All was not quiet on the Western Front during the last years of WWI. Soldiers faced mud, trench foot, bombardments, barbed wire, snipers, and poison gas. Despite dreadful odds, the Canadian Corps moved forward, reaching deep inside enemy-occupied Belgium. The war cost Canada 60,661 of its finest citizens and thousands more who were wounded in body and mind.
After their hard-won victory at Vimy Ridge, Canadians earned the admiration of the world - and a reputation as soldiers who could get the job done. From that moment in 1917, Canadian soldiers proved themselves again and again on the bloody battlefields of Passchendaele, Lens, Hill 70, and Amiens, during the Hundred Day''s offensive.
From Vimy to Victory is presented in an engaging and accessible scrapbook style, with facts and details accompanied by first-person accounts, letters describing life at the Front, wartime diaries, and numerous images, maps, and diagrams that bring World War I to vivid life.
Sydney 5A
ReplyDeleteI give this book a 6 out of ten because I personally don't like reading about war. But I did learn some really important stuff on what Canadians did for us, and how we lost so many people in war. I was also intrigued by on the last day of the war it was to stop at 11 on November 11 and a Canadian got shot at 10:58. He was the last Canadian to die in the war. It didn't quite seem fair.
Denya5A
ReplyDeleteMy rating for ''From Vimy to Victory'' is a 6/10 because it was a bit of a boring book, and it wasn't very organized. Though, the book did remind me of all the amazing people in the war, and what we can do as a country. The soldiers are brave people, especially leaders like Arthur Currie, and also the others who weren't noticed normally, like the nurses, and the people who drive the injured to the nearest hospital. At the end of book, there was a part about a German that one of the Canadien leaders had found hiding in one of the houses cupboards, and I was happy to read that the Canadien man let that German go free.
Raphaelle5A.I give this book a 5 out of ten because it was a little boring and confusing.This book made me realize how awful the war was and it was very sad learning about all those people that lost there lives. My favorite part of the book was the part about Arthur Currie that lead his army to victory and was very brave to do so.I also liked the end of the book because it was good to hear that the terrible war was over.
ReplyDeleteJulian 5/6 C
ReplyDeleteI would give this book 6/10. It was a boring book, i do not usually read about war, but when I do it is kind of boring. But I learned a lot about how the Canadiens helped out in the war. I was truly shocked I just thought Britain called them up and they didn't do much, but no they did a lot. But by doing that also a lot of men and women got killed. I did not think sergeants were so nice but when the Canadian sergeant said I would rather use shells than a life.
Matthew 5\6 C
ReplyDeleteI give this book 8\10. I found it very interesting and I learned lots of things I didn't know about WW1. I liked that the book followed Arthur Currie and Will Bird. I found it 2 things very sad. First, that April 9, 1917 is the bloodiest day in Canada's military history, 3,598 men died and 7,004 men were injured. Second the last canadian to die in World War 1 was Private George Price who was shot by a sniper at 10:58, two minutes before the war ended. :(
Sam 5/6C
ReplyDeleteI give From Vimy to Victory a 8/10. I liked how it acknowledged to all the soldiers who died in WW1. I found it sad that 4,367 were killed and that the last canadian who died in WW1 was Private George Price at 10:58 a.m. I liked how it followed a canadian war hero's story for about a page because that way you got to learn about a lot of heroes such as Corporal Herman good and Talbot Papineau.