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Re: [VWoT] OT: Lest We Forget
allan, you a fellow yank? (i'm american btw)...
gareth
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:58:13 -0800 (PST), Allan V <deftonz1@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Lousy american education system never taught me shit about WW1. WWII is
> quite intreging. Cornelious Ryan is a good WWII author. I've got the last
> battle in the original Hard back and the longest day in paperback...WWI I
> should really do some reading on....
>
>
> Allan
>
> Mark Reda <m.reda@rogers.com> wrote:
> While I was at the Vimmy Memorial I had the great oppertunity of taking a
> tour given by Canadian university students provided by the Canadian
> government.
>
> The Germans had a stronghold of Vimmy ridge,
> At the peak of the ridge you could see your enemy approching from miles away
> on all sides.
> It was said that the battle of the ridge would determine the end of the war.
>
> Canada prepared for months for the battle. They were the first milltary at
> that time to actually prepare for battle by staging mock attacks.
> The Canadian millitary also dug a series of underground tunnels, called
> subways, to store ammunition and to prepare for the attack. Over 2
> Kilometers of tunnels were dug in prepation for the attack.
> At the same time the German army was also digging tunnels. There were many
> times when the Canadian and German tunnels crossed and a battle would erupt
> underground. The tunnel diggers were unarmed but the men behind them were
> on guard for what may lay ahead.
>
> When the time came the Canadian military literally popped out of the ground
> and practly surrounded the Germans to win the battle.
>
> In some of my pictures you can see the craters caused by shells. The
> grounds of Vimmy have signs posted everywhere warning not to walk on the
> grass or off any paths, there are still many undetonated shells (duds)
> underground that sometimes go off without warning.
>
> The Canadian soldiers wore British uniforms but the only distinguishing mark
> was the Canadians had a Maple Leaf on their shoulder.
>
> I could go on and on....
>
> Mark Reda.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Drew"
> To: "vwot"
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 1:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [VWoT] OT: Lest We Forget
>
>
> > On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 12:20, Mark Reda wrote:
> > > since today is rememberance day....
> > > I took a bunch of pics when I was at Canada's WWI monument in Vimmy
> > > Ridge, France.
> > > http://mark.narc.ca/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album16
> >
> > Thankyou for posting these Mark. The Vimy memorial is on ground ceded
> > to the Canadian government by France in the early '20s.
> >
> > > By the way, the battle at Vimmy Ridge won the war and Canada won that
> > > battle for the allies.
> >
> > Vimy Ridge was a landmark victory in the Great War, and a turning point
> > in Canadian history. All four divisions of the Canadian Corps - close
> > to 100,000 men, fought for the first time together for a single
> > objective. At the end of four days of fighting, and at the cost of
> > almost 3600 Canadian lives, our troops won the single greatest victory
> > to date of the war, with significantly lower casualties than had been
> > experienced on previous French and English offensives on the
> > heavily-guarded ridge.
> >
> > Canada's role in WWI was perhaps the single greatest step on the road to
> > Nationhood. We entered the war on Britain's coattails, and at the end,
> > Canada signed the Treaty of Versailles alongside England and France, in
> > the blood of over 60,000 men and women who gave their lives in the
> > conflict.
> >
> > I would urge everyone to take a minute and read the War Museum's
> > write-up about Vimy.
> >
> > http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/vimy/index_e.html
> >
> >
> > > Be proud to be Canadian, after traveling around the world there's no
> > > place I'd rather be.
> >
> > Amen.
> >
> > Drew
> >
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