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The battle of Vimy Ridge
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The battle of Vimy Ridge
Significant weapons
Pictures
Timeline
The German Maxim 08 Machine-Gun was used by the
Germans in 1917 to try to defend Vimy Ridge. With the superior grounds, this weapon was extremely effective against the thousands of enemy forces that attacked Vimy Ridge head on.
Canadian soldiers in the trench during the battle (Library and Archives Canada a1062)
The 18-pounder Field Gun was the artillery used to keep
the German forces from advancing on the Canadians. It gave the soldiers the time that was needed for them to tunnel to the German trenches. The Canadians could not have won this war without the 18-pounder Field Gun.
This timeline displays the events
of the battle of Vimy Ridge
Canadian machine gunners in shell holes
during the Vimy advance
(Library and Archives Canada a1079)
Pictures
Maps
A German machine
gun emplacement and
the soldiers who drove
the Germans away
from it
(William Ivor Castle;
Library and Archives
Canada a1101)
A Canadian soldier kneels over a fallen
German soldier
(Library and Archives Canada a1126)
This map demonstrates where Vimy
Ridge is located in relation to the area
around it
This map exhibits where the Canadians
dug their tunnels in addition to where each division was placed, and where they were on April 9 and April 12
A light railroad truck carries wounded from the battle
(Library and Archives Canada a1022)
Oliver Scott, Jackson McKee, Oliver Stonehouse, Sheldon Daley, Gabriel Garber