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Vimy Ridge vimy ridge (Preparations (push trucks were made to evacuate the…
Vimy Ridge 
Preparations
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20 miles of railroad in the corps area which gasoline driven or mules drew light trains carried tons of ammunition and rations.
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The vimy glide
The first waves of the "creeping Barrage" suffered great loses compared to later waves. Though noticing the drastic loss in men they still continued the attack
"Bayonet" men carried a rifle, bayonet, 120 rounds of ammuntiton, two mills bombs, and a smoke helmet.
The Canadians captured 4000 prisoners, took 104 trench mortars, and 124 machine guns. With plenty of success at Vimy Canadians also lost 3589 of their soldiers
Living the trench life
Long days in the trenches mean wet feet and ultimately trench foot. Trench foot occurs mostly in cold wet conditions. Getting trench foot could mean getting an amputated foot or even death. The only knows way to fight trench foot is to regularly dry your feet and change your socks
Trench mortars were a big part of trench warfare.They had the power to obliterate buildings and destroy trenches
Sappers were people who dug underground to approach the walls of a besieged fort.They also dug under those walls and then collapsed them for an easier attack
Julian Byng and currie
Julian byng turned canadian troops into an elite army under Byngs leadership. The canadians under his wing loved and respected him so much they called themselfs the "Byng boys"
Though being one of the greatest generals of WW1 he had some difficulty with Sam Hughes the minister of militia at the beginning of the war being publically criticized on March 4, 1919.
sources
“World War I Centenary: Trench Foot.” The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Company, graphics.wsj.com/100-legacies-from-world-war-1/trench-foot.
“Vimy Ridge: April 1917.” Canadians at War, 1914-1918, by Donald M. Santor, Prentice-Hall of Canada, 1978, pp. 16–17.
“The First World War in 100 Objects.” The First World War in 100 Objects, by John Hughes-Wilson et al., Firefly Books, 2014, pp. 286–291.
“World War I Centenary: Trench Foot.” The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Company, graphics.wsj.com/100-legacies-from-world-war-1/trench-foot.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Sapper.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2 Nov. 2016, www.britannica.com/technology/sapper-military-engineering.
“Byng and Currie.” The Road to Vimy Ridge, 11 July 2018, vimyridge.valourcanada.ca/the-road-to-vimy-ridge/gearing-up/byng-and-currie/.
Admin. “History Of Vimy Ridge – Vimy Foundation.” Vimy Foundation, www.vimyfoundation.ca/learn/vimy-ridge/.
“Sir Arthur Currie.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-arthur-currie.
connections/ reflections
Vimy Ridge is where my character is Oswald White is enlisted at, he also ends up sending a trench letter to his wife there and where he ends up dying being on the first waves during the Vimy glide.
Quote
"If those posters included the sacrifices, scaring moments, horrific decaying bodies, and terrible living conditions. People wouldn't even think about the decent pay and the glorified accomplishment of fighting for our country" - Oswald White
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