Historic WWI Photo – Vimy Ridge, 1917
Assisting the wounded at Vimy Ridge, April 1917. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA001439
Legion Magazine
November 10, 2011
Assisting the wounded at Vimy Ridge, April 1917. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA001439
Night bombers line up after a sortie. PHOTO: DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE
Animals and men pay the ultimate price on the Western Front. PHOTO: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM—Q5773
A Frenchwomen sells oranges to Canadian soldiers returning to camp, 1918. PHOTO: ARCHIVES OF ONTARIO—C224-0-0-9-49
Mealtime in the trenches, winter 1916. PHOTO: LEGION MAGAZINE ARCHIVES
Smiles, but the mud—and the stench of death—are everywhere on the Western Front. LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA001149
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