Pictured here, the Canadian Light Horse going into action at Vimy Ridge (National Archives of Canada, PA-001111) General Arthur Currie was elated. "A wonderful success. The grandest day the Corps ...
Like Canadians at Vimy Ridge in 1917, Jews died there for Western civilization.
“The number of military cemeteries brought tears to my eyes. All contained the remains of the young men from foreign lands who came to fight there.” ...
On that fateful day 106 years ago, Canadian soldiers went ... The Canadian Corps were able to take Vimy Ridge in just four days, far faster than I’ll get through the 394 pages of Cook’s ...
While reading the news on Tuesday, Vimy Ridge Day, I saw a National Post opinion piece by my old friend Rick Hillier, our ...
Later he was Commander of the Canadian Corps which distinguished itself at the Somme and Thiepval Ridge. Its greatest feat was the capture in 1917 of Vimy Ridge. In 1919 he was created Baron Byng of ...
When Jim MacDonald makes his pilgrimage to Vimy Ridge on Sunday, he will be guided by a 100-year-old map, which is stained with mud from the First World War battlefield, and now sits carefully ...
Instead it was a day for feeling and communing with the dead, and commune we did. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge, in photos Dignitaries and visitors gathered at the Canadian ...