✦ History

Part of World War I

Battle of Vimy Ridge

April 9–12, 1917 · Battle of Vimy Ridge

Result British Empire victory

The four Canadian divisions, attacking together for the first time, took Vimy Ridge at the start of the Arras offensive.

On the map Contemporaries

Central Powers

Allies

German Empire
Canada
United Kingdom
Ludwig von Falkenhausen military commander
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy military commander

Strength and losses

Captured
4,000
Deaths
3,598
Wounded
7,004

Units

6th Army (German Empire) I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps
First Army (United Kingdom) Canadian Corps 1st Canadian Division 24th Division (United Kingdom) 2nd Canadian Division 3rd Canadian Division 4th Canadian Division 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

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