Vimy Ridge: April 9th, 1917

CCIP · 04-09-07, 10:49 PM

Aye. I wish there was as much enthusiasm for the Battle of the Atlantic here in Canada as well - no less important, and went on far far longer! (maybe that's the reason - more focused battles with a confined geography are easy to tell to the masses about). Canada also seems to remember Dieppe well, a much less glorious episode but still an important lesson.

Vimy, though, is a great example of how even a seemingly green force can pull off a real valiant performance when everything is tightly organized and coordinated. I read that even individual soldiers were issued accurate maps and everything was planned on the platoon level, with everyone knowing exactly what their task and function was. A lesson a lot of armies could learn from even today!

04-09-07, 10:49 PM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Aye. I wish there was as much enthusiasm for the Battle of the Atlantic here in Canada as well - no less important, and went on far far longer! (maybe that's the reason - more focused battles with a confined geography are easy to tell to the masses about). Canada also seems to remember Dieppe well, a much less glorious episode but still an important lesson. Vimy, though, is a great example of how even a seemingly green force can pull off a real valiant performance when everything is tightly organized and coordinated. I read that even individual soldiers were issued accurate maps and everything was planned on the platoon level, with everyone knowing exactly what their task and function was. A lesson a lot of armies could learn from even today! __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)