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Battle of Vimy Ridge begins.
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The Canadian and the German had started a battle against each other. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. -
Where it took place.
The battle of Vimy Ridge took place in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. -
Attack
The attack started at 5:30am on Easter Monday, the attack had origanally been planned for Easter Sunday but the French had requested it to be postponed by 24hrs. -
How did the battle begin?
At almost 130 metres high (over 400 feet), the ridge gave an excellent view over the surrounding area and made an impregnable fortress for any army which held it. The Germans captured it early in the war in 1914. It would take 3 years before Canada would succeed in taking it back. -
Failed Attemps,.
The Allies had tried a numerous amount of times to take the ridge back from germany but failed all attemps. -
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Battle of Vimy Ridge begins.
Footage of the war
The Canadian and the German had started a battle against each other. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. -
Canada
The Canadians, reinforced by elements of the British army, advanced throughout the day. The Germans sustained heavy casualties and were forced to continually retreat. -
Raid
The French had tried to maintain the shootings but failed after three tries, but then the Canadians stepped in prior peperation helped the Canadians gain inteligence through nightraids, airoscouting and maps. This aloud 83% of German to be eliminated. -
Fail
On April 10, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps had achieved all of their objectives except one; finally, the Germans had been forced off Vimy Ridge. -
The battle of Vimy Ridge ends.
The canadian troops had won the battle against the Germans. -
victory for the canadians
After days of intense combat, Canada’s soldiers took the final defensive position held by Germany’s soldiers. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was won. -
The Germans lost
The Germans had lost 4000 tropes because they had gotten captured and another 20000 due to casualtisys. -
Desmond Morton.
Doing great things together is how nations are formed, vinyl was such a moment-Desmond Morton. -
BGen A.E. Ross
"In those few minutes I witnessed the birth of a nation."
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The Canadians
Of the 100,000 Canadians who fought at the Battle of Vimy Ridge
The Canadian Corps suffered 10,602 casualties; 3,598 killed and 7,004 wounded -
Government
Priminister Borton convinced Britian to reconise full Canadian earness to the right to sign the treaty of resign independity from Britian in a way Canada enbtered the war under Britian and left the war alost sighted with a greater sence of pride. Some Canadians however also felt quiet the opposit, that the war divided Canada partically on the issue on conscription as of a military service act in genaral.
