April 9, 2007

The taking of Vimy Ridge, parties of Germans leaving their dugouts as Canadians advance. From the Archives of Ontario. 90 years ago today, on what was Easter Monday 1917, Canadian troops pushed forward and kicked off the Battle of Vimy Ridge. From wikipedia: The German army fortified Vimy Ridge with tunnels, three rows of trenches behind barbed wire, massive amounts of artillery, and numerous…