Vimy (Pen & Sword Military Classic) - Softcover

Berton, Pierre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850529883 ISBN 13: 9780850529883

Verlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2003

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Book by Berton Pierre

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On Easter Monday 1917 with a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France seized and held the best-defended German bastion on the Western Front - the muddy scarp of Vimy Ridge. The British had failed to take the Ridge, and so had the French who had lost 150,000 men in the attempt. Yet these magnificent colonial troops did so in a morning at the cost of only 10,000 casualties. The author recounts this remarkable feat of arms with both pace and style. He has gathered many personal accounts from soldiers who fought at Vimy. He describes the commanders and the men, the organisation and the training, and above all notes the thorough preparation for the attack from which the British General Staff could have learnt much. The action is placed within the context both of the Battle of Arras, of which this attack was part, and as a milestone in the development of Canada as a nation. Author Details Pierre Berton served for almost four years in the Canadian Army in World War II and is the author of The Invasion of Canada and Flames Across the Border.

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Pierre Berton served for almost four years in the Canadian Army in World War II and is the author of The Invasion of Canada and Flames Across the Border.

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• Verlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0850529883
• ISBN 13: 9780850529883
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336