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The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the Canadia...
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Petain replaced Nivelle May 15. May 17 - Battle of Arras officially ended. The British lost 158,660 casualties since Apr. 9, and average of 4076 per day for the 39-day battle (Somme averaged 2943 per day for 141 days, and Paschendale averaged 2323 for 105 days).
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The battle of Arras ran from the 9th of April, 1917 through to the ... Eventually, as the battle concluded, the casualties resulted in the British army summed up to almost 15,000 whereas the number of men lost in the German troops summed up to almost 100,000 casualties. Many areas of land were also seized in this battle.
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THE BATTLE OF ARRAS ... The first two lines of trenches were taken with very little opposition and few casualties. Most of the German survivors were so stunned that they gladly surrendered to the advancing Tommies. The German artillery, with its communications cut to ribbons, was so badly hit that it could make only a...
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In the fighting around Arras, the British suffered 158,660 casualties while the Germans incurred between 130,000 to 160,000. The Battle of Arras is generally considered a British victory due to the capture of Vimy Ridge and other territorial gains, however it did little to alter the strategic situation on the...
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The Battle of Arras was a battle of the Great War fought between April and May 1917. It was an effective but costly British attack on German forces in support of a French offensive, which was only partially successful, ... British casualties totalled 84,000 as compared to 75,000 German casualties. Research Battle of Arras...
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Battle of World War I, April–May 1917; an effective but costly British attack on German forces in support of a French offensive, which was only partially successful, on the Siegfried Line. British casualties totalled 170,000 as compared to 75,000 German casualties ... arras; arras; arras; arras; arras; Arras Cathedral;
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Appendix I: Skeleton Order of Battle (and Casualties), British Divisions ... Appendix II: Skeleton Order of Battle, German Divisions ... Cover Art for Cheerful Sacrifice: The Battle of Arras 1917...
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It was like the days of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme again, and the Battle of Arras, if that is what it is to be called may prove no less disastrous to the Germans. Such a battle as has begun this morning cannot be fought without heavy casualties.
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