The Battle of Vimy Ridge - Wall of Fire (Paperback)

The Battle of Vimy Ridge is the most famous Canadian military victory. Celebrated at the time and since, it has been seen as a major achievement for the Canadian military and Canada as a nation.Believed to be the strongest defensive position the German Army held on the Western Front, Vimy Ridge was the objective for the Canadian Corps in April 1917. The Canadians' attack, using methods learned from the experience of warfare on the Western Front, was a complete success, the first successful offensive operation of the Great War.How the Canadian Corps was able to overcome the extremely difficult tactical and technological problems facing the attacker and capture Vimy Ridge is the story of this book. It is told from the heights of strategy and tactics, down to the soldier in the trenches. That the Canadians succeeded as they did at Vimy Ridge made an impact on Great War battle tactics and turned the Canadian Corps into an elite fighting force. It helped define Canada as a nation.