the battle of vimy ridge happened on 26 july 1936.
the battle of vimy ridge happened on 26 july 1936.
when did the battle of vimy ridge happen?
26 july 1936
section::::sector 3 artois: loretto heights and vimy ridge.:the battle of vimy ridge 9 to 12 april 1917.









































the canadian corps, commanded by sir julian byng, was ordered to seize vimy ridge in april 1917.









































in the week leading up to the battle, canadian and british artillery subjected the enemy positions on the ridge to a constant barrage and the new no. 106 fuze, which allowed shells to explode on contact, as opposed to burying themselves in ground, facilitated the destruction of hardened defences and barbed wire.
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172nd tunnelling company stayed near vimy and remained active in the area in preparation for the battle of vimy ridge (9–12 april 1917), together with 175th and 182nd tunnelling companies. 184th tunnelling company and 255th tunnelling company also served a tenure at vimy. the canadian corps was posted to the northern part of vimy ridge in october 1916 and preparations for an attack were revived in february 1917. prior to the battle of vimy ridge, the british tunnelling companies secretly laid a series of explosive charges under german positions in an effort to destroy surface fortifications before the assault. the original plan had called for 17 mines and 9 "wombat" charges to support the infantry attack, of which 13 (possibly 14) mines and 8 "wombat" charges were eventually laid. at the same time, 19 crater groups existed along this section of the western front, each with several large craters. in order to assess the consequences of infantry having to advance across cratered ground after a mining attack, officers from the canadian corps visited la boisselle and fricourt where the mines on the first day of the somme had been blown. their reports and the experience of the canadians at st eloi in april 1916 – where mines had so altered and damaged the landscape as to render occupation of the mine craters by the infantry all but impossible –, led to the decision to remove offensive mining from the central sector allocated to the canadian corps at vimy ridge. further british mines in the area were vetoed following the blowing by the germans on 23 march 1917 of nine craters along no man's land as it was probable that the germans were aiming to restrict an allied attack to predictable points. the three mines already laid by 172nd tunnelling company were also dropped from the british plans. they were left in place after the assault and were only removed in the 1990s. another mine, prepared by 176th tunnelling company against the german strongpoint known as the pimple, was not completed in time for the attack. the gallery had been pushed silently through the clay, avoiding the sandy and chalky layers of the vimy ridge, but by 9 april 1917 was still short of its target. in the end, two mines were blown before the attack, while three mines and two "wombat" charges were fired to support the attack, including those forming a northern flank.
172nd tunnelling company