Slide 1 Important Canadian Battles in WWI Slide 2 Vimy Ridge- April 1917 Many historians consider the Canadian victory at Vimy a defining moment for Canada The Canadian Corps…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Second Battle of Ypres April – May 1915 British offensive tactics prove ineffective First use of chlorine gas Establishes Canada as a fighting force 59,000…

Slide 1 Canadian Battles of World War I Canadian History 11 D. Denike Slide 2 The Main Canadian Battle Sites Ypres (1915) Belgium St-Eloi, France (1916) Mount Sorel, France(1916)…

Slide 1 BATTLE OF VIMY RIDGE CREATED BY OLEH KRYVULYAK Slide 2 DAMAGE OF WWI - W W 1 is famous for the extensive damage and terrible failures Slide 3 BEST BATTLE IN THE WAR…

Vimy Ridge The Battle that Defined Canada Significance Brought Canada together. First time all Canadian divisions fought together. More ground, more guns, and more German…

World War 1 The Canadian Battles â Vimy Ridge CHC2P / D Ms. Pannell Vimy Ridge Objective To seize Vimy Ridge, a long whale like hump of land 60 meters above the Douai Plain.…

Slide 1 VIMY RIDGE â THE MAKING OF CANADA Vimyâs History prior to 1917 The German fortifications at Vimy: three layers of trenches barbed wire deep tunnels. The hill provided…

PowerPoint Presentation Life in the Trenches Front line trenches faced each other across no-manâs land. - They were often wet and rat infested, and Soldier often dealt with…

Canada & WW 1, 1914 - 1918 Canada & WW 1, 1914 - 1918 Canadians in Battle The War on Land: Trench Warfare Trench Warfare Schlieffen Plan almost succeeded as German…

Vimy Ridge 1917 rolling barrage Hill 145, the highest and most important feature of the Ridge, and where the Vimy monument now stands, was captured. âThe Battle at Vimy…