Vimy Ridge [[electronic resource] ] : A Canadian Reassessment / / edited by Geoffrey Hayes, Andrew Iarocci, Mike Bechthold

• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.4; 940.4/32; 940.432
• Soggetto topico: Monument de Vimy (France); Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 - Campagnes et batailles - France; Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 - Canada; Vimy, Bataille de, 1917; Monument commemoratif du Canada à Vimy (Pas-de-Calais, France); World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - France; World War, 1914-1918 - Canada; Vimy Ridge, Battle of, France, 1917
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: IarocciAndrew <1976-> BechtholdMichael <1968-> HayesGeoffrey <1961->
• Note generali: "Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies"--Cover, p. [4].
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-337) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Strategic Background; Part II: The Battle for Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917; Part III: Aftermath and Memory; Appendices; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: On the morning of April 9, 1917, troops of the Canadian Corps under General Julian Byng attacked the formidable German defences of Vimy Ridge. Since then, generations of Canadians have shared a deep emotional attachment to the battle, inspired partly by the spectacular memorial on the battlefield. Although the event is considered central in Canadian military history, most people know very little about what happened during that memorable Easter in northern France. Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment draws on the work of a new generation of scholars who explore the battle fro
• Titolo autorizzato: Vimy Ridge
• ISBN: 1-299-31316-7; 1-55458-095-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154702903321
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