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2 Silence reigns over the fields surrounding the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, about 175 kilometres north of Paris. The pockmarked battlefields where 100,000 Canadians fought 95 years ago have been softened by time, the slumped shoulders of the trenches clothed by grass and surrounded by spring-green...
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3 On a tour of the trenches at Vimy Ridge in 2005 singer/songwriter/fiddler Lizzie Hoyt had a sudden revelation. “I realized had I lived 100 years ago, every single young many in my life would have been there.” She and some friends had decided to...
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0 While the Canadians awaited the end of the bombardment that signalled the beginning of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, to the south the British and French were also planning simultaneous attacks. At Arras, in a 20-kilometre labrynth of tunnels and underground quarries, the British...
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0 The Battle of Vimy Ridge remains an iconic event in Canadian history. Fought from April 9 to 12, 1917, it is celebrated in history books, resonates in popular culture and is firmly lodged in Canadian consciousness. The erection of Walter Allward’s stunning memorial on the...
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0 Enjoying a smoke in a trench opposite Vimy Ridge. PHOTO: LEGION MAGAZINE...
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0 German prisoners, taken at Vimy Ridge, are marched through the streets behind the lines. PHOTO: DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL...
Vimy Ridge
