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The attack would be made on a front of 7,000 yd (4 mi; 6 km), with its centre opposite the village of Vimy, to the east of the ridge. [14] The first objective, the Black Line, was the German forward defensive position. [ 18 ]
The German attack on Vimy Ridge (Unternehmen Schleswig-Holstein /Operation Schleswig-Holstein) was a local attack on the Western Front on 21 May 1916, during the First World War. The Germans intended to prevent mines being blown under German positions by capturing the British front line and mine gallery entrances.
The German attack on Vimy Ridge (Unternehmen Schleswig-Holstein /Operation Schleswig-Holstein) was a local German attack on Vimy Ridge. The attack took place on 21 May 1916 on the Western Front during the First World War. At the Third Battle of Artois (25 September – 4 November 1915) the French Tenth Army captured positions on the western ...
6-inch gun of the Royal Garrison Artillery firing over Vimy Ridge behind Canadian lines at night. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the Canadian Corps against three divisions of the German ...
On 21 May 1916, the German infantry conducted the German attack on Vimy Ridge along a 1,800 m (5,900 ft) front to force them from positions along the base of the ridge. [9] The Germans captured several British-controlled tunnels and mine craters before halting their advance and entrenching their positions. [9]
The Canadian Corps was posted to the northern part of Vimy Ridge in October 1916 and preparations for an attack were revived in February 1917. [12] Prior to the Battle of Vimy Ridge (9–12 April 1917), the British tunnelling companies secretly laid a series of explosive charges under German positions in an effort to destroy surface ...
The Canadian Corps was posted to the northern part of Vimy Ridge in October 1916 and preparations for an attack were revived in February 1917. [9] Prior to the Battle of Vimy Ridge (9 – 12 April 1917), the British tunnelling companies secretly laid a series of explosive charges under German positions in an effort to destroy surface ...
The battalion fought at the centre of the 3rd Brigade during the attack on Vimy Ridge and faced strong opposition. Several German strongpoints had survived the creeping barrage and their machine-guns caught the 14th in the open. By the end of the day the battalion's casualties were 92 killed and 173 wounded. [4]