LIEUTENANT--GENERAL SIR ARTHUR CURRIE (A brief account of the battle of Passchendaele) Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie was the most capable soldier that Canada has produced. Certainly‚ he did not look like the great soldier he had become. A very tall man‚ at six-foot-four‚ he was also somewhat overweight. Through his successes as the Commander of the Canadian Corps‚ he knew how to delegate authority and stand by the decisions of his subordinates. Currie‚ however‚ was not a professional
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War Strategies of Sir Arthur Currie Sir Arthur Currie was not a man raised to become a great general‚ he had to start from the beginning and work his way to the top. He served his country by fighting and leading battles that made Canada a great independent nation‚ making him a figure of inspiration to many Canadians. In the many battles of World War One‚ including Amiens‚ Passchendaele‚ Vimy Ridge‚ and others‚ Arthur Currie devised well prepared‚ flexible‚ unique‚ and intelligent war strategies
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the leaders Sir Julian Byng and Sir Arthur Currie who played a huge part in the winning of the ridge. The winning of the Battle of Vimy Ridge proved to the other countries that Canada was and still is a proud and capable nation. Sir Julian Byng was the 12th Governor General of Canada and was the Commander of all the Canadian Corps during the Battle of Vimy Ridge‚ which meant that he was in charge of all Canadian Corps that fought in the battle. Sir Arthur Currie was the commanding officer of the
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Passchendaele. Many of them drowned in the mud and shell holes. The mud‚ flat terrain‚ and relative lack of preparation time and artillery support would make Passchendaele a far different battlefield than the one the Canadians encountered at Vimy Ridge. Currie took the time to carefully prepare as much as possible and on October 26‚ the Canadian offensive began. Advancing through the mud and enemy fire was slow and there were heavy losses. Despite the challenges‚ the Canadians reached the outskirts of Passchendaele
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around. If someone was to fall off one of these duck boards‚ they’d be in up to 3-4 feet of mud. To put into perspective‚ a wool coat soaked in mud weighs on average 50 lbs. NO JOKE! "Don’t sleep under a tank"‚ famous words from General Sir Arthur William Currie (1875 1933). He was a capable Canadian army commander who had a consistent string of victories throughout the war. His name was made following his conduct as GOC 2nd (Canadian) brigade during 1914-15‚ most noticed during the first German
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Sir Arthur Currie the soldier of the past and the hero of today Nationalism is defined as the sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational group in the Webster dictionary.(Merriam‚ Webster. Webster’s dictionary. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nationalism). However that is just a technical term used in books. Nationalism is not just a
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Battle of Passchendale: 1) Background: a. General Douglas Haig‚ British General‚ believed that the morale of the German army was very low - especially after the success of the Allies at the Battle of Messines. i. He thought that the Allies could use this low morale and go across Flanders without much trouble. b. British were afraid that the Russians were going to pull out soon so they had to attack soon before the German forces only had to focus on the western
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The Battle of Passchendaele Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres‚ Passchendaele became infamous not only for the scale of casualties‚ but also for the mud. It was a combination of the Environment‚ Tactics and Poor Leadership that lead to the AIF’s losing the battle of Passchendaele. On 9 October 1917‚ British divisions‚ with the AIF in support‚ attacked towards Passchendaele village in terrible conditions. In the mud and rain the effort proved futile but the high command thought
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King Arthur By the ninth century people all over were telling the fabulous tales and romances about Arthur and his kingdom. The common people heard them sung by bards‚ while in the court poets wrote different versions. In each retelling the speaker would select certain details for emphasis and introduce new elements‚ so that the story could be adapted to the particular time and audience. Although most historians believe that there actually did exist an Arthur‚ they differ on how major his role
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English Composition Finding Truth in the Legends Surrounding the King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table There are many reasons to believe why the great King Arthur and his mighty knights of the round table were real men and not what fairy tales are made of. Throughout the centuries‚ men have longed to be like the infamous King Arthur. History has told tales of great feats on the battle ground; mothers put their children to sleep with tales of this enigmatic king. However
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