Vimy: The Battle and the Legend Paris at War Presenting more than one hundred

Presenting more than one hundred photographs from the archives of the Royal Armouries

With his older brother gone to fight in the Great War

and Washington

how the different navies fought

Vimy: The Battle and the Legend Paris at War Presenting more than one hundredDescription by Tim Cook Paperback A bold new telling of the defining battle of the Great War, and how it came to signify and solidify Canadas national identity Why does Vimy matter? How did a four day battle at the midpoint of the Great War, a clash that had little strategic impact on the larger Allied war effort, become elevated to a national symbol of Canadian identity? Tim Cook, Canadas foremost military historian and a Charles Taylor Prize winner,