Vimy Ridge was fought at the Vimy Glide, Lead by Byng and Arthur Currie. This was a divining moment for Canadian military history; it was the first time all four of the Canadian divisions fought together. The battle took a a lot of planning from Currie and Byng. They made the troops practice in possible scenarios of what battle would be like. Unlike Haig, Currie gave all the troops detailed maps.
Please pass my love to George and Harry. I am in Northern France on the Vimy Ridge. This is the first time that all the divisions of our Canadian corps are fighting together against the Germans. We are on the highest point on the ridge; this is an advantage for us because we can clearly see our enemy across the horizon without being slaughtered. The living conditions are very brutal here.
This tactic was used, for example, at battles such as the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. This tactic, however, tended to result in huge casualty rates and neither side made significant gains. New weapons were also used in an attempt to break the stalemate on the Western Front. At first, artillery barrage was used to inflict constant barrage on the enemy and preceding front offensives. As the war drew on, other weapons such as gas and tanks were used by the Germans for the first time at the First Battle of Ypres in 1915, and became a major tool of warfare on the Western Front.
Vimy Ridge, Captured by: Klement Bernadet Merely a week ago, 20,000 Canadian soldiers scrambled up the sleet-swept slopes of a long, low hill in northeastern france. A place called Vimy Ridge. The attack came on April 9, 1917, marking the first time in the first world war that we,the Canadian force, had fought as a unit. Vimy ridge- studded with machine guns ,dog-toothed with tunnels, and covered barbed wire- was a cornerstone of German defenses in the region. The Ridge, not far from the Belgian border, was a strtegic attle ground and had defied the Allies for months.
Canadian Involvement in World War I: Name: Geroylola 1. How soon after Britain entered World War I did Canada enter the war? - Canada was automatically at war when Britain entered war. 2. a. Summarize the contributions of Sam Hughes to Canada’s war effort in the following organizer: Positive Contributions to Canada’s War Effort|Negative Contributions to Canada’s War Effort| - He made a strong army for Canada- He increased the efficiency of the pre-war militia- led the Canadian war effort with enormous personal energy and drive- championed the purchase of the Canadian-made Ross rifle.|- was a poor organizer prone to patronage and cronyism in awarding military promotions and munitions contracts- He violently against those officers who tried to replace the Ross with his own accusations of incompetence and political malice.| b. Based on the information in your organizer, would you argue that Sam Hughes’ contributions were more positive or more negative?
(Fischer p.426) General Washington planned a brilliant attack and this huge victory was a large turning point in the war. More men re-enlisted into the army and the overall morale was increased significantly. The crossing is depicted with Washington standing on the boat and his man seated, Fischer argues that because the crossing took place in a storm, anyone who sat down in the boats would have been sitting in ice water and thus they would have stood (p. 216) With the army separated due to retreats from New York, General George Washington had to strategically plan his next attack. Knowing his men were only enlisted until the 31st of December he knew he had little time to attack. With the morale so low there were men leaving early and the troops numbers were dwindling.
Doyle 1 Camp X greatly contributed to the allied victory of World War Two, Canadian history, and history in general as it was also the forerunner to the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). With Britain facing uncertainty in the war, Prime Minister Winston Churchill wanted something to be done fast to turn the war effort in their favor. Therefore the Canadians led by William Stephenson, who was a close ally to Churchill, created a secret military training base to prepare a new breed of soldier. Camp X was then born to gather intelligence to be used strategically towards the war effort. It was this factor that helped create the victory of D-Day and lead to the allied victory.
Speer gained a reputation from this commission as not only a creative architect but also an efficient organiser. In July 1933, Speer was given the job as a decorator for the Nazi party Rally at Nuremburg. This job was when his work was recognised by Hitler and it reflected his view of the Nazi party through his propaganda. The Reich Chancellery that was built in 1938-39 was one of the most significant jobs Speer had done because there was a lot of work to be done with the time limit set; one year. However, Speer finished it within a year again proving his organisational and efficiency skills which led to his appointment as Reich Minister for Armaments in 1942.
The Battle of Cantigny The battle of Cantigny was a battle between the U.S. 1st division and the German 82nd Reserve Division. It only lasted for two days (May 28-30, 1918), but it was still a very important battle for the U.S. troops. It was the first U.S. offensive and victory made by the AEF, or the American Expeditionary Forces. The battle started when the division was ordered to take over Cantigny, a village in France, North of Paris, near Man Didier in the Somme Region, to test its offensive capabilities. The Americans suffered weeks of heavy artillery and gas from the Germans.
The Ardennes had already played a great victory for the Germans because in early 1940, Hitler’s soldiers and tanks blasted its way through its rugged terrain in the Blitzkrieg attack (Blitzkrieg meaning “lightning warfare” because of the speed with which the attack advances.) It took them into France and ended with that long time enemy in German hands. The attack in 1940 was a success because it took the French by surprise as they had never dreamed that the Germans would strike from that direction because the Ardennes forests promised to make infantry and tank movement impossible. Hitler planned to do the same attack through the Ardennes on the western Allies to get the same victory they received when they did it in 1940. As German forces controlled most of the land all the way to Antwerp, the plan was