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Tanks in the Capture of Vimy Ridge
Unknown, 1917, Press cutting, Reproduction
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Tanks in the Capture of Vimy Ridge
Tanks in the Capture of Vimy Ridge
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32726
Title
The Share of the Tanks in the Capture of Vimy Ridge: Crushing Machine-Gun Posts and Wire.
Description
From the Illustrated London News published April 28th, 1917, page 486-487. Drawn by A. Forestier, from material received from an eye-witness. Full title: "Two tanks came to the rescue. And did most daring things": one zig-zagging over German machine-gun posts, while another (in the right background) flattened out unbroken wire entanglements.
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Unknown
Date
1917
Size
39.6 x 53.4 cm
Type
Press cutting
;
Reproduction
Location
Reference Library
Beginning April 9th, 1917, Canadian troops moved across frozen battlefields in their successful effort to seize Vimy Ridge for the Allied forces. French and British troops previously experienced great defeats trying to reclaim Vimy from the Germans. In 1915, 130,000 French troops had been killed or wounded in an attempt to secure Vimy, which was one of Germany's most entrenched positions. The Canadian victory at Vimy Ridge was one of the most important triumphs for the Allied forces on the Western Front.
The victory is also remembered as a great tactical success. Canadian gunners employed a new strategy of shellbursting ahead of advancing Canadian troops; march too quickly and the troops would be hit by their own gunfire, but in keeping a steady pace the Canadians were able to confuse and overpower the Germans and capture Vimy for the Allied forces.
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