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Military and naval history – Canada
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page 1:
General history | 
The French régime | 
The British colonial period
page 2:
Canada, the nation (World
War I, World War II, Korean War, Peacekeeping)
page 3:
Army (Units, Facilities
and equipment, Biography) | 
Navy (Ships, Facilities
and equipment, Biography) | 
Air force (Units,
Facilities and equipment, Biography)
page 4:
Uniforms, insignia, medals, badges and
decorations | 
Registers of, and memorials to, the dead | 
Medical care






  1. Army



    2. Land
    Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth.

    http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/armyunit.htm


    Army.ca: The Unofficial Canadian
    Army Home Page

    http://army.ca/


    The Canadian Army Overseas
    in WW2

    http://www.mapleleafup.org/


    HREF="http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/cmhqr-rqgmc-eng.asp">Canadian
    Military Headquarters (CMHQ) Reports (1940-1948)

    http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/cmhqr-rqgmc-eng.asp


    HREF="http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/ahqr-rqga-eng.asp">Army
    Headquarters (AHQ) Reports (1948-1959)

    http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/rep-rap/ahqr-rqga-eng.asp


    HREF="http://www.forces.gc.ca/dhh/collections/reports/engraph/cfhq_e.asp?cat=7">Canadian
    Forces Headquarters (CFHQ) Reports (1965-1980)

    http://www.forces.gc.ca/dhh/collections/reports/engraph/cfhq_e.asp?cat=7


    Units


    Reenactment
    Units in Canada

    http://www.canuck.freehosting.net/reenact.htm


    Le
    Détachement de la Colonie

    http://www.detachementdelacolonie.com/


    The
    soldiers of New France

    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/
    people/the-soldiers/the-soldiers-intro


    The Compagnies
    Franches de la Marine of Canada

    http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/cmh/en/page_64.asp


    Le Régiment
    de Carignan-Salières

    http://www.mef.qc.ca/Carignan.htm


    German-Canadian Museum of
    Applied History: Brunswick Light Infantry Battalion

    http://home.ica.net/~claus/


    British Regiments
    in Canada

    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~crossroads/regiments/


    HREF="http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/FSCNS/Scots_NS/Sct_Military/Scot_Military_Canada.html">Men
    Bred in the Rough Bounds: The Scottish Military Tradition in Canada

    http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/FSCNS/Scots_NS/Sct_Military/Scot_Military_Canada.html


    His Majesty’s
    40th Regiment of Foot in North America 1717-1764

    http://www3.sympatico.ca/dis.general/40th.htm


    HREF="http://norfolk.uppercanadianheritage.com/">Norfolk
    Militia

    http://norfolk.uppercanadianheritage.com/


    The
    Queens Own Rifles of Canada

    http://www.qor.com/


    Lord Strathcona’s Horse
    (Royal Canadians)

    http://www.strathconas.ca/


    Royal
    Canadian Dragoons: 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group

    http://www.army.ca/wiki/index.php/2_Canadian_Mechanized_Brigade_Group


    The Fort
    Garry Horse

    http://www.fortgarryhorse.ca/


    The Queen’s
    York Rangers (1st American Regiment) – Royal Canadian Armoured
    Corps

    http://qyrang.ca/


    John Graves Simcoe
    and the Queen’s Rangers

    http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/jarvisci/history/rangers.htm


    Butler’s Rangers History

    http://www.iaw.on.ca/~awoolley/brang/brhist.html


    Canadian Grenadier
    Guards

    http://www.army.dnd.ca/cgg/missionen.aspx


    First
    Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York)

    http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/37CBG_HQ/units-unites/1rnbr-eng.asp


    The North Shore
    (New Brunswick) Regiment

    http://www.gnb.ca/0007/Heritage/Regiment/INDEX.HTM


    The Lincoln
    and Welland Regiment

    http://www.iaw.on.ca/~awoolley/lincweld.html


    Fort Henry

    http://www.forthenry.com/home.htm


    Sherbrooke Hussars:
    History of the Regiment

    http://www.army.dnd.ca/sherh/qg-hq/historique-history-eng.aspx?action=view&id=aujourdhui-today


    British Columbia
    Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Own): The Regimental History

    http://www.bcregiment.com/


    The Canadian
    Scottish Regiment

    http://www.islandnet.com/~csrmuse/


    48th
    Highlanders of Canada

    http://www.48highlanders.com/


    The History of
    the 1st Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders (North)

    http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/1ns_highlanders/history.asp


    The Cameron
    Highlanders of Ottawa

    http://www.camerons.ca/


    The Black
    Watch (RHR) of Canada

    http://www.blackwatchcanada.com/en/about.htm


    Saskatoon Light
    Infantry

    http://www.usask.ca/archives/sli/


    The Loyal
    Edmonton Regiment: A Loyal History

    http://www.loyaleddies.com/history/history.shtml


    HREF="http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/memoir/artic165.html">Le 165e
    bataillon d’infanterie d’outremer

    http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/memoir/artic165.html


    Canadian
    Regiments of World War II

    http://army.ca/info/wwiiregts.php


    HREF="http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galquecty22nd/galquecty22nd.html">Harry
    Palmer Gallery: Royal 22nd Regiment Gallery – Je me souviens

    http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galquecty22nd/galquecty22nd.html


    Royal
    22nd Regiment: Canada’s Fighting ‘Van Doos’

    http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-71-579/conflict_war/van_doos/


    Royal Canadian Artillery

    http://www.artillery.net/english/history.htm


    The
    Canadian Women’s Army Corps, 1941-1946

    http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/explore/military-history/dispatches/
    the-canadian-womens-army-corps-1941-1946


    Facilities and equipment


    Fort
    Frontenac

    http://armyapp.forces.gc.ca/clfcsc-cceftc/about_hist_fort-eng.asp


    Fort Henry:
    History

    http://www.parks.on.ca/fort/pasthist.htm


    Fort
    Malden National Historic Site

    http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/malden/natcul/natcul2_e.asp


    Wolseley
    Barracks

    http://www.londonhistory.org/wolseley.htm


    Vancouver Wireless
    Station, Ladner, British Columbia

    http://troywoodintarsia.com/vws/vws.htm


    Les armes blanches
    de la Tenaille des Nouvelles Casernes à Québec

    http://www.archeologie.qc.ca/passee_caserne1_fr.php?menu=3


    Les armes à feu
    de la Tenaille des Nouvelles Casernes à Québec

    http://www.archeologie.qc.ca/passee_caserne2_fr.php?menu=3


    The Canadian
    Great War homepage: Army Uniforms and Equipment

    http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/equip.htm


    The Canadian
    Great War homepage: Army Weapons

    http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/weapons.htm


    Biography


    Quartered
    in a far-away colony, Isaac Brock would emerge as one of Britain’s most
    ablest and tragic figures

    http://www.warof1812.ca/brock.htm


    Field
    Officers of the Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry in
    1812

    http://www3.sympatico.ca/dis.general/fd_offr.htm


    The Canadian
    Great War homepage: Index to Soldiers’ Biographies

    http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/biosold.htm


    Captain
    Banting, War Hero

    http://www.diabetes.ca/about-us/who/banting-house/captain-banting/


    HREF="http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/mccrae">John
    McCrae

    http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/mccrae

    Doctor and teacher, who served in both the South African
    War and the First World War


    In
    Flanders Fields: The making of the poem

    http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/inflandersfields.htm


    HREF="http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/poetry/InFlandersFields/toc.html">In
    Flanders Fields, by John McRae

    http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/poetry/InFlandersFields/toc.html


    John McCrae,
    1872-1918

    http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/mccrae.htm


    David Russell
    Hearns, 1894-1917

    http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/hearns.htm


    Philip Edgar
    Peer, 1896-1918, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force

    http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/peered.htm


    Filip Konowal,
    V.C.

    http://www.infoukes.com/history/konowal/


    HREF="http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/other/remember/why">Why Remember?
    The Veterans

    http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/other/remember/why

    Focuses on medal recipients, the personal experiences of
    two veterans, native veterans, and Canada’s official war artists


    HREF="http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galwarddayvets/galddayvets.html">Harry
    Palmer Gallery: D-Day Canadian War Veterans Gallery, June 1989

    http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galwarddayvets/galddayvets.html


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  2. Navy



    3. An Interactive History
    of the Canadian Navy

    http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/navy/default.htm


    Naval
    History.ca

    http://familyheritage.ca/navalhistory.html


    Canadian
    Privateer Ship List

    http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~jacktar/shiplist.html


    Royal
    Canadian Navy 1910-1950

    http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/canadianhistory/rcn/rcnp1.html


    ReadyAyeReady: 93 Years of
    the Canadian Navy

    http://www.readyayeready.com/


    Canadian Navy
    of Yesterday and Today

    http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/


    The
    Navy League of Canada history

    http://www.navyleague.ca/eng/about/history.asp


    Maritime
    Command Museum

    http://www.pspmembers.com/marcommuseum/


    HREF="http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/commonwealthcountries/canadahomepage.html">Canada,
    the Fleet Air Arm and the Commonwealth 1939-1945

    http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/commonwealthcountries/canadahomepage.html


    Through
    a Canadian Periscope: The Story of the Canadian Submarine Service

    http://www.beaconlit.com/cdnsubs.html


    Canada
    and Submarine Warfare, 1909-1950

    http://www.civilisations.ca/cmc/explore/resources-for-scholars/essays-1/
    military-history/roger-sarty/canada-and-submarine-warfare-1909-1950


    HREF="http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/clients/sub.cfm?source=services/mnavy">Merchant
    Navy

    http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/clients/sub.cfm?source=services/mnavy


    The Royal Navy
    in Nova Scotia Waters

    http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/royalnavy/default.asp?Language=English


    Ships


    Ships of
    the Royal Canadian Navy 1910-1965

    http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/rcnships/


    The
    Canadian Military Heritage Project: World War II, The Canadian Navy

    http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/ww2/ww2ship.htm


    H.M.C.S.
    Ottawa

    http://www.navy.gc.ca/ottawa/


    HMCS Sackville: Canadian Naval
    Memorial Trust

    http://www.hmcssackville-cnmt.ns.ca/


    HREF="http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Militaris/eng/corv/coridx.html">3D
    Corvette: H.M.C.S. Sackville

    http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Militaris/eng/corv/coridx.html


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  3. Air Force



    4. The History
    and Heritage of Canada’s Air Force

    http://www.rcaf.com/main.shtml


    History of
    the Air Force

    http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/hst/index-eng.asp


    Canada’s
    Air Force in War and Peace

    http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/explore/military-history/dispatches/
    canadas-air-force-in-war-and-peace


    Wings over Alberta

    http://www.abheritage.ca/flyboys/


    World War II
    Aircraft and RCAF Squadrons

    http://rcaf.com/history/waryears.php


    Units


    History of 17 Wing

    http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/17w-17e/page-eng.asp?id=205


    19
    Wing – History

    http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/19w-19e/page-eng.asp?id=230


    400 Series
    Squadrons

    http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/hst/page-eng.asp?id=658


    The
    435 Squadron

    http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=feature/Burma/squadron1


    Facilities and equipment


    Into the
    Blue: Pilot Training in Canada, 1917-18

    http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/explore/military-history/dispatches/
    into-the-blue-pilot-training-in-canada-1917-18


    HREF="http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/bcatp">The
    British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

    http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/bcatp


    HREF="http://www.ualberta.ca/EDMONTON/CONTRIB/airmuseum/aambcatp.html">The
    British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

    http://www.ualberta.ca/EDMONTON/CONTRIB/airmuseum/aambcatp.html


    HREF="http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/gh-hg/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=20">Aerodrome
    of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan 1939-1945

    http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/gh-hg/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=20


    Summerside Hospitality During World War II

    http://www.wyattheritage.com/hospitality/


    Service
    Flying Training School No.34 – Medicine Hat, April 8, 1941 – November
    17, 1944

    http://www2.memlane.com/djcarter/sfts34/Default.htm


    HREF="http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/assets/pdf/e_Rockcliffe.pdf">A History
    of the Rockliffe Airport Site: Home of the National Aviation Museum, Ottawa, Canada

    http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/assets/pdf/e_Rockcliffe.pdf


    Biography


    Air Force
    Honours and Awards

    http://airforce.ca/honours-awards/


    Canadian Air Aces
    and Heroes: WWI, WWII and Korea

    http://www.constable.ca/


    WWI
    Air Aces of Canada

    http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/index.php


    Canadian
    Aces of WW2

    http://acesofww2.com/Canada/Canada.htm


    HREF="http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/comment/bishop.html">The
    Flying Career of William Avery Bishop

    http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/comment/bishop.html


    The
    Story of Ian W. Bazalgette VC

    http://www.lancastermuseum.ca/bazalgette.html


    Sgt. (Pilot)
    Albert Stanley Prince

    http://www.lancastermuseum.ca/prince.html


    HREF="http://www.lib.unb.ca/archives/finding/priestma.html">Remembrance
    Day Tragedy in Fredericton, 1945: A First-Person Narrative. Bryan
    Priestman – A Biographical Sketch

    http://www.lib.unb.ca/archives/finding/priestma.html



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