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| Title: | Vimy Ridge
: A Canadian Reassessment |
| Author: | Geoff Hayes, Andrew Iarocci & Mike Bechthold (eds) |
| ISBN: | 0889205086 : 9780889205086 |
| Illustrations: | b/w illus |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 353 |
| Weight: | .702 Kg. |
| Published: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press - March 2007 |
| List Price: | 22.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | World history: First World War: Military history: Canada |
On the morning of 9 April 1917, troops of the Canadian Corps under General Julian Byng attacked the formidable German defences of Vimy Ridge. Since then, generations of Canadians have shared a deep emotional attachment to the battle, inspired partly by the spectacular memorial on the battlefield. Although the event is considered central in Canadian military history, most people know very little about what happened during that memorable Easter in northern France. This book draws on the work of a new generation of scholars who explore the battle from three perspectives. The first assesses the Canadian Corps within the wider context of the Western Front in 1917. The second explores Canadian leadership, training, and preparations and details the story of each of the four Canadian divisions. The final section concentrates on the commemoration of Vimy Ridge, both for contemporaries and later generations of Canadians. This long-overdue collection, based on original research, replaces mythology with new perspectives, new details, and a new understanding of the men who fought and died for the remarkable achievement that was the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Co-published with the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies.
Vimy Ridge and the Battle of Arras: A British Perspective; The End of the Beginning: The Canadian Corps in 1917; Vimy Ridge: The Battlefield Before the Canadians, 1914-1916; "Old Wine in New Bottles": A Comparison of British and Canadian Preparations for the Battle of Arras; Julian Byng and Leadership in the Canadian Corps; The Gunners at Vimy: "We are Hammering Fritz to Pieces"; The Sappers of Vimy: Specialised Support for the Assault of 9 April 1917; The Canadian Army Medical Corps at Vimy Ridge; The 1st Canadian Division: An Operational Mosaic; The 2nd Canadian Division: A "Most Spectacular Battle"; The 3rd Canadian Division: Forgotten Victory; The 4th Canadian Division: "Trenches Should Never be Saved; The German Amy at Vimy Ridge; In the Shadow of Vimy Ridge: The Canadian Corps in April and May 1917; Battle Verse; "After the Agony in Stony Places": The Meaning and Significance of the Vimy Monument; Safeguarding Sanctity: Canada and the Vimy Memorial During the Second World War; Afterthoughts.
