Vimy Ridge
Vimy Ridge Facts
1. The war began on Easter Monday April 9, 1917 and ended on April 12, 1917
2. Previous unsuccessful french and British attacks suffered over 150,000 causalities
3. the war was in Vimy, Northern France
4. The Canadian achievement in capturing Vimy ridge owed its success to a range of technical and tactical innovations
5. The Canadians had demonstrated they were one of the outstanding formations on the western front and masters of offensive warfare
6. The Canadian success at Vimy demonstrated that no position was invulnerable to a planned assault
7. Though the victory at Vimy came swiftly, it did not come without cost, there were 3,598 dead out of 10,602 Canadian causalities
8. The tremendous barrage, included improved techniques for counter battery fire against enemy gun which would isolate enemy troops in their dugouts
9. At Vimy, the Canadian Corps and the British XVII Corps on their immediate southern flank had captured more ground, more prisoners and more guns than any previous British Expeditionary Force offensive.10.
10. The Memorial was designed by Canadian sculptor and architect Walter Seymour Allward. He once told friends the form of the design came to him in a dream.
11.It took eleven years and $1.5 million to build the Vimy ridge memorial.
12. In recent times, the Canadian National Vimy Memorial has come to symbolize Canada's long commitment to peace in the world.
13. The Canadian National Vimy Memorial stands on Hill 145, overlooking the Canadian battlefield of 1917, at one of the points of the fiercest fighting.
14. Inscribed on the ramparts of the Memorial are the names of 11,285 Canadian soldiers who were posted "missing, presumed dead in France.
15. In 1922, use of the land, for the battlefield park which contains the Canadian National Vimy Memorial was granted for all time by the French nation to the people of Canada.
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1. The war began on Easter Monday April 9, 1917 and ended on April 12, 1917
2. Previous unsuccessful french and British attacks suffered over 150,000 causalities
3. the war was in Vimy, Northern France
4. The Canadian achievement in capturing Vimy ridge owed its success to a range of technical and tactical innovations
5. The Canadians had demonstrated they were one of the outstanding formations on the western front and masters of offensive warfare
6. The Canadian success at Vimy demonstrated that no position was invulnerable to a planned assault
7. Though the victory at Vimy came swiftly, it did not come without cost, there were 3,598 dead out of 10,602 Canadian causalities
8. The tremendous barrage, included improved techniques for counter battery fire against enemy gun which would isolate enemy troops in their dugouts
9. At Vimy, the Canadian Corps and the British XVII Corps on their immediate southern flank had captured more ground, more prisoners and more guns than any previous British Expeditionary Force offensive.10.
10. The Memorial was designed by Canadian sculptor and architect Walter Seymour Allward. He once told friends the form of the design came to him in a dream.
11.It took eleven years and $1.5 million to build the Vimy ridge memorial.
12. In recent times, the Canadian National Vimy Memorial has come to symbolize Canada's long commitment to peace in the world.
13. The Canadian National Vimy Memorial stands on Hill 145, overlooking the Canadian battlefield of 1917, at one of the points of the fiercest fighting.
14. Inscribed on the ramparts of the Memorial are the names of 11,285 Canadian soldiers who were posted "missing, presumed dead in France.
15. In 1922, use of the land, for the battlefield park which contains the Canadian National Vimy Memorial was granted for all time by the French nation to the people of Canada.
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