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BARRIS, TED - Victory at Vimy Canada Comes of Age, April 9
Toronto: Thomas Allen & Son, 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0887622534. As new; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photographs an maps ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.4 inches; 300 pages; "At the height of the First World War, on Easter Monday April 9, 1917, in early morning sleet, sixteen battalions of the Canadian Corps rose along a six-kilometre line of trenches in northern France against the occupying Germans. All four Canadian divisions advanced in a line behind a well-rehearsed creeping barrage of artillery fire. By nightfall, the Germans had suffered a major setback. The Ridge, which other Allied troops had assaulted previously and failed to take, was firmly in Canadian hands. The Canadian Corps had achieved perhaps the greatest lightning strike in Canadian military history. One Paris newspaper called it "Canada's Easter gift to France." Of the 40,000 Canadians who fought at Vimy, nearly 10,000 became casualties. Many of their names are engraved on the famous monument that now stands on the ridge to commemorate the battle. It was the first time Canadians had fought as a distinct national army, and in many ways, it was a coming of age for the nation. The achievement of the Canadians on those April days in 1917 has become one of our lasting myths. Based on first-hand accounts, including archival photographs and maps, it is the voices of the soldiers who experienced the battle that comprise the thrust of the book.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
USD 16.50 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 | £UK 13 | JP¥ 2590] Booknumber: 20159
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USD 16.50 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 | £UK 13 | JP¥ 2590] Booknumber: 20159
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