Description
Vimy Ridge used to be one of the necessary geographic features on all of the Western Front in World War I (1914-1918). In early 1917 it used to be thought to be practically impregnable, but on 9 April the Canadian Army Corps, underneath the command of the British Lieutenant General Sir Julian Byng, assaulted it as a part of the Arras offensive. In one of the spectacular operational attacks of the war, they seized almost all of the ridge in a single day. This book describes how the leading edge efforts that went into each and every aspect of the preparation for this attack ensured that the Canadian and British troops achieved unprecedented luck.