Mr.

It was 1917 when Canadian troops went to Vimy Ridge Canada had 100,000 men taking part in the battle. The reason the German's wanted the Ridge was because they wanted it for there defense, barring the way to the mines and factories in the Douai plain witch had been grate use to them in their continuation of the war. So did the Canadian's. Ridge was built strong, built in defense. Natural defenses had been supplement by strong-points. Some of the preparations where, The Canadian's built a ful-scale replica of the ground over witch their troops would have to attack, giving all unites the chance to practice their attacking movement and so understand what they were expected to do on the day. Regular reconnaissance patrols, assisted by information gathered from aerial photography, meant that records of changed to the German defenses on the Ridge were always upp-to-date. Tunnelers dug subterranean passages under the Ridge a total of five kilometers in all of four levels- allowing the attacking troops to move closer to their jumping-off position in some safety. Once the battle had begone, these same tunnels allowed the wounded to be brought back under cover and also provide unseen and safe lines of communications. First stage of the war the infantry attack was presided by a powerful artillery bombardment witch lasted almost three weeks. About 1000 guns involved. The war started ester Monday 1917 brought a howling winds, sleet and snow to the German lines. By April 12 the Germans had abandoned the Ridge, falling back to the plain behind the mine felid. They held only one bump on the north end, known as the pimple. They overall allied offensive was a failure, but Vimy glowed as a Trump Amid tragedy historians say that the seeds of Canadian nationhood were planted at Vimy, watered with the blood of 10,000 dead and wounded. The war would drag on for 20 months and thousands more Canadians would die. But when the survivors returned home, they and their countrymen would consider that Canada's right to be a nation had been brought and paid for.