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SmugMug > all-time keyword > vimy > VIMY - ARIAL VIEW - At the top left of the photo you can see the Memorial Park; top right, the Vimy Interpretive Centre. At the bottom, the Canadian Cemetery No 2 and on the right side, the Givenchy Road Cemetery.
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vimy > VIMY - CANADIAN MEMORIAL PARK
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vimy > VIMY - INTERPRETIVE CENTRE AT THE CANADIAN NATIONAL VIMY MEMORIAL - The Canadian success at Vimy marked a profound turning-point for the Allies. A year-and-a-half later, the Great War was over. The Canadian record, crowned by the achievements at Vimy, won for Canada a separate signature on the Versailles Peace Treaty ending the war. Back home, the victory at Vimy, won by troops from every part of the country, helped unite many Canadians in pride at the courage of their citizen-soldiers, and established a feeling of real nationhood.
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vimy > VIMY - INTERPRETIVE CENTRE AT THE CANADIAN NATIONAL VIMY MEMORIAL - At Vimy, the Canadian Corps had captured more ground, more prisoners and more guns than any previous British offensive in two-and-a-half years of war. It was one of the most complete and decisive engagements of the Great War and the greatest Allied victory up to that time. The Canadians had demonstrated they were one of the outstanding formations on the Western Front and masters of offensive warfare
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vimy > VIMY - INTERPRETIVE CENTRE AT THE CANADIAN NATIONAL VIMY MEMORIAL - Canadian and British engineers repaired 40 kilometres of road in the Corps' forward area and added 4.8 kilometres of new plank road. They also reconditioned 32 kilometres of tramways, over which light trains, hauled by gasoline engines or mules, carried stores and ammunition.
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vimy > VIMY - INTERPRETIVE CENTRE AT THE CANADIAN NATIONAL VIMY MEMORIAL - They managed to steal quiet moments to unwind. (Canadians enjoying a game of cards in a shell hole on Vimy Ridge. Library and Archives Canada.)
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vimy > VIMY - INTERPRETIVE CENTRE AT THE CANADIAN NATIONAL VIMY MEMORIAL - The spring of 1917 was one of inclement weather, and mud was a fact of life... (Unable to ride his cycle through the mud caused by a recent storm, a Canadian messenger carries his "horse". Library and Archives Canada.)
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vimy > VIMY - INTERPRETIVE CENTRE AT THE CANADIAN NATIONAL VIMY MEMORIAL - The display seeks to wrap the visitor in the atmosphere of Vimy in 1917, drawing on one's emotions and senses to enhance one's understanding of the facts.
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vimy > VIMY - INTERPRETIVE CENTRE AT THE CANADIAN NATIONAL VIMY MEMORIAL - The Canadian achievement in capturing Vimy Ridge owed its success to sound and meticulous planning and thorough preparation, all of which was aimed at minimizing casualties. But it was the splendid fighting qualities and devotion to duty of Canadian officers and soldiers on the battlefield that were decisive. Most of them citizen-soldiers, they performed like professionals.
VIMY - ARIAL VIEW - At the top left of the photo you can see the Memorial Park; top right, the Vimy Interpretive Centre. At the bottom, the Canadian Cemetery No 2 and on the right side, the Givenchy Road Cemetery.
> VIMY - ARIAL VIEW - At the top left of the photo you can see the Memorial Park; top right, the Vimy Interpretive Centre. At the bottom, the Canadian Cemetery No 2 and on the right side, the Givenchy Road Cemetery.
VIMY - ARIAL VIEW - At the top left of the photo you can see the Memorial Park; top right, the Vimy Interpretive Centre. At the bottom, the Canadian Cemetery No 2 and on the right side, the Givenchy Road Cemetery.
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