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Originally Posted by Retlaw
The question comes to mind: what is important? Is it what actually happens? Or how what happens is recorded and presented? In Canada we remember the capture of Vimy Ridge as a pivotal moment in our history, an action in which we showed the whole world that Canadians, fighting as an independent force from an independent nation, had taken control of their own destiny, and could no longer be viewed as an appendage of Great Britain. But for most of the rest of the interested world, Vimy Ridge is merely a part of the failed Battle of Arras, even though, in itself, it can be viewed as the first uncluttered victory after 32 frustrating months of war. In this sense, can history ever be taught without biases?
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Would imagine the Aussies and Kiwis think the same about Gallipoli , it gets to be part of the national psyche, simaraily with Iwo Jima and the Americans, and the defeat/retreat at Dunkirk with the Brits