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Vimy

American  
[vim-ee, vee-mee, vee-mee] / ˈvɪm i, ˈvi mi, viˈmi /

noun

  1. a town in N France, N of Arras: battle 1917.


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Both were at Vickers because they believed the Vimy, a twin-engine heavy bomber in production for World War I but delivered too late for combat, was the plane they needed to make the crossing.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2022

Historian Jeremy Diamond, executive director of the Vimy Foundation, says they discovered that colour lets the modern viewer connect far more easily with the images.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2018

The Canadian leader shared pictures on Twitter of his visit to Vimy Ridge, a battlefield in northern France.

From Fox News • Nov. 10, 2018

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended his own ceremony to pay tribute to Canadian troops killed at Vimy Ridge, on the battlefields of northeastern France.

From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2018

Turbulence tugged the Vimy around like a toy.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler