Through Their Eyes: A Graphic History of Hill 70 and Canada's First World War

by Robert C. Engen and Matthew Barrett

Book Overview

By the summer of 1917, Canadian troops had captured Vimy Ridge, but Allied offensives had stalled across many fronts of the Great War. To help break the stalemate of trench warfare, the Canadian Corps commander, Lieutenant-General Arthur Currie, was tasked with capturing Hill 70, a German stronghold near the French town of Lens.After securing the hill on 15 August, Canadian soldiers endured days of shelling, machine-gun fire, and poison gas as they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228014751
• ISBN13: 9780228014751
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 1.2" x 7.1"