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Born in
Ontario and living in British Columbia when the First World War broke
out, Arthur Currie had militia training but no professional military
experience. Still, he quickly proved himself a superb field commander.
Commander of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade at
Ypres
in 1915, promoted to command the 1st Canadian Division
soon after, he became commander of the Canadian Corps in June 1917. He
took part in every major action of the Canadian forces on the Western
Front, achieving success against all odds at Passchendaele late in 1917,
leading the Canadian Corps to victory at Amiens in August 1918, and the
transition from trench warfare to hugely successful mobile war in the
last Hundred Days. His generalship, recognized as on a par with the best
in the Allied armies, has never been surpassed in the record of Canadian
arms.
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