As war comes and goes, so do the deaths of thousands of people. During the First World War, the Canadians proved to the world that training and well-planned attacks decrease the amount of soldiers an army will loose (A New World). The British and French battled the Germans at Vimy Ridge for two years, and lost thousands of men. Thinking that it was impossible, they gave General Sir Julian Byng the chance to show the power of the Canadian Corps. With only 100,000 soldiers the Canadians where able to conquer Vimy Ridge in only a day (Oxford). The British were shocked by this victory. They wondered how a young nation was able to bring forward 100,000 troops, let alone succeed in an area where the French and British failed. .
While the war continued to rage on for its fourth year, people began to get tired of he war. People were esperately waiting for the war to finish, and for the Allied forces to break through the German defenses. With the Germans holding Vimy Ridge since October 1914, people where worried that no one would be able to conquer the Ridge. The Canadian army captured the Ridge due to their successful planning and preparation. The Canadians wanted to decreasing their death toll (Orgins of the War). This preparation allowed the Army to turn thousands of citizens into soldiers, within weeks. Vimy Ridge marked the one successful capture on the Allies offensive in 1917. The capture came with its defects; the Canadian soldiers where unable to exploit their success. They were bogged down from the constant fire, and the Canadians artillerymen had to learn how to use captured German guns.
While the war was won from guns and artillery, there were also people digging under, "no-mans-land." The Engineers would build tunnels under the battlefield, and fill them with explosives. They would then blow them up to make craters; that way soldiers could run out to them, and advance in the field.