Vimy Ridge : a Canadian reassessment
On 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 on the battlefield. Although the event is considered central in Canadian military history, most people know very little about what happened during that memorable Easter in northern France. Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment draws on the work of a new generation of scholars who explore the battle from three perspecti
eBook, English, ©2007
Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ont., ©2007
History
1 online resource (xiv, 353 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
9781554580958, 9781299313163, 1554580951, 1299313167
646788720
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List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Strategic Background; Part II: The Battle for Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917; Part III: Aftermath and Memory; Appendices; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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