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The Impossible Crossing: How 30,000 Canadians Ended WWI in One Day

September 27, 1918. A Canadian general stands at the edge of an impossible decision. Every military expert has told him NO. His superiors have ordered him to find another route. But General Arthur Currie sees what no one else does—a narrow gap in the German defenses that could end World War 1. The catch? He has to funnel 30,000 men, 100 tanks, and his entire corps through a gap less than 1.5 miles wide. Through an unfinished canal 40 feet deep. Under constant enemy fire. With no room for error. One traffic jam, one moment of hesitation, and the entire Canadian Corps could be annihilated. This is the story of the Canal du Nord Crossing—the most audacious military operation of World War 1 that you've never heard of. While Vimy Ridge gets all the glory, this forgotten battle actually broke the Hindenburg Line, captured the vital railway junction at Cambrai, and set in motion the events that ended the Great War just six weeks later. Discover how a real estate salesman turned general defied orders, took the ultimate military gamble, and pulled off what every expert said was impossible. This is the story of tactical brilliance, desperate courage, and the 16,000 casualties that changed the course of history—then disappeared from memory. Why don't we remember the battle that actually won WW1? Watch to find out. Welcome to Midnight History, where we uncover the forgotten battles that changed the world. ⏱️ KEY TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - The Impossible Decision: Currie's Suicidal Plan 15:23 - September 27, 1918: Zero Hour and the Crossing Begins 32:47 - Inside the Canal: Chaos, Heroism, and the Narrow Gap 48:15 - Breaking the Hindenburg Line: How One Battle Ended WW1 🎖️ ABOUT THIS BATTLE: The Canal du Nord Crossing remains one of the most brilliantly planned and executed operations in military history. General Arthur Currie's decision to attack through a 2,600-yard gap—funneling his entire corps through what looked like a killing ground—went against every conventional military wisdom of the era. German commanders believed the position was impregnable. British high command recommended safer routes. But Currie understood something crucial: the narrow front would allow overwhelming concentration of force at the exact boundary between two German divisions where coordination would be weakest. The operation succeeded beyond all expectations. In just four days, the Canadian Corps advanced 12 miles, broke through two major defensive lines, captured over 10,000 prisoners and 200 guns. More importantly, the fall of Cambrai severed German logistics across the entire northern sector of the Western Front, forcing a retreat that would not stop until the Armistice on November 11, 1918. Yet this battle has been largely forgotten—overshadowed by Vimy Ridge, lost in the final chaotic months of the war, and complicated by post-war controversies over Currie's tactics. The 16,000 Canadian casualties raised difficult questions, even though the alternative routes would have cost far more lives and potentially failed to achieve breakthrough. This video examines the meticulous planning, the desperate execution, the individual acts of courage, and the strategic brilliance that made the impossible possible. From the artillery barrage of 1,000 guns to the Mark V tanks grinding through mud to the infantry climbing the eastern bank under fire—this is the complete story of Canada's forgotten victory. 💬 JOIN THE CONVERSATION: What other forgotten WW1 battles deserve to be remembered? Let us know in the comments below. Don't forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and hit the BELL for more forgotten history that changed the world. 📺 MORE FORGOTTEN CANADIAN BATTLES: [Link to Vimy Ridge video] [Link to other Canadian military history content] 🔔 SUBSCRIBE to Midnight History for weekly deep dives into the battles history forgot. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ HASHTAGS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #CanalDuNord #WW1 #WorldWar1 #CanadianHistory #ForgottenBattles #MilitaryHistory #ArthurCurrie #CanadianCorps #HindenburgLine #WWI #GreatWar #1918 #MilitaryStrategy #HistoryDocumentary #MidnightHistory #WarHistory #BattleHistory #CanadianMilitary #HistoricalBattles #ForgottenHistory