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At the Canadian National Vimy Memorial - including both this monument and a park with remains of the battlefield of Vimy Ridge, with trenches and the disrupted earth showing how the landscape looked not just here but along most of the Western front after the war. 

The battle of Vimy Ridge was between Commonwealth troops (4 Canadian division and one British) and German forces on 9 to 12 April 1917 as part of the Battle of Arras. The Commonwealth had 170 000 men there, 3 598 died and 7 004 were wounded. It is not known how many of the Germans that were killed or wounded. (The memorial area also includes several Commonwealth war cemeteries.)

This monument commemorates not only the Canadians who died here, but all Canadians with no known grave from the First World War, all in all 11 169. The land was given to Canada by France in 1922 and work began in 1924 after a design by Walter Seymour Allward. It was officially unveiled in 1936 by king Edward VII.

Taken in: France / Hauts-de-France / Arrondissement de Lens / Givenchy-en-Gohelle (show map)

Taken on: June 15, 2017

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France

frankreich

francia

フランス

Battle of Vimy Ridge

vimy ridge

vimy

Bataille de la crête de Vimy

crête de vimy

Battaglia del crinale di Vimy

crinale vimy

slaget vid vimyhöjden

vimyhöjden

memorial

minnesmärke

Gedenkstätte

Monumento conmemorativo

Mémorial

記念物

first world war

wwI

world war one

the great war

första världskriget

erster weltkrieg

Primera Guerra Mundial

Gran Guerra

Première Guerre mondiale

Grande Guerre

Prima guerra mondiale

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Camera: Nikon D90, f/14.0, 1/200 sec, 40mm (=60mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D90
Lens:	18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/14.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	40mm (35mm equivalent: 60mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
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Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
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