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gptkbp:instanceOf
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battle
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gptkbp:aftermath
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Commemoration on April 9
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gptkbp:casualties
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Approximately 10,602 Canadian casualties
Approximately 20,000 German casualties
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gptkbp:celebrates
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Vimy Memorial
Vimy Ridge Day
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Arthur_Currie
gptkb:Julian_Byng
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gptkbp:culturalImpact
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Canadian_identity
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gptkbp:date
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April 9, 1917
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gptkbp:duration
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April 9 to April 12, 1917
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gptkbp:followedBy
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Battle of Passchendaele
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gptkbp:historicalEvent
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One of the defining battles of WWI
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gptkbp:historicalFigures
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gptkb:Georges_Clemenceau
gptkb:William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King
gptkb:John_Monash
gptkb:Lester_B._Pearson
gptkb:Paul_von_Hindenburg
gptkb:Robert_Borden
gptkb:Wilfrid_Laurier
gptkb:Arthur_Currie
gptkb:Julian_Byng
gptkb:Charles_Monck
gptkb:Erich_von_Falkenhayn
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gptkbp:historicalImpact
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Increased_Canadian_autonomy
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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First time all four Canadian divisions fought together
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of the Vimy Ridge
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gptkbp:involvedCountries
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gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Germany
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gptkbp:landscape
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Ridge_and_tunnels
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gptkbp:location
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Vimy Ridge, France
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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Significant media attention
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gptkbp:militaryRank
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gptkb:German_6th_Army
gptkb:Canadian_Corps
Concentration of artillery
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:World_War_I
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gptkbp:precededBy
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Battle of Arras
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gptkbp:result
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Allied_victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Symbol_of_Canadian_nationalism
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gptkbp:strategicGoals
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Control of the high ground
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gptkbp:supportRole
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gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Germany
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gptkbp:tactics
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Creeping barrage
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