Vimy: The Battle and the Legend Paris at War while a student of painting

while a student of painting at the ancient university in Bologna

For soldiers

Presenting more than one hundred photographs from the archives of the Royal Armouries

and French premier Georges Clemenceau—met in Paris to shape a lasting peace

Vimy: The Battle and the Legend Paris at War while a student of paintingDescription by Tim Cook Paperback A bold new telling of the defining battle of the Great War, and how it came to signify and solidify Canadas national identity Why does Vimy matter? How did a four day battle at the midpoint of the Great War, a clash that had little strategic impact on the larger Allied war effort, become elevated to a national symbol of Canadian identity? Tim Cook, Canadas foremost military historian and a Charles Taylor Prize winner,