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Vimy als Erinnerungsort - unsere Analysen

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Vimy als Erinnerungsort - unsere Analysen

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Umfrage zur Bekanntheit von Vimy in Kanada (2014)

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Umfrage zur Bekanntheit von Vimy in Kanada (2014)

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Toronto, ON - The Battle of Vimy Ridge marked an important stepping stone in the development of Canada's identity and is known by many as one of the nation's most notable events. While Vimy Ridge has a top place in Canadian history, a new poll conducted by Ipsos Reid on behalf of the Vimy Foundation reveals that there are some Canadians who are unaware of one of Canada's most important battles and its importance for Canada's identity.

What is Vimy Ridge?

While four in five (82%) know that Vimy Ridge is a famous battle in which Canadian troops fought bravely, one in five (18%) did not know that Vimy Ridge was one of Canada's most notorious battles. One in ten Canadians state that Vimy Ridge is a Canadian mountain range (9%) or a ski slope that was used for practice for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games (9%). Handfuls (3%) think Vimy Ridge is a famous Canadian racehorse.

Vimy Ridge was a Battle During Which Conflict?

Perhaps another surprise is that only one in two Canadians can correctly identify what war Vimy Ridge was fought in. Only half (47%) of Canadians know that the Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought in the First World War. Two in five (37%) erroneously believe that Vimy Ridge was a battle in the Second World War, while others believe it was part of either the Northwestern Rebellion (8%), the Korea War (4%), the Boer War (2%), or the Afghanistan War (2%).

What happened at Vimy Ridge?

Similarly to those who can correctly answer what war the Battle of Vimy Ridge was a part of, only half (52%) of Canadians know that at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Canadian soldiers won a significant battle against the German Army in France. Three in ten (30%) Canadians think that Vimy Ridge was where Canadian soldiers suffered major losses in the Second World War on the beaches of Normandy, while one in ten think the battle was where soldiers captured a hill in the Korean War that was a turning point for UN Forces (8%) or where Canadian soldiers fought and captured Louis Riel in the Northwest Rebellion (7%). Only a few (3%) think Vimy Ridge was where Canadian soldiers repelled an attack at a South African town in the Boer War.

What did Vimy Ridge Accomplish?

Most (60%) Canadians can correctly identify that the Canadian military actions at Vimy Ridge helped Allies in the First World War achieve their first significant victory, although four in ten (40%) could not. One in five (18%) believe that Canada's actions at Vimy Ridge helped ensure the liberation of the prisoners in Nazi death camps in the Second World War, while one in ten think Canadian action led to the surrender of Japanese forces in the Pacific in the Second World War (12%) or putting down the Northwest Rebellion and creating a new province.

What was the Impact of Vimy Ridge?

When reflecting on the results of Vimy Ridge, two-thirds (66%) of Canadians know that Canada's victory led Canadians to feel greater confidence in themselves as a united fighting force and as a nation, although one in three (34%) didn't know this. One in five (18%) think that the result of Vimy Ridge led to Canada deciding to join the United Nations, while one in ten believe it led to the penning of Canada's national anthem `O' Canada' (11%) or the construction of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa (6%).

The Most Important Outcome of Vimy Ridge?

While The Battle of Vimy Ridge led to many important outcomes for Canada, half (49%) of Canadians state that the most important outcomes was that Canadian historians say the country came of age and found its voice. A quarter (25%) believe that it led to Canada becoming world-renowned for international peacekeeping. One in ten incorrectly think that the most important outcome of Vimy Ridge was Canada being able to liberate Paris from Nazi Germany (13%) or Canada being able to liberate Holland from Nazi Germany (10%). A few (4%) believe the most notable outcome of Vimy Ridge was Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoking the War Measures Act (4%).

Who Will Attend Vimy Ridge in France in 2017?

In 2017, The Battle of Vimy Ridge will have its centennial celebration observances and an unveiling of a new Vimy Education Centre with a handful (3%) of Canadians stating that they or a member of their family plan to travel to France for these celebrations.

Men (4%) are more likely than women (1%) to say someone in their family plans on heading to Vimy Ridge.

These are some of the findings of an Ipsos Reid poll conducted between March 14th to 18th, 2014 on behalf of The Vimy Foundation. For this survey, a sample of 1,015 Canadians from Ipsos' Canadian online panel was interviewed online. Weighting was then employed to balance demographics to ensure that the sample's composition reflects that of the adult population according to Census data and to provide results intended to approximate the sample universe. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll is accurate to within +/- 3.5 percentage points had all Canadians adults been polled. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error, and measurement error.
For more information on this news release, please contact:
John Wright
Senior Vice President
Ipsos Reid
Public Affairs
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One in Five (18%) Canadians Don't Know What Vimy Ridge Is

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Toronto, ON - The Battle of Vimy Ridge marked an important stepping stone in the development of Canada's identity and is known by many as one of the nation's most notable events.

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On the 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge, we delve into Canadian music from the Great War.

Be it Brahms's Triumphlied, written for the 1871 Prussian victory over the French, or Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7, which portrayed the fear and desolation of the 1941 siege of Leningrad, war and music have always had an intimate connection. The First World War years are no different.

In honour of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 2017, we started searching for Canadian wartime music from the era. What we found was music by Canadian songwriters that not only focused on the war, but also transformed to reflect what was happening as the war went on.

"This was the first big conflict in which the music as a whole could be mobilized," says Jonathan Vance, history professor at Western University. He is the co-director of Wartime Canada , a project that aims to make the visual heritage of Canada at war - photos, posters, and more - freely available in digital form. Much of the sheet music he has found from the era came from shuffling through bins of mouldy papers at flea markets and rummage sales.

3. ' Good Luck to the Boys of the Allies' (1915)

12. ' You Are Welcome Back at Home Sweet Home' (1919)

This conventional welcome-home song is most remarkable for the cover illustration: the terrible strain of war is clearly visible on the faces of the soldier and his wife. Words and music by Gordon V. Thompson.

Editor's Note: Sheet music and audio courtesy of the Ley & Lois Smith War, Memory and Popular Culture Research Collection, Western University and wartimecanada.ca.

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Vimy Ridge centennial: Listen to 12 songs from the Great War | CBC Music

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Read On the 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge, we delve into Canadian music from the Great War. Be it Brahms's Triumphlied, written for the 1871 Prussian victory over the French, or Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7, which portrayed the fear and desolation of the 1941 siege of Leningrad, war and music have always had an intimate connection.

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Materielle Objektivationen 2: Weitere Elemente auf dem Denkmalgelände

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Materielle Objektivationen des Denkmalgeländes 2

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When The Combined Canadian Corps Fought The Germans  | Battle Of Vimy Ridge | Timeline

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Materielle Objektivationen 1: Die 20 allegorischen Skulpturen und andere Merkmale des Denkmals

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Vimy Ridge in northern France is Canada's largest overseas national memorial.

The Memorial

Situated on land granted by France to the Canadian people, the memorial towers over the scene of Canada's most recognizable First World War engagement, the Battle of Vimy Ridge, fought from 9 to 12 April 1917. The imposing structure was designed by Walter Allward, one of Canada's most famous sculptors, whose commissions included the national memorial commemorating Canada's participation in the South African War (1899-1902).

Allward began work on the Vimy memorial in 1925 and completed it 11 years later at a cost of $1.5 million. It is adorned by 20 allegorical figures representing faith, justice, peace, honour, charity, truth, knowledge, and hope. A key figure, "Canada mourning her fallen sons," speaks to the country's wartime losses. The Vimy Memorial is inscribed with the names of 11,285 Canadians who were killed on French soil and have no known graves.

The Legacy

The Vimy Memorial was unveiled in July 1936 to a crowd of more than 100,000, including 6,000 Canadian veterans who had traveled overseas for the ceremony. The Memorial survived the Second World War, despite fears that German forces would destroy it after France's surrender. Adolf Hitler visited and was photographed at the site in 1940. Since the Second World War, there have been several formal, and countless informal, Canadian pilgrimages to the Memorial and the 91-hectare park of Canadian trees and shrubs surrounding it.

In 2007, after several years of extensive restoration work, the Vimy Ridge Memorial was unveiled to dignitaries and several thousand Canadian visitors. It is the principal site of Canadian remembrance and commemoration overseas, and one of the most widely recognized symbols of Canada's military past.

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Vimy Ridge in northern France is Canada's largest overseas national memorial. Situated on land granted by France to the Canadian people, the memorial towers over the scene of Canada's most recognizable First World War engagement, the Battle of Vimy Ridge, fought from 9 to 12 April 1917.

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Ostermontag 1917. An der Scarpe eröffnen eine knappe halbe Million Briten und Kanadier die Schlacht bei Arras. Die Frankfurter Zeitung vom 10. April 1917 berichtet.

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