Today marks the 93rd anniversary of the Battle for Vimy Ridge.
The Battle of Vimy Ridge, 1917
Vimy remembered
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The Battle of Vimy Ridge, 1917
Vimy remembered
Ninety-three years ago, the battle for Vimy Ridge began, an incredible bloody affair even by the bloody standards of that war.
On the morning of April 9, 1917, four Canadian army divisions moved out of their trenches and towards the ridge, marking the start of one of the most significant battles of the war.
It is also a battle that is credited with being the birth of Canada as a nation distinct from the British Empire of which it was once part.
About 100,000 Canadians, from battalions raised across the country but fighting together, retook Vimy Ridge, a 14-km-long escarpment controlled by the Germans.
Earlier attempts by 150,000 French and British troops had failed.
On the morning of April 9, 1917, four Canadian army divisions moved out of their trenches and towards the ridge, marking the start of one of the most significant battles of the war.
It is also a battle that is credited with being the birth of Canada as a nation distinct from the British Empire of which it was once part.
About 100,000 Canadians, from battalions raised across the country but fighting together, retook Vimy Ridge, a 14-km-long escarpment controlled by the Germans.
Earlier attempts by 150,000 French and British troops had failed.
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