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Battle of Artois : Vimy Ridge, Canadian National Historic Site. Symbol of friendship between Canada and France, the two white towers of the memorial, built in the heart of the mining area, remember the sacrifice of 11,285 Canadians missing soldiers in France during the war. The monument stands where, after an assault launched on 9 April 1917, the troops with maple leaf, met for the first time within a non British army corps have won Vimy Ridge, marking a major chapter in the history of the Canadian nation. On the base of the monument is engraved in stone the following words: VIMY, VAILLANCE TO HIS SON IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR SIXTY THOUSAND DEAD THE CANADIAN PEOPLE THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED. On the walls of the monument are the names of Canadian soldiers
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Battle of Artois : Vimy Ridge, Canadian National Historic Site. Symbol of friendship between Canada and France, the two white towers of the memorial, built in the heart of the mining area, remember the sacrifice of 11,285 Canadians missing soldiers in France during the war. The monument stands where, after an assault launched on 9 April 1917, the troops with maple leaf, met for the first time within a non British army corps have won Vimy Ridge, marking a major chapter in the history of the Canadian nation. On the base of the monument is engraved in stone the following words: VIMY, VAILLANCE TO HIS SON IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR SIXTY THOUSAND DEAD THE CANADIAN PEOPLE THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED. On the walls of the monument are the names of Canadian soldiers "missing the call and presumed dead 'in France. The Vimy ridge is forested today : Each tree was planted by a Canadian and symbolizes the sacrifice of a soldier. In the foreground, the remains of the battlefield.

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