| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 353 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Vimy Ridge, Battle Of, France, 1917 |
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History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-337) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Corps -- History
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Canada. Canadian Army -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
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Canada. Canadian Army |
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Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Corps |
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Vimy Ridge, Battle of, France, 1917.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France.
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Monument commémoratif du Canada à Vimy (Pas-de-Calais, France)
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Military campaigns
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Monument commémoratif du Canada à Vimy (Pas-de-Calais, France)
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Schlacht bei Vimy 1917, April
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Canada
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France
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Kanada
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Vimyrücken -- Schlacht (1917, April)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Hayes, Geoffrey, 1961-
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Bechthold, Michael, 1968-
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Iarocci, Andrew, 1976-
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Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies.
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| LC no. |
2007390735 |
| ISBN |
9781554580958 |
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1554580951 |
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1299313167 |
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9781299313163 |
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1554586976 |
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9781554586974 |
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