The Hardest Battle: The Canadian Corps and the Arras 1918 Campaign

by Wiliam F. Stewart

The Canadian Corps' Second Arras campaign was its most significant operational assignment of the war. More pivotal than Vimy, Passchendaele, or Amiens, its task was to smash through a 15-kilometer zone of five fortified positions including the formidable Drocourt-Qu?ant Line and then cross the Canal du Nord. In doing so, it would rupture the German defenses on the Western Front. The commander of the Canadian Corps, Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1915113660
• ISBN13: 9781915113665
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.1" x 9.3"