On April 9th, 1917, soldiers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) reached the top of Hill 145 on Vimy Ridge in France, a feat which had not been accomplished by either the British or French troops since the Germans gained control of the hill in 2-1/2 years earlier. It was the most successful Allied battle in World War One to that point, and established the CEF as the elite Allied fighting corps.
Over the past 90 years, many historians and Canadians have come to look up on Vimy Ridge as symbolic of Canada's emergence as a nation, and you can learn more about Vimy Ridge and its significance at the following websites.
A photo I took from the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in March, 2000.
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