The Vimy Ridge battle in World War 1 took place in France during early 1917 Germany had complete control of the Ridge before Canada came to Vimy The French and British both tried to defeat Germany at Vimy Ridge but failed Led by general in command Arthur Currie and Julian Bing the Canadians captured the Ridge in four days Vimy Ridge is an important battle to Canadian History based on its geographic military and intellectual impact The Canadians had a huge geographic disadvantage at Vimy Ridge Despite those disadvantages they succeeded in capturing the Ridge in blinding speed The Germans were positioned at the top of the hill and the Canadians were positioned at the bottom The Germans position made it so that any soldier who tried to come up was vulnerable in the open space General Arthur Currie came up with an intelligent plan called the Creeping Barrage that would enable the Canadians to reach the top of the Ridge with minimum casualties The Creeping Barrage consisted of artillery being set off and the soldiers moving 100 yards every three minutes The Canadians dug tunnels underground as a place to store their artillery outside of German sight They did this in a place the Germans wouldn't be able to see even from being at the top of the hill Billy Bishop worked with Arthur Currie in creating maps of the Ridge Billy Bishop flew over Vimy Ridge hundreds of times taking pictures of the battlefield Bishop then took these photos and created maps Arthur Currie used these maps to prepare his soldiers Currie had the soldiers learn exactly what the battlefield would be like