Vimy Ridge

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• Vimy Ridge
• 1917

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rolling barrage
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In the week leading up to the battle the enemy
positions were pounded by constant shelling.
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Hill 145, the highest and most important feature
of the Ridge, and where the Vimy monument now
stands, was captured.
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But it was victory at a heavy cost 3,598
Canadians were killed and another 7,000 wounded.
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4 Canadians won the Victoria Cross for their
bravery at Vimy Ridge Thain Wendell Macdowell
John George Pattison William Johnstone
Milne Ellis Welwood Sifton
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Passchendaele1917
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The Battle of Mud
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General Haig wanted to break through Flanders
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And destroy the German u-boats on the Belgian
coast.
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Haig believed German morale to be low perfect
time to strike!
He was wrong
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The Germans were prepared for the attack, and the
Allies suffered heavy casualties
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The battlefield turned to liquid mud, drowning
horses and men making tanks useless
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eventually the Canadian troops captured
Passchendaele
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The Allies had casualties numbering 500 000. The
German count was 250 000
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The 7 kilometers of front line that Canadian
troops gained was lost back to the Germans
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16 000 Canadians died