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Here, until April 9, 1917, the German front-line twisted its sinuous way across the brow of Vimy Ridge
Here, until April 9, 1917, the German front-line twisted its sinuous way across the brow of Vimy Ridge

Here, until April 9, 1917, the German front-line twisted its sinuous way across the brow of Vimy Ridge

Date11/10/1935
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Impregnable, but captured--Here, until April 9, 1917, the German front-line twisted its sinuous way across the brow of Vimy Ridge, glowering down on and menacing the lower-lying Canadian trenches seen in the picture adjoining to the LEFT. [link to Good Housekeeping 3-SC-SU-243] So vital an anchor did the massive bastion provide or the whole line on the western front that the German high command had spared no no pains to convert it into an inland Gibraltar and felt confident they had made it impregnable. Nevertheless it was finally stormed and captured by the Canadian corps on April 9 in 1917.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTS2-3-SC-SU-241
      Canadian Great War memorial Vimy Ridge France
      Allward, Walter Seymour, 1876-1955
      1936 circa
      Vimy Ridge Memorial, designed by Walter Allward
      Allward, Walter Seymour, 1876-1955
      7/25/1936
      Drawings by Georges Plasse of Walter Allward's Canadian Great War Memorial at Vimy Ridge, France
      Allward, Walter Seymour, 1876-1955. Canadian War Memorial, Vimy Ridge, France
      1936 circa