Tuesday, April 9th marks the 102nd anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Whenever Vimy Ridge is mentioned, it’s usually paired with the declaration that the 1917 battle was the “birth of a nation” or Canada’s “coming of age.” Cloaked in so much mythos, very few Canadians know the precise details of what happened just outside Arras, France in April, 1917.
Before it became a hallowed word, Vimy Ridge meant many things to Canadians. Below, vignettes of some of the lesser known elements of Canada’s most famous military engagement.“As far as you could see, in any direction, there were men with rifles heading for that dreadful column of smoke and exploding earth ahead where the shells were falling,” is how Vimy veteran Percy Taylor described the scene after whistles signalled the start of the advance.
Note: The original draft of this post misspelled Masumi Mitsui’s name. The National Post regrets the error. This photo shows Vimy Ridge one year after the battle, when it was being used as a military farm. Vimy Ridge was the greatest single success of the wider Battle of Arras, but the clash was no Juno Beach.
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There were Nazis in WW1?
Oof.
I’ll pile on....the Nazis? You might be off by a World War old chap
Excellent article. Provides insight into a less romanticized - and in my view a more accurate - version of the events.
Nazis fought in WW I?
Wasn’t NAZI’s! Just good old Canadian education system rearing it’s head!
Yeah but this is WW1
WW2 Germany did not ever 'concede'. Its in their books. There are PLENTY examples of battles fought and lost by the Germans and they are written as victories.
Nazis? In 1917 ?
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