Vimy Ridge, Battle of
/ˈviːmɪ/- an Allied attack on the German position of Vimy Ridge, near Arras, during the First World War. One of the key points on the Western Front, it had long resisted assaults, but on 9 April 1917 it was taken by Canadian troops in fifteen minutes, at the cost of heavy casualties.维米岭战役(第一次世界大战中盟军对阿拉斯附近维米岭德国阵地的进攻; 维米岭阵地是西线的重要据点, 长期进行抵抗, 但1917年4月9日被加拿大军队用15分钟夺下, 但加军伤亡惨重)。