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VIMY RIDGE
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FIVE MILE RIDGE 500 FT TALL ONLY HIGH GROUND ON DOUAI PLAIN SEIZED BY GERMANS IN 1914
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FRENCH HAD ATTACKED IN 1915 BRITISH AS WELL ALLIES 200,000 CASUALTIES GERMANS 100,000 LINES UNCHANGED
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HUGE DUGOUTS IMPREGNABLE WELCOME CANADIANS JULIEN BYNG ARTHUR CURRIE
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MEN WERE TRUSTED REHEARSALS MAPS AIR SUPERIORITY CREEPING BARRAGE INDIRECT FIRE
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PLATOON REORGANIZATION MACNAUGHTON AND SCIENCE TUNNELS TUMP LINE
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Vimy Memorial
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A TRENCH AT VIMY PRESERVED AS PART OF THE MONUMENT.
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Another terrain shot
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More terrain
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A FURTHER VIEW OF THE TRENCH LINES PRESERVED AT VIMY.
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PART OF THE TUNNEL SYSTEM USED BY THE CANADIAN CORPS AT VIMY FOR PROTECTION AND SURPRISE. MANY WALLS ARE MARKED WITH THE STORY OF THE SOLDIER WAITING FOR BATTLE.
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AERIAL VIEW OF THE MONUMENT. ALL THIS LAND IS NOW PART OF CANADA.
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PART OF THE MONUMENT. NOTE THE INSCRIPTION.
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PART OF THE SUCCESS AT VIMY WAS BECAUSE OF THE CDN WORK ETHIC. HERE MG POSTS ARE BEING SET UP.
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MORE CANADIAN EFFORT AT VIMY
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At work in vimy
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ARTILLERY AND THE CREEPING BARRAGE PLAYED A KEY ROLE AT VIMY
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A FRACTION OF THE SHELLS EXPENDED.
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TANKS TOO MADE AN EARLY APPEARANCE
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POST CARD SHOWING CANADIAN ADVANCE AT VIMY. THESE TYPES OF CARDS WERE PRODUCED FROM REAL SHOTS, TO BOOST MORAL.
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Google says Vimy I say Passchendaele
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MACHINE GUN POST AT WORK. INDIRECT FIRE WAS A GREAT INNOVATION AT VIMY.
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OVER THE TOP AT VIMY. IN THE END THE INDIVIUAL SOLDIER STILL HAD TO TAKE THE RIDGE.
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SOME OF THE GERMANS SURRENDERING AT VIMY. THE IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS HAD FALLEN.
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AFTER THE WAR, TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTORY A BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT WAS ERECTED ON THE SITE.
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PRICE FOR VICTORY WAS NOT CHEAP HOWEVER. THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS LIKE THIS ONE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE.
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THOSE LEFT BEHIND, FOR WHOM REMEMBRANCE DAY IS ALL ABOUT.
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DEDICATION PLAQUE
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THE MEMORIAL AT VIMY RIDGE, HILL 145
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DEDICATION INSCRIPTION ON PANEL
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VIMY MONUMENT BEING RESTORED
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VIMY TODAY
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DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE MONUMENT WORKERS USED EXTRA CONCRETE TO RESTORE SECTIONS OF CANADIAN AND GERMAN TRENCHES
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RESTORED CANADIAN TRENCH LINE
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SIGN FOR GERMAN FRONT LINE, WITHIN 50 FEET OF CDN
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RESTORED GERMAN TRENCH LINE
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CAUTION SIGN, ONE UNEXPLOED ORDINANCE FOR EVERY SQUARE FOOT. RED ZONED
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REMNANTS OF CANADIAN LINE
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TERRAIN MARKED BY WAR
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HUGE CRATER FROM MINE EXPLOSION
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ENTRANCE INTO GRANGE TUNNEL
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THE MAPLE LEAF ROOM
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UNEXPLODED FRENCH SHELL FROM 1915
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COMMUNICATIONS ROOM INSIDE TUNNEL
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VICTOR ODLUM’S QUARTERS IN TUNNEL
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RAILWAY LINE INSIDE TUNNEL
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RAILWAY TUNNEL INSIDE GRANGE TUNNEL
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ARTIFACT ROOM WITH DISPLAY
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SIGNS FOR CDN CEMETERIES AT VIMY
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CANADIAN CEMETERY NO 2
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DEDICATION PLAQUE AT CEMETERY
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CANADIAN CEMETERY NO 2 VIMY RIDGE
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THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVES. THEY ARE SIMPLY KNOWN UNTO GOD
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ANOTHER SHOT OF CANADIAN CEMETERY NO 2
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