Has the memory of 66 000 Canadians soldiers who sacrifed themselves for the peace and the freedom during the first WORLD WAR .
The turning point came in April 1917, at Vimy ridge . All four Canadian divions were in the line togehter, and for the first time they all attacked- together- an objective that had so far held firm against British and French assaults. On 9 April - it was easter monday in 1917- having prepared thoroughly , they went forward through the sleet and snow and took the heights.Thereafter, they never lost a battle, and people rightly spoke about the " Canadien way of war".
Some say that the Canadian nation was forged at Vimy ninety years ago because it was , perhaps, the first time when Canadians from coast to coast to coast had done a great thing together.
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Véronique
Merci beaucoup! I had never seen those statues before. So beautiful. The trenches will always be a permanent part of the landscape as it should be, to remind us of the terrible toil, courage and loss of life in WWI.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Great photos Vero thx
Martin from Luxembourg
Yahoo closed their webalbums so here the new links for Vimy
Link new pictures of the ceremony of 90eme birthday of the battle Arras ;
http://picasaweb.google.com/waminvero/AnniversaireDuCanada
Link new pictures of the ceremony from Vimy ;
http://picasaweb.google.com/waminvero/Vimy
Véronique
Under every white cross of American Cemetery of Colleville (Normandy), sleeps a piece of Freedom