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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. Uniforms, insignia, medals, badges and decorations


  2. HREF="http://www.forces.gc.ca/dhh/heritage_traditions/engraph/female_dress_65-68_e.asp?cat=2">Canadian
    Forces – Women’s Orders of Dress (1965-68)

    http://www.forces.gc.ca/dhh/heritage_traditions/engraph/female_dress_65-68_e.asp?cat=2


    The Canadian
    Great War homepage: Army Uniforms and Equipment

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


    HREF="http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/history/material_culture/anth/index.html">A
    Uniform’s History of the 48th highlanders of Canada

    http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/history/material_culture/anth/index.html


    Uniforms
    of the 19th Light Dragoons in Canada 1813-1816

    http://www3.sympatico.ca/dis.general/19thld.htm


    William Scully Ltd.,
    Manufacturers of Uniform Equipment since 1877

    http://www.williamscully.ca/gallery/


    HREF="http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp">Canadian
    Orders, Medals and Decorations

    http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp


    The Canadian Great
    War: Victoria Cross Winners

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


    Canada’s
    Victoria Cross Recipients

    http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/VC_Recipients/vc_recipients.htm


    HREF="http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/citations">For Valour:
    Commemorating the Sixteen Canadian Servicemen awarded the Victoria Cross
    for conspicuous bravery during the Second World War 1939-1945

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


    The
    Canadian Military Heritage Project: World War II Victoria Cross Winners

    http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/ww2/heroes/vc.htm


    The Canadian
    Army Battle Honours

    http://regimentalrogue.com/battlehonours/battle_honours.htm


    Canadian
    Air Aces: Medals

    http://www.constable.ca/caah/medals.htm


    Canada,
    military flags

    http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ca%5Emilit.html


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  3. Registers of, and memorials to, the dead


  4. Books
    of Remembrance

    http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/books

    The Books of Remembrance contain the names of Canadians who fought in wars and
    died either during or after them


    The Canadian Virtual War Memorial

    http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem


    The Canadian Virtual War Memorial

    http://www.cdli.ca/cvwm/


    National
    Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials

    http://www.forces.gc.ca/memorial/engraph/home_e.asp


    Memorials
    to Canada’s War Dead

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


    Lest We Forget:
    First World War Cenotaph Research

    http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/cenotaph/index-e.html


    The Maple Leaf Legacy
    Project: Canadian War Graves Archive

    http://www.mapleleaflegacy.ca/en/index.php


    A History of
    the Old Military Burial Ground, Victoria Square, Toronto

    http://www.toronto.ca/culture/victoria-square/index.htm


    “We Will Remember”:
    War Monuments in Canada

    http://www.cdli.ca/monuments/


    War Memorials,
    Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia

    http://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html


    History
    as Monument: The Sculptures on the Vimy Memorial

    http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/explore/military-history/dispatches/
    history-as-monument-the-sculptures-on-the-vimy-memorial


    Tomb
    of the Unknown Soldier

    http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=memorials/tomb


    HREF="http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galwarvimy/galwarvimy.html">Harry
    Palmer Gallery: Vimy War Memorial Gallery

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


    HREF="http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galwardieppe/galwardieppe.html">Harry
    Palmer Gallery: Dieppe Raid Gallery

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


    H.M.C.S. Sackville,
    Canada’s Naval Memorial

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


    The
    Canadian Peacekeeping Monument

    http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?cid=16297-24563-24548-24552&lang=1&bhcp=1


    Peacekeeping
    Roll of Honour

    http://www.members.shaw.ca/kcic1/peacekeepers.html


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  5. Medical care


  6. Critical
    Care On the Battlefield and Around the World: The Story of the Canadian Forces
    Health Services

    http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/media/press-releases/year-2004/
    critical-care-on-the-battlefield-and-around-the-world


    Canadian
    Nursing History Collection

    http://www.civilization.ca/tresors/nursing/ncint01e.html


    HREF="http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/other/Nursing">Canadian
    Nursing Sisters

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


    The
    Call to Duty: Canada’s Nursing Sisters

    http://www.collectionscanada.ca/nursing-sisters/index-e.html


    Assistant
    Surgeon William Faulkner of the 41st Regiment during the War of
    1812

    http://www3.sympatico.ca/dis.general/41surg.htm


    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


    Nursing
    Sister Helen L. Fowlds: A Canadian Nurse in World War I

    http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/ffowldswelcome.htm


    Captain
    Banting, War Hero

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



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