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Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment

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At the morning of April 9, 1917, troops of the Canadian Corps under General Julian Byng attacked the formidable German defences of Vimy Ridge. Since then, generations of Canadians have shared a deep emotional attachment to the battle, inspired partly by the spectacular memorial At the battlefield. Despite the fact that the event is regarded as central in Canadian military history, the general public know very little about what happened all the way through that memorable Easter in northern France.

Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment draws At the work of a new generation of scholars who explore the battle from three perspectives. The first assesses the Canadian Corps throughout the wider context of the Western Front in 1917. The second one explores Canadian leadership, training, and preparations and details the story of every of the four Canadian divisions. The final section concentrates At the commemoration of Vimy Ridge, both for contemporaries and later generations of Canadians.

This long-overdue collection, in response to original research, replaces mythology with new perspectives, new details, and a new understanding of the men who fought and died for the remarkable achievement that was once the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Co-published with the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies

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