What Are The Letters At The Vimy Ridge

I have received another letter from you and I was glad to hear from you. I am well and I hope these few lines will find you the same. I have been out on picket 3 days and we have to go out on picket again tomorrow and stay 3 days longer. We have got to stay here this winter to guard this place here. If we do, I shall have a good time, I think. It is cold here and the rain is cold There ain't much news here -- only to say the army [is] a moving. They have all gone out of the valley here. They are moving toward Richmond. They will have a big battle in a few days. They think that will close up the fighting. I hope so.

My final decision is that the battle of Vimy Ridge is the most significant event. This is because Canada winning the battle gave it a good reputation and shows how powerful the army can be when all 4 divisions and the Britain commanders join together as one team. Our soldiers were seen as strong, tactile, and good fighters which is another way of how the international rep of Canada increased. This battle also led to Canada getting its own commander, which would help greatly in future battles. Without the victory of the war, Canada today wouldn’t be as we know it and it would probably be much worse, we wouldn’t be on our path to an independant country, we wouldn’t have a good quality of life, there wouldn’t have been a good economy, and the

Please accept my deepest sympathy on the loss of your mother, Staff Sergeant Stephanie W. Plank, she was recently on a mission in Death Valley where she died from injuries sustained when her truck hit a large object in the road and overturned. She was one of my fine Staff Sergeants and a good person to all that knew her. This tragedy has taken a taken a fine Soldier, mother, wife, daughter, friend from this earth. I cannot and not explain in words how sorry I am for devastating lost. This Battalion will also be impacted over her loss.

Vimy ridge was one of Canada’s biggest defining moments in World War One. The major cause of this event was the German expansion in Vimy ridge, which was originally French land. The German army had set up three divisions in the ridge to expand their tunnel and trench systems. The Canadian corps had been called in, to relieve the British IV corps, whom had previously tried to regain control in the French land by, taking the land from German control. The operation commenced April 9th 1917 when the Canadian troops first entered the ridge. By April 12th 1917 the Canadian corps had full control of the ridge. Probably the worst consequence of Vimy Ridge was the 10 602 casualties, 3 598 killed and 7 004 wounded. The German Army had 4 000 soldiers

In your letter, you asked me to tell you something of what I am going through. I can not go into too much detail, because all outgoing mail is censored by our officers, but I feel it is time I tell you something of the war.

Although it’s been nearly a year since I’ve last visited home, the fight continues to rage on. Your care package with all the goods, including the fresh pair of socks, was very nice. I saw a fellow soldier in my unit die from trench foot about a fortnight ago. It was terrifying to witness, as his toes were all permanently stuck together, but I stay out of the poor conditions of the trenches as much as a can. Another surprising event that occurred was when I was dozing off. I realized there were rats in my blanket with me. Disgusted, I quickly jumped up and tried kicking them around, but they got away.

Here are some facts about the battle, over four days of horrific fighting the canadians had overrun vimy ridge at the most of more than 10,500 killed and wounded. Another fact is that the vimy ridge is a birth of canadian nation of pride, awareness ,bravery and sacrifice which is making use the place we live in today. An interesting fact is that the battle ground is still covered in wartime tunnels which is now closed off for the public. My last fact is that there were about 20,000 germans killed in the battle of cover coming the vimy ridge.

I really truly appreciate the all the risk you guys did to us to protect us in this country. And I hope that you are having a great day! Thank you guys for giving us freedom for this country if we didn't have freedom then America wouldn’t be here right now. Im proud that we live in a country that we can say that we want and be how we want. And we get have choice to decide what we want.

I am worried about what will happen to us here in the battle, while also being preoccupied with thoughts about your safety back home. Please do not worry as I will be fine. I will always try my best to go towards the right path and goal of winning this war, and more importantly, returning to you, my wonderful and devoted loved ones.

In the Western Front, where extraordinary quantities of soldiers were literate, communication with their homes made a vital contribution to the preservation of determination. Letters from friends and family kept the armed forces in touch with the life in which they had left far behind. Writing home could also be beneficial. The scale of this communication is shown by when the British Army Postal Service alone mailed two billion letters and 114 million packages in four years.

After finishing my training at specialist camp thousands of soldiers including me were taken to this new place known as western front. And you might not like it but the French are going to fight the Germans with our help. That is the reason I wasn’t able to write in such a long period of time and still didn’t had time but was forced by Albert. Nowadays, he is working at the anti-aircraft station shooting down enemy blimps. This gives us time to prepare ourself for the attack and plan our strategy.

I hope you are well. Send my regards to Father and my sister, Mary. I miss you all very dearly and hope to see you soon. I have been meaning to write you for weeks, but we have been very busy fighting lately. Today has been the calmest of all my days here, so I can finally tell you all about what it’s like in this Great War.

It has been quite some time since I have sat down to write you an email. Honestly I didn’t think it would be necessary due to the fact you are home now. It’s not like we have to worry about you leaving for deployments or extended periods away from home. That said our communication has gone down the crapper and seriously needs work.

Hope that you and your family have enjoyed the weekend and are ready for the 4th of July holiday. This is to remind you about our conversation regarding my trip and possible rotation. Please let me know if you remain interested in extending my deployment which end on August 7th. If it is so, let me know how to proceed on this matter because I need to solicit my rotation dates in advance in order to get the approval.

The first photo in this image was taken between 1900-1919, when women were required to wear long dresses and shirts to cover up their body because it was not acceptable for women to show their legs. Then in the 1920s women began wearing knee length skirts because they felt they shouldn’t be shamed for their bodies along with the necessary need to save material so the skirts were made shorter. Many women greeted this new look with pleasure and saw it as more practical and better suited to a time when women were entering the workforce. Women started fighting for their rights which they deserved in 1924 with protests by many women who felt the shorter skirts were more youthful and modern.