Canadian National Vimy Memorial | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-23

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00:01:53 1 Background
00:02:02 1.1 Topography
00:02:48 1.2 Early conflicts on site
00:04:35 1.3 Battle of Vimy Ridge
00:08:14 2 History
00:08:23 2.1 Selection
00:12:29 2.2 Memorial construction
00:16:43 2.3 Pilgrimage and unveiling
00:22:02 2.4 Second World War
00:23:39 2.5 Post-war years
00:24:58 2.6 Restoration and rededication
00:27:42 2.7 Centennial commemoration
00:28:57 3 Site
00:30:53 3.1 Vimy memorial
00:36:10 3.2 Moroccan Division Memorial
00:39:08 3.3 Grange Subway
00:40:38 3.4 Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Watkins memorial
00:41:32 3.5 Visitors' centre
00:42:33 4 Sociocultural influence
00:46:38 5 See also
00:46:50 6 Notes



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The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a war memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War. It also serves as the place of commemoration for Canadian soldiers of the First World War killed or presumed dead in France who have no known grave. The monument is the centrepiece of a 100-hectare (250-acre) preserved battlefield park that encompasses a portion of the ground over which the Canadian Corps made their assault during the initial Battle of Vimy Ridge offensive of the Battle of Arras.
The Battle of Vimy Ridge was the first time all four divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force participated in a battle as a cohesive formation, and it became a Canadian national symbol of achievement and sacrifice. France ceded to Canada perpetual use of a portion of land on Vimy Ridge on the understanding that Canada use the land to establish a battlefield park and memorial. Wartime tunnels, trenches, craters, and unexploded munitions still honeycomb the grounds of the site, which remains largely closed off for reasons of public safety. Along with preserved trench lines, several other memorials and cemeteries are contained within the park.
The project took designer Walter Seymour Allward eleven years to build. King Edward VIII unveiled it on 26 July 1936 in the presence of French President Albert Lebrun and a crowd of over 50,000 people, including 6,200 attendees from Canada. Following an extensive multi-year restoration, Queen Elizabeth II re-dedicated the monument on 9 April 2007 at a ceremony commemorating the 90th anniversary of the battle. The site is maintained by Veterans Affairs Canada. The Vimy Memorial is one of only two National Historic Sites of Canada located outside the country, the other being the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial.