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A Story of Canada You Probably Didn't Know
Battles and Wars to Remember This Built Canada
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Perhaps the least significant battle in the history of the Canadian Corps, the only large war Canadians know about, is the most famous. The CanadiaCorps' offensives intended to take Vimy Ridge from German control and get the French to send an invasion force to liberate their country.
- It failed utterly.
It also failed almost exclusively because the British had thought they knew everything when it came to artillery. John Cabot described the artillery as being, in essence, "a big cannon with a big hole in it." It was essential to improve that.
It did, and not just in terms of more excellent calibre. As it turned out, the Western Front was a battlefield full of sunken valleys and ridges or rubble mounds that were unlikely to get more useful.
Canada's World War I
- Canada's War: 1915–1918
- Canada's Veterans: Afghanistan and Iraq
- Canada's War: Palestine, Rhodesia, Cyprus
The story of the creation of the Canadian military since confederation is the story of the country. Where did it begin, and where is it going? Almost…
