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... One country, Canada, although moderately infantile compared to various other nations of the world, has seen her fair share of battles, and one of the most eminent of these is the Battle of Vimy Ridge. This particular battle, which took place during the First World War in the year 1917, did a great many things for the Canadian nation. ... The battle at Vimy also had a bearing on the outcome of the entire Great War itself. When all of this is taken into consideration, it is especially apparent that the victory at Vimy was indeed a thing that would completely and dramatically alter everything pertaining to Canada and her people forever.
The victory at Vimy was the start of a more independent Canada. ... Though, after the battle of Vimy, Canada began to demonstrate its ability to be an independent country. ... ) Aside from this fact, there is still plenty of evidence that suggests Canada’s pulling away from Britain’s motherly embrace was implemented by their battle at Vimy. ... 2 Although all this may appear to have very little to do with a great Canadian battle that occurred in 1917, one must become conscious that without this victory taking place, many things would likely be quite different from the way they are now. In fact, Canada might not even be Canada as it is now, had it not been for Canada’s victory at the battle that was in important part of the so-called “War to end all Wars?
“I can’t see now what the Germans have to gain by holding out much longer…A German officer, Prussian Guard, who was taken prisoner in the scrap said that the defeat at Vimy was one of the hardest blows the Germans received in the war?3 Indeed, the victory at Vimy Ridge was something nobody had expected out of the Canadians (or any opposing force for that matter), especially not the Germans. ... that is, of course, Vimy Ridge. ... Magarrey (Irwin Publishing)
3Lieutenant Irving Findley, 7th Brigade trench mortars, to his father, April 21st, 1917
4Excerpt from Pierre Berton’s Vimy ?
Approximate Word count = 1673
Approximate Pages = 6.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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