Vimy Ridge Canada

It was 1917 when Canadian troops went to Vimy Ridge Canada had 100,000 men taking part in the battle. The reason the German's wanted the Ridge was because they wanted it for there defense, barring the way to the mines and factories in the Douai plain witch had been grate use to them in their continuation of the war. So did the Canadian's. Ridge was built strong, built in defense. Natural defenses had been supplement by strong-points. Some of the preparations where, The Canadian's built a ful-scale replica of the ground over witch their troops would have to attack, giving all unites the chance to practice their attacking movement and so understand what they were expected to do on the day. Regular reconnaissance patrols, assisted by information gathered from aerial photography, meant that records of changed to the German defenses on the Ridge were always upp-to-date. Tunnelers dug subterranean passages under the Ridge a total of five kilometers in all of four levels- allowing the attacking troops to move closer to their jumping-off position in some safety. Once the battle had begone, these same tunnels allowed the wounded to be brought back under cover and also provide unseen and safe lines of communications. First stage