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Article: Canadian storm troops: spearheading victory in 1918.(World War I)
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- Esprit de Corps
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- November 1, 2003
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"THE CANADIANS WERE MARKED OUT AS STORM TROOPS; FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR THEY WERE BROUGHT IN TO HEAD THE ASSAULT IN ONE GREAT BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. WHENEVER THE GERMANS FOUND THE CANADIAN CORPS COMING INTO THE LINE THEY PREPARED FOR THE WORST."
--BRITISH PRIME MINISTER LLOYD GEORGE, AFTER THE CAPTURE OF VIMY RIDGE
SPEARHEADING VICTORY IN 1918
In a recent book titled The Myth Of the Great War American writer John Mosier claims the U.S. solely was responsible for defeating Germany in 1918 because it "had the only capable army." The British army was led by incompetents and had little involvement in the final victory while the French army was ...