identify the Battle of Vimy Ridge monument: Ipsos poll On Monday April 9, Ipsos released the results of a survey revealing that only 16 per cent of Canadians could correctly ...