 four
divisions (revitalized with new recruits) of the Canadian Corps would be called
on to take Vimy Ridge. This was a Corps tested, hardened and embittered by the
Battle of the
Somme. When they arrived they looked out on an open graveyard littered with thousands
of dead Allied soldiers they would soon have to march over. For many it was their
first glimpse
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of
the devastated landscape.
It was the first time they had all fought together and it would prove to be their
greatest victory. |
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The
taking of Vimy Ridge
Tanks,
which were relatively new to warfare, helped protect and clear a path for advancing
infantry as they moved across the No Man's Land of Vimy Ridge. |
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