CANADIAN BATTLES: Vimy Ridge & Passchendaele
VIMY RIDGE (April 1917)
OBJECTIVE:
• Reclaim ________________ (in ______________) from ______________ control
• The ________ provided a good _________ of British ________________________
• Provided ______________ for factories manufacturing _________ for ____________
GENERAL ARTHUR CURRIE:
• Canadian General ______________________was ordered to have his troops capture Vimy Ridge
• _____________ ordered his troops to follow _____________ fire on the German’s position
• By using a ____________________, Canadians gained the _____________of
__________________
• Currie prepared for the _______________ (reconnaissance, ____________, practicing
maneuvers, ________________ were built to bring in ____________, _______________ were
dug to ensure _____________ could move both ___________________ and _______________)
The Battle
_________________________, (5:30am) Easter Monday, the ________________________
barrage began to move _______________ the _________________.
_________________ Canadian ________________ went “_____________________”
The _________________ crossed No Man's Land, through shell-holes and shattered trenches
The Canadians were________________
The Germans ______________________ more than ________ km.
• The Canadians were _________________ to completely _________________ German
________: their _________________ had gotten ____________ in the __________, and was left
______________________
• Instead, some ________________ took over _______________ ___________________ which
they had been _____________ to ____________
RESULTS / CASUALTIES:
• In _________ days, the Canadians ______________ Vimy Ridge (something the ____________
and ________________ forces ________________________)
• This was the only ___________________ victory for the ____________ in ___________
• Canadians attacked German machine-guns, with great __________________ which
___________ many ________________
The __________________ captured more ______________, ________________ and ________
than any ____________British ___________.
Canadian Casualties:
• ___________________ (______________ dead)
• Vimy Ridge ____________ to the ____________ that Canadians were able to both _______ and
_______ a successful attack
• In _________________, the _______________ at Vimy helped to create
____________________ (troops from all ___________ Canada __________ in the
____________)
• As a result of this ____________, Canada won a __________ as a __________ nation during the
_______________________ that followed the _________________
PASSCHENDAELE (1917)
Passcendaele is a ________________ in ___________________
______________ and _______________ troops had fought there for more than
_______________ when the _____________ arrived. Their efforts had been _______________
(______________casualties, little _______________ won).
• ___________ forces were _______________ to take the Passchendaele _________________
DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTLEFIELD:
• Heavy _____________destroyed the _____________ system, and heavy ________ that lasted
for ________ turned the _____________ into a muddy mess that ______________ horses,
_______ and _______________
• Everything (______________________) was __________________
• There were ______________________________________
• The ___________ of _______________ (from earlier battles) were _______ all over the
battlefield
• The Germans were on _________________________
• They could __________ the ________________________
• They _______________ them with _____________, machine guns and __________________
• The _______________ had many _____________.
• _______________ are protective “______________” made of ____________ and steel with
very thick ______________ and _____________.
• They ______________ German _______________ from ____________________
• Most had ____________ the Germans could ________________ out of
• A pillbox could hold ____________ men
• In Passchendaele, __________________ also kept ___________ soldiers ________, and
_________ of the ________________
• The Germans had _____________ of pillboxes and _____________ scattered throughout the
___________ (some in ___________ and _________________)
ROLE OF CANADIAN SOLDIERS/TROOPS:
• In late _________________ of 1917, the Canadians ___________ through _________ deep
_________ and perform a _____________of ___________ on the Germans
• By _____________________, the Canadians reach the _____________ of the _____________ of
Passchendaele
• The Canadians held their ______________ for _______ days until _______________________
arrive.
RESULTS/CASUALTIES:
• Canadian Casualties: ______________ (___________________ killed)
• Only _____________ of the Canadian troops are _______________
• The ______________ gained ________ km of _________ land that the ____________ soon
____________ back again