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Vimy
Vimy

Haunting birth of a nation in battle

If you like history that feels immediate and human, this is a powerful read. Pierre Berton turns a famous battle into something lived-in and intimate, showing frightened young soldiers, brutal trench conditions, and the sheer improbability of the victory. It’s especially compelling for readers drawn to wartime stories where national identity, courage, and loss are all bound together.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780385658423
Authors: Pierre Berton
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Date of Publication: 2001-10-09
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History
Related Topics: European History, World History, Historical, War
Goodreads rating: 4.33
(rated by 1674 readers)

Description

One chilly Easter dawn in 1917, a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France went over the top of a muddy scar known as Vimy Ridge. Within hours, they held in their grasp what had eluded both British and French armies in over two years of fighting, and they had seized the best-defended German bastion on the Western Front. How could an army of civilians from a nation with no military tradition secure the first enduring victory in thirty-two months of warfare, with ten thousand casualties, when the French had lost 150,000 men in their unsuccessful attempt? Pierre Berton's haunting and lucid narrative shows how, unfettered by military rules, civilians used daring and common sense to overcome obstacles that had eluded the professionals. Drawing on unpublished personal accounts and interviews, Berton brings home what it was like for the young men, some no more than sixteen years old, who climbed their way up the sodden, shell-torn slopes in a struggle they innocently believed would make war obsolete. He tells of the soldiers who endured horrific conditions to secure this great victory, painting a vivid picture of trench warfare. In his account of this great battle, Pierre Berton brilliantly illuminated the moment of tragedy and greatness that marked Canada's emergence as a nation.
 

Haunting birth of a nation in battle

If you like history that feels immediate and human, this is a powerful read. Pierre Berton turns a famous battle into something lived-in and intimate, showing frightened young soldiers, brutal trench conditions, and the sheer improbability of the victory. It’s especially compelling for readers drawn to wartime stories where national identity, courage, and loss are all bound together.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.