Vimy Ridge
Alexander McKee
Sold by Raven & Gryphon Fine Books, Hackett's Cove, NS, Canada
AbeBooks Seller since 30 October 2017
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Fine
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Add to basketSold by Raven & Gryphon Fine Books, Hackett's Cove, NS, Canada
AbeBooks Seller since 30 October 2017
Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketVimy Ridge; Alexander McKee; Souvenir Press, London, 1966. First printing. From the blurb 150,000 Frenchmen fell in a single year of fighting for Vimy Ridge, but at the end, the long, sinister hogsback was still in the hands of the Germans. Then, in 1916, the British took over and the battle went underground, war waged in the darkness of narrow tunnels and mineshafts deep below the surface. The Germans counter-attacked from the crest and took the British mineshafts. When the four divisions of the Canadian Corps assembled for the last assault in 1917, Vimy Ridge had earned a reputation for blood-soaked invincibility, as the impregnable German Gibraltar of the Western Front. What happened when the Canadians attacked on that Easter Monday has never been told in full before. Here at last, in the words of more than a hundred witnesses, is the full authentic story. As one of them said In spit of the blizzard, the attack, for the first time in the war, went forward like clockwork. Behind the merciless precision of the Canadian assault lay months of planning and preparation, of meticulous rehearsal. Before the ground battle could even begin, the air battle had to be fought and won. An overwhelming artillery power had to be brought in and registered on its targets in advance. And when this fantastic set-piece battle began, the most incongruous elements were involved tanks and infantry, aeroplanes and cavalry, kite balloons and gigantic naval guns. Alexander McKee has sought out from the length and breath of Canada, and from the United Kingdom, a host of witnesses to represent fully the many elements which, united, brought swift and crushing success to the arms of Canada. For the Germans, it was the writing on the wall they were no longer facing amateurs but professional storm troops. For Canada, the capture of the Ridge marked the day her regiments became an army. This book, 242 pages is in fine condition in a very-good dust jacket that is now in a protective mylar wrap. The book has map endpapers and a number of black and white photographs throughout the volume.
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