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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Not entirely untrue, Vimy and the other 'anglo' supports of the Nivelle offensive went reletively well, the French on the other hand were drubbed and in effect withdrew from the war in an offensive sense, this left the war to 'us' which we won with many of the inovations that were first used effectively in Arras, I think with or without Vimy the outcome would have been the same, the French were badly led and it was always going to be a fight between the empire and the Germans in the end that decided it.
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Well there wouldn't have been much of a war if the French hadn't of stopped the world's biggest military machine initially. The British were packing up and heading to the channel until Joffre begged them to stay and fight. It was the blockade and the million America troops that ultimately decided the war.
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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Don't under estimate the effect that the battle had on Canada just because the war was a fair bit stupid either, it did for Canada what Gallipoli did for Australia,althoug this wa largely as the british were spent as an empire afterwards.
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Gallipoli is different because it was a major defeat, not a minor victory. ANZAC day is the Australian equivalent of Remembrance Day, so its treated quite solemnly, not celebrated.
The British Empire EXPANDED after the war. They plucked most of Germany and Turkey's former colonies (but I thought the war was about Belgium?). The Empire wasn't over until Japan proved that whitey wasn't all-powerful, and then America decided to takeover as the World's #1 power.