Vimy Ridge : a Canadian reassessment

Hayes, Geoffrey, 1961- (Added Author). Bechthold, Michael, 1968- (Added Author). Iarocci, Andrew, 1976- (Added Author). Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780889205086
ISBN: 0889205086
Physical Description: print
xiv, 353 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Waterloo, Ont. : Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies/Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-337) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: The Strategic Background -- 1. Vimy Ridge and the Battle of Arras: A British Perspective -- 2. The End of the Beginning: The Canadian Corps in 1917 -- 3. Vimy Ridge: The Battlefield before the Canadians -- Part II: The Battle for Vimy Ridge -- 4. "Old Wine in New Bottles": A Comparison of British for Canadian Preperations for the Battle of Arras -- 5. Julian Byng and Leadership in the Canadian Corps -- 6. The Gunners at Vimy: "We are Hammering Fritz to Pieces" -- 7. The Sappers of Vimy: Specialized Support for the Assult of 9 April 1917 -- 8. The Canadian Army Medical Corps at Vimy Ridge -- 9. The 1st Canadian Division: An Operational Mosaic -- 10. The 2nd Canadian Divison: An Operational Mosaic -- 10. The 2nd Canadian Divison: A "Most Spectacular Battle" -- 11. The 3rd Canadian Divsion: Forgotten Victory -- 12. The 4th Canadian Divsion: "Trenches Should be Saved" -- 13. The German Army at Vimy Ridge -- 14. In the Shadow of Vimy Ridge: The Canadian Corps in April and May 1917 -- Part III: Aftermath and Memory: 15. Battle Verse: Poetry and Nationalism after Vimy Ridge -- 16. "After the Agony in Stony Places": The Meaning and Significance of the Vimy Ridge Monument -- 17. Safeguarding Sanctity: Canada and the Vimy Memorial during the Second World War -- 18. Afterthoughts: THE EDITORS -- Appendices: 1. Order of Battle--Vimy Ridge -- 2. Lest We Forget: The Men of Vimy Ridge -- Selected Biography -- Contributors -- Index