Dust jacket is price clipped, has very light edgewear/wrinkling. How could an army of civilians from a nation without a military tradition secure the first enduring Imperial victory in thirty-two months of warfare? The answer, as Pierre Berton makes vividly clear in his haunting account, was precisely that these men were civilians, with flexible minds unfettered by military rules.' Minor wrinkling at top of spine. They went over the top at dawn by lunch time, most of the ridge was in their hands - at a cost of only ten thousand casualties. 1984 Masquerade, 1985 Vimy, 1986 Starting Out, 1987 The Arctic Grail. Nor did the Germans even the British were skeptical. Source for information on Berton, Pierre: Writers Directory 2005 dictionary. The French, who had lost 150,000 men trying to take the ridge, didn't believe it could be done. They seized and held the best-defended German bastion on the Western Front - a muddy scarp known as the Vimy Ridge. 'On a chill Easter Monday in 1917, with a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France did what neither the British nor the French armies had been able to do in more than two years of fighting. It does not store any personal data.336 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4' H). The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. VIMY By Pierre Berton Published in softback by Pen & Sword Military £12. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Functional'. The Canadians were brave fighters in the cause of world. Each and every Canadian will surely remember what happened on that horrible battlefield to stop the carnage of the First World War.

The Canadian Corps changed history at Vimy Ridge. It gives the reader a clear picture of what happened in 1917. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'. Vimy by Pierre Berton Trade Paperback Condition: Near Fine Category: History - Canadian ISBN: 9780385658423 Publisher: Anchor Canada Published Date: 2001. Vimy - Pierre Berton This book is a classic. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.