ARRAS, France (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led commemorations on Sunday marking the centenary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in northern ...

PARIS – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is among the dignitaries commemorating the centenary of the World War I battle of Vimy, in northern France. About 20,000 people, including many Canadians ...

The Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought on April 9, 1917, in France, during World War I. Canadian soldiers were victorious but shellfire destroyed an oak forest. The Canadian Encyclopedia A descendant of ...

"It was this really difficult objective to take that they'd been fighting over for the whole war... and then the Canadians did it really handily. The thing was, it was only supposed to be a ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, takes a selfie with military personnel following the Poppy of Peace Ceremony in Arras, France on Sunday, April 9, 2017. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press ...

PARIS – More than 20,000 people, most of them Canadians, attended a solemn ceremony Sunday to commemorate a World War I battle in northern France that remains indelibly etched on Canada's national ...

PARIS — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of the British royal family were among the dignitaries commemorating the centenary Sunday of the World War I battle of Vimy, in northern ...