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Capturing Hill 70 - Canada's Forgotten Battle of the First World War (Paperback)
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Capturing Hill 70 - Canada's Forgotten Battle of the First World War (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Canadian Military History
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In August 1917, the Canadian Corps captured Hill 70, vital terrain
just north of the French town of Lens. The Canadians suffered some
5,400 casualties and in three harrowing days defeated twenty-one
German counterattacks. This spectacularly successful but shockingly
costly battle was as innovative as Vimy, yet few Canadians have
heard of it or of subsequent attempts to capture Lens, which
resulted in nearly 3,300 more casualties. Capturing Hill 70 marks
the centenary of this triumph by dissecting different facets of the
battle, from planning and conducting operations to long-term
repercussions and commemoration. It reinstates Hill 70 to its
rightful place among the pantheon of battles that forged the
reputation of the famed Canadian Corps during the First World War.
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