Battle of Vimy Ridge
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The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the Battle of Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in th
Richard Jack The Taking of Vimy Ridge
Byng during the battle
Position of the defending and attacking forces before the battle
Large model of German trench lines
Vimy
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Vimy is a commune in the French department of Pas-de-Calais. Located 3.8 kilometers west of Vimy is the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the Canadian soldiers
Battle of Vimy Ridge
…Corps advance into four coloured objective lines. The attack would be made on a front of 7,000 yd (4 mi; 6 km), with its centre opposite the village of Vimy, to the east of the ridge. The first objective, the Black Line, was the German forward defensive position. The final objective of the northern flank…
Vimy city hall
Canadian National Vimy Memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward