History

Wars & Campaigns

►Boer War
►First World War

►►Western Front

►►►Trench Warfare: 1914-1916

►►►Allied Offensive: 1916

►►►Allied Offensives: 1917

►►►German Offensive: 1918

►►►Advance to Victory: 1918

►►Siberia
►Second World War
►►War Against Japan
►►North Africa
►►Italian Campaign

►►►Sicily

►►►Southern Italy

►►►The Sangro and Moro

►►►Battles of the FSSF

►►►Cassino

►►►Liri Valley

►►►Advance to Florence

►►►Gothic Line

►►►Winter Lines
►►North-West Europe

►►►Normandy
 ►►►Southern France
►►►Channel Ports

►►►Scheldt
►►►Nijmegen Salient

►►►Rhineland

►►►Final Phase
►Korean War
►Cold War
►Gulf War

Operations 
►GAUNTLET Aug 1941

(Spitsbergen)
►HUSKY Jul 1943

 (Sicily)
►COTTAGE Aug 1943

 (Kiska)
►TIMBERWOLF Oct 1943

(Italy)
►OVERLORD Jun 1944

(Normandy)
►MARKET-GARDEN Sep 44

(Arnhem)
►BERLIN Nov 1944

(Nijmegen)
►VERITABLE Feb 1945

(Rhineland)

Battle Honours

Boer War

►Paardeberg

18 Feb 00

First World War
Western Front
Trench Warfare: 1914-1916

►Ypres, 1915

22 Apr-25 May 15
►Gravenstafel

22-23 Apr 15
►St. Julien

24 Apr-4 May 15
►Frezenberg

8-13 May 15
►Bellewaarde

24-25 May 15
►Festubert, 1915

15-25 May 15
►Mount Sorrel

2-13 Jun 16

Allied Offensive: 1916

►Somme, 1916

1 Jul-18 Nov 16
►Albert

.1-13 Jul 16
►Bazentin

.14-17 Jul 16
►Pozieres

.23 Jul-3 Sep 16
►Guillemont

.3-6 Sep 16
►Ginchy

.9 Sep 16
►Flers-Courcelette

15-22 Sep 16
►Thiepval

26-29 Sep 16
►Le Transloy

. 1-18 Oct 16
►Ancre Heights

1 Oct-11 Nov 16
►Ancre, 1916

13-18 Nov 16

Allied Offensives: 1917

►Arras 1917

8 Apr-4 May 17
►Vimy, 1917

.9-14 Apr 17
►Arleux

28-29 Apr 17
►Scarpe, 1917

.3-4 May17
►Hill 70

.15-25 Aug 17
►Messines, 1917

.7-14 Jun 17
►Ypres, 1917

..31 Jul-10 Nov 17
►Pilckem

31 Jul-2 Aug 17
►Langemarck, 1917

.16-18 Aug 17
►Menin Road

.20-25 Sep 17
►Polygon Wood

26 Sep-3 Oct 17
►Broodseinde

.4 Oct 17
►Poelcapelle

.9 Oct 17
►Passchendaele

.12 Oct 17
►Cambrai, 1917

20 Nov-3 Dec 17

German Offensive: 1918

►Somme, 1918

.21 Mar-5 Apr 18
►St. Quentin

.21-23 Mar 18
►Bapaume, 1918

.24-25 Mar 18
►Rosieres

.26-27 Mar 18
►Avre

.4 Apr 18
►Lys

.9-29 Apr 18
►Estaires

.9-11 Apr 18
►Messines, 1918

.10-11 Apr 18
►Bailleul

.13-15 Apr 18
►Kemmel

.17-19 Apr 18

Advance to Victory: 1918

►Amiens

8-11 Aug 18
►Arras, 1918

.26 Aug-3 Sep 18
►Scarpe, 1918

26-30 Aug 18.
►Drocourt-Queant

.2-3 Sep 18
►Hindenburg Line

.12 Sep-9 Oct 18
►Canal du Nord

.27 Sep-2 Oct 18
►St. Quentin Canal .29 Sep-2 Oct 18
►Epehy

3-5 Oct 18
►Cambrai, 1918

.8-9 Oct 18
►Valenciennes

.1-2 Nov 18
►Sambre

.4 Nov 18
►Pursuit to Mons .28 Sep-11Nov

Second World War

War Against Japan

South-East Asia

►Hong Kong

 8-25 Dec 41

Italian Campaign

Battle of Sicily

►Landing in Sicily 

   9-12 Jul 43
►Grammichele 

15 Jul 43
►Piazza Armerina

16-17 Jul 43
►Valguarnera

17-19 Jul 43
►Assoro 

  20-22 Jul 43
►Leonforte

 21-22 Jul 43
►Agira

24-28 Jul 43
►Adrano 

29 Jul-7 Aug 43
►Catenanuova

29-30 Jul 43
►Regalbuto

29 Jul-3 Aug 43
►Centuripe

  31 Jul-3 Aug 43
►Troina Valley

 2-6 Aug 43
►Pursuit to Messina

 2-17 Aug 43

 Southern Italy

►Landing at Reggio

 3 Sep 43
►Potenza 19-20 Sep 43
►Motta Montecorvino 1-3 Oct 43
►Termoli 3-6 Oct 43
►Monte San Marco 6-7 Oct 43
►Gambatesa 7-8 Oct 43
►Campobasso 11-14 Oct 43
►Baranello 17-18 Oct 43
►Colle d'Anchise 22-24 Oct 43
►Torella 24-27 Oct 43

The Sangro and Moro

►The Sangro

19 Nov-3 Dec 43
►Castel di Sangro

.23-24 Nov 43
►The Moro

5-7 Dec 43
►San Leonardo

8-9 Dec 43
►The Gully

..10-19 Dec 43
►Casa Berardi

 ..14-15 Dec 43
►Ortona

20-28 Dec 43
►San Nicola-San

.31 Dec 43

Tommaso

 .
►Point 59/ 29 Dec 43-

Torre Mucchia

4 Jan 44

Battles of the FSSF
►Monte Camino

.5 Nov-9 Dec 43
►Monte la Difensa-

2-8 Dec 43

 Monte la Remetanea

 .
►Hill 720

25 Dec 43
►Monte Majo

3-8 Jan 44.
►Radicosa

4 Jan 44
►Monte Vischiataro

8 Jan 44
►Anzio

22 Jan-22 May 44
►Rome

.22 May-4 Jun 44
►Advance

.22 May-22 Jun 44

to the Tiber

 .
►Monte Arrestino

25 May 44
►Rocca Massima

27 May 44
►Colle Ferro

2 Jun 44

Cassino
►Cassino II

11-18 May 44
►Gustav Line

11-18 May 44
►Sant' Angelo in

13 May 44

Teodice

 .
►Pignataro

14-15 May 44

Liri Valley
►Liri Valley

18-30 May 44
►Hitler Line

18-24 May 44
►Aquino

18-24 May 44
►Melfa Crossing

24-25 May 44
►Ceprano

26-27 May 44
►Torrice Crossroads

30 May 44

Advance to Florence
►Advance

17 Jul-10 Aug 44

to Florence

 .
►Trasimene Line

20-30 Jun 44
►Sanfatucchio

20-21 Jun 44
►Arezzo

4-17 Jul 44
►Cerrone

25 - 31 Aug 44

Gothic Line
►Gothic Line

25 Aug-22 Sep 44
►Monteciccardo

27-28 Aug 44
►Montecchio

30-31 Aug 44
►Point 204 (Pozzo Alto)

31 Aug 44
►Monte Luro

1 Sep 44
►Borgo Santa Maria

1 Sep 44
►Tomba di Pesaro

1-2 Sep 44
►Coriano

3-15 Sep 44

Winter Lines
►Rimini Line

14-21 Sep 44
►San Martino-

14-18 Sep 44

San Lorenzo

 .
►San Fortunato

18-20 Sep 44
►Casale

23-25 Sep 44
►Sant' Angelo

11-15 Sep 44

 in Salute

 .
►Bulgaria Village

13-14 Sep 44
►Cesena

15-20 Sep 44
►Pisciatello

16-19 Sep 44
►Savio Bridgehead

20-23 Sep 44
►Monte La Pieve

13-19 Oct 44
►Monte Spaduro

19-24 Oct 44
►Monte San Bartolo

11-14 Nov 44
►Lamone Crossing

2-13 Dec 44
►Capture of Ravenna

3-4 Dec 44
►Naviglio Canal

12-15 Dec 44
►Fosso Vecchio

16-18 Dec 44
►Fosso Munio

19-21 Dec 44
►Conventello-

2-6 Jan 45

Comacchio

 .
►Granarolo

3-5 Jan 44

Northwest Europe
►Dieppe

19 Aug 42

Battle of Normandy
►Normandy Landing

6 Jun 44
►Authie

7 Jun 44
►Putot-en-Bessin

8 Jun 44
►Bretteville

8-9 Jun 44
       -l'Orgueilleuse .
►Le Mesnil-Patry

11 Jun 44
►Carpiquet

4-5 Jul 44
►Caen

4-18 Jul 44
►The Orne (Buron)

8-9 Jul 44
►Bourguébus Ridge

18-23 Jul 44
►Faubourg-de-

18-19 Jul 44
       Vaucelles .
►St. André-sur-Orne

19-23 Jul 44
►Maltôt

22-23 Jul 44
►Verrières Ridge-Tilly--

25 Jul 44
         la-Campagne .
►Falaise

7-22 Aug 44
►Falaise Road

7-9 Aug 44
►Quesnay Road

10-11 Aug 44

►Clair Tizon

11-13 Aug 44
►The Laison

14-17 Aug 44
►Chambois

18-22 Aug 44
►St. Lambert-sur-

19-22 Aug 44
       Dives

.
►Dives Crossing

17-20 Aug 44
►Forêt de la Londe

27-29 Aug 44
►The Seine, 1944

25-28 Aug 44

Southern France
►Southern France

15-28 Aug 44

Channel Ports
►Dunkirk, 1944

8-15 Sep 44

►Le Havre

1-12 Sep 44
►Moerbrugge

8-10 Sep 44
►Moerkerke

13-14 Sep 44

►Boulogne, 1944

17-22 Sep 44
►Calais, 1944

25 Sep-1 Oct 44

►Wyneghem

21-22 Sep 44

►Antwerp-Turnhout

   24-29 Sep 44

Canal

 .

The Scheldt

►The Scheldt

1 Oct-8 Nov 44
►Leopold Canal

6-16 Oct-44
►Woensdrecht

1-27 Oct 44
►Savojaards Platt

9-10 Oct 44
►Breskens Pocket

11 Oct -3 Nov 44
►The Lower Maas

20 Oct -7 Nov 44
►South Beveland

 24-31 Oct 44
►Walcheren

31 Oct -4 Nov 44

Causeway

 .

Nijmegen Salient
►Ardennes

Dec 44-Jan 45
►Kapelsche Veer

31 Dec 44-
.

21Jan 45
►The Roer

16-31 Jan 45

Rhineland
►The Rhineland

8 Feb-10 Mar 45
►The Reichswald

8-13 Feb 45
►Waal Flats

8-15 Feb 45
►Moyland Wood

14-21 Feb 45
►Goch-Calcar Road

19-21 Feb 45
►The Hochwald

26 Feb-
.

4 Mar 45
►Veen

6-10 Mar 45
►Xanten

8-9 Mar 45

Final Phase
►The Rhine

23 Mar-1 Apr 45
►Emmerich-Hoch

28 Mar-1 Apr 45

Elten

 .
►Twente Canal

2-4 Apr 45
►Zutphen

6-8 Apr 45
►Deventer

8-11 Apr 45
►Arnhem, 1945

12-14 Apr 45
►Apeldoorn

11-17 Apr 45
►Groningen

13-16 Apr 45
►Friesoythe

14 Apr 45
►Ijselmeer

15-18 Apr 45
►Küsten Canal

17-24 Apr 45
►Wagenborgen

21-23 Apr 45
►Delfzijl Pocket

23 Apr-2 May 45
►Leer

28-29 Apr 45
►Bad Zwischenahn

23 Apr-4 May 45
►Oldenburg

27 Apr-5 May 45

Korean War
►Kapyong

21-25 Apr 51

Domestic Missions

►FLQ Crisis

International Missions

►ICCS            Vietnam 1973

►MFO                 Sinai 1986-

Peacekeeping
►UNMOGIP

India 1948-1979
►UNTSO

 Israel 1948-    ....
►UNEF

Egypt 1956-1967
►UNOGIL

Lebanon 1958    ....
►ONUC

 Congo 1960-1964
►UNYOM

Yemen 1963-1964
►UNTEA

W. N. Guinea 1963-1964
►UNIFCYP

 Cyprus 1964-    ....
►DOMREP

D. Republic 1965-1966
►UNIPOM

Kashmir 1965-1966
►UNEFME

Egypt 1973-1979
►UNDOF

Golan 1974-    ....
►UNIFIL

 Lebanon 1978    ....
►UNGOMAP

Afghanistan 1988-90
►UNIIMOG

Iran-Iraq 1988-1991
►UNTAG

Namibia 1989-1990
►ONUCA

C. America 1989-1992
►UNIKOM

Kuwait 1991    ....
►MINURSO

W. Sahara 1991    ....
►ONUSAL

El Salvador 1991    ....
►UNAMIC

Cambodia 1991-1992
►UNAVEM II

Angola 1991-1997
►UNPROFOR

Yugosla. 1992-1995
►UNTAC

Cambodia 1992-1993
►UNOSOM

Somalia 1992-1993
►ONUMOZ

Mozambiq. 1993-1994
►UNOMUR

 Rwanda 1993    ....
►UNAMIR

Rwanda 1993-1996
►UNMIH

Haiti 1993-1996
►UNMIBH

Bosnia/Herz.1993-1996
►UNMOP

Prevlaka 1996-2001
►UNSMIH

Haiti 1996-1997
►MINUGUA

Guatemala 1994-1997
►UNTMIH

Haiti 1997    ....
►MIPONUH

 Haiti 1997    ....
►MINURCA

C.Afr.Rep. 1998-1999
►INTERFET

E. Timor 1999-2000
►UNAMSIL

Sie. Leone 1999-2005
►UNTAET

E. Timor 1999-2000

Exercises

 

United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala

United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) was a United Nations observer mission involving Canadians.

UN Mandate

In Sep 1994, the General Assembly decided to establish a Human Rights Verification in Guatemala acting on a recommendation by the Secretary-General that such a mission could make a contribution to a persisting pattern of human rights abuse. MINUGUA was established by Security Council Resolution 1094 (1997) to verify the Definitive Cease-Fire Agreement signed on 4 Dec 1996. The mission terminated in May 1997.

Canadian Military Involvement

Canada provided civilian police and 15 Spanish-speaking UN Military Observers to this mission between Feb and May 1997 (Operation VISION).

Insignia

Ninety days service with the mission between 1 Sep 1994 to 27 May 1997 entitled a Canadian soldier to the MINUGUA Medal. The ribbon represented the colours of the Guatemala flag (deep blue, white and green) brought together in the center by UN blue.

 

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