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History |
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Wars & Campaigns |
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►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
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Operations |
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Battle Honours |
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Boer War
First World War
Western Front
Trench Warfare: 1914-1916
Allied Offensive: 1916
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►Somme, 1916 |
1
Jul-18 Nov 16 |
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►Albert |
.1-13
Jul 16 |
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►Bazentin |
.14-17
Jul 16 |
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►Pozieres |
.23
Jul-3 Sep 16 |
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►Guillemont |
.3-6
Sep 16 |
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►Ginchy |
.9
Sep 16 |
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►Flers-Courcelette |
15-22
Sep 16 |
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►Thiepval |
26-29
Sep 16 |
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►Le Transloy |
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1-18 Oct 16 |
Allied
Offensives: 1917
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►Arras 1917 |
8
Apr-4 May 17 |
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►Vimy, 1917 |
.9-14
Apr 17 |
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►Arleux |
28-29 Apr 17 |
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►Scarpe, 1917 |
.3-4
May17 |
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►Hill 70 |
.15-25
Aug 17 |
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►Messines, 1917 |
.7-14
Jun 17 |
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►Ypres, 1917 |
..31
Jul-10 Nov 17 |
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►Pilckem |
31
Jul-2 Aug 17 |
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►Langemarck, 1917 |
.16-18
Aug 17 |
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►Menin Road |
.20-25
Sep 17 |
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►Polygon Wood |
26
Sep-3 Oct 17 |
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►Broodseinde |
.4
Oct 17 |
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►Poelcapelle |
.9
Oct 17 |
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►Passchendaele |
.12
Oct 17 |
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►Cambrai, 1917 |
20
Nov-3 Dec 17 |
German Offensive: 1918
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►Somme, 1918 |
.21
Mar-5 Apr 18 |
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►St. Quentin |
.21-23
Mar 18 |
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►Bapaume, 1918 |
.24-25
Mar 18 |
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►Rosieres |
.26-27
Mar 18 |
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►Avre |
.4
Apr 18 |
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►Lys |
.9-29
Apr 18 |
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►Estaires |
.9-11
Apr 18 |
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►Messines, 1918 |
.10-11
Apr 18 |
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►Bailleul |
.13-15
Apr 18 |
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►Kemmel |
.17-19
Apr 18 |
Advance to Victory: 1918
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►Arras, 1918 |
.26
Aug-3 Sep 18 |
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►Scarpe, 1918 |
26-30 Aug 18. |
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►Drocourt-Queant |
.2-3
Sep 18 |
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►Hindenburg Line |
.12
Sep-9 Oct 18 |
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►Canal du Nord |
.27
Sep-2 Oct 18 |
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►St. Quentin Canal |
.29
Sep-2 Oct 18 |
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►Epehy |
3-5
Oct 18 |
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►Cambrai, 1918 |
.8-9
Oct 18 |
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►Valenciennes |
.1-2
Nov 18 |
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►Sambre |
.4
Nov 18 |
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►Pursuit to Mons |
.28 Sep-11Nov |
Second World War
War Against Japan
South-East Asia
Italian Campaign
Battle of Sicily
Southern
Italy
The Sangro and Moro
Battles of the FSSF
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►Anzio |
22
Jan-22 May 44 |
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►Rome |
.22
May-4 Jun 44 |
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►Advance
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.22
May-22 Jun 44 |
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to the Tiber |
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►Monte Arrestino |
25
May 44 |
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►Rocca Massima |
27
May 44 |
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►Colle Ferro |
2
Jun 44 |
Cassino
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►Cassino II |
11-18
May 44 |
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►Gustav Line |
11-18
May 44 |
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►Sant' Angelo in
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13
May 44 |
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Teodice |
. |
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►Pignataro |
14-15 May 44 |
Liri Valley
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►Hitler Line |
18-24 May 44 |
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►Melfa Crossing |
24-25 May 44 |
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►Torrice Crossroads |
30
May 44 |
Advance to Florence
Gothic Line
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►Gothic Line |
25 Aug-22 Sep 44 |
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►Monteciccardo |
27-28 Aug 44 |
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►Point 204 (Pozzo Alto) |
31 Aug 44 |
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►Borgo Santa Maria |
1 Sep 44 |
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►Tomba di Pesaro |
1-2 Sep 44 |
Winter Lines
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►Rimini Line |
14-21 Sep 44 |
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►San Martino- |
14-18 Sep 44 |
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San Lorenzo |
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►San Fortunato |
18-20 Sep 44 |
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►Sant' Angelo |
11-15 Sep 44 |
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in Salute |
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►Bulgaria Village |
13-14 Sep 44 |
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►Pisciatello |
16-19 Sep 44 |
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►Savio Bridgehead |
20-23
Sep 44 |
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►Monte La Pieve |
13-19
Oct 44 |
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►Monte Spaduro |
19-24 Oct 44 |
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►Monte San Bartolo |
11-14
Nov 44 |
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►Lamone Crossing |
2-13
Dec 44 |
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►Capture of Ravenna |
3-4
Dec 44 |
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►Naviglio Canal |
12-15 Dec 44 |
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►Fosso Vecchio |
16-18 Dec 44 |
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►Fosso Munio |
19-21 Dec 44 |
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►Conventello- |
2-6 Jan 45 |
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Comacchio |
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Northwest Europe
Battle of Normandy
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►Quesnay Road |
10-11 Aug 44 |
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►St. Lambert-sur- |
19-22 Aug 44 |
Southern France
Channel Ports
The Scheldt
Nijmegen Salient
Rhineland
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►The
Reichswald |
8-13 Feb 45 |
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►Waal
Flats |
8-15 Feb 45 |
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►Moyland
Wood |
14-21 Feb 45 |
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►Goch-Calcar
Road |
19-21 Feb 45 |
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►The
Hochwald |
26
Feb- |
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4
Mar 45 |
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►Veen |
6-10 Mar 45 |
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►Xanten |
8-9
Mar 45 |
Final Phase
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►The
Rhine |
23
Mar-1 Apr 45 |
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►Emmerich-Hoch
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28
Mar-1 Apr 45 |
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Elten |
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Korean War
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Domestic Missions |
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►FLQ
Crisis |
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International
Missions |
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►ICCS
Vietnam 1973
►MFO
Sinai 1986- |
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Peacekeeping |
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►UNTEA |
W. N. Guinea 1963-1964 |
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►ONUCA |
C. America
1989-1992 |
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►UNTAC |
Cambodia
1992-1993 |
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►UNMOP |
Prevlaka
1996-2001 |
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Exercises |
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United Nations Mission
in Sierra Leone
The
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) was a United
Nations observer mission involving Canadians.
History
After a few years of civil war in Sierra Leone the
Secretary-General reported to the Council in Jun 1998 that the
priority task in that country was to promote stability and
security by disarming and demobilizing former combatants. To
that end, the UN deployed the United Nations Observer Mission
in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL) for a period of six months. Canada
did not participate in this mission.
From the UN website;
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UNOMSIL's purpose is
to monitor the military and security situation in the
country as a whole, as security conditions permit; monitor
the disarmament and demobilization of former combatants
concentrated in secure areas of the country; assist in
monitoring respect for international humanitarian law,
including at disarmament and demobilization sites, where
security permit; advise, in coordination with other
international efforts, the Government of Sierra Leone and
local police officials on police practice, training,
re-equipment and recruitment, in particular on the need to
respect internationally accepted standards of policing in
democratic societies.
UN
Mandate
On
22 Oct 1999, the UN Security Council authorized the
establishment of UNAMSIL by resolution 1270 (1999), a new and
larger mission with a maximum of 6,000 military personnel,
including 260 military observers, to assist the Government and
the parties in carrying out provisions of the Lome peace
agreement. UNOMSIL was simultaneously terminated.
Contributors of Military and Civilian Police Personnel were:
Bangladesh, Bolivia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Egypt, France, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India,
Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mali, Namibia,
Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Russian
Federation, Senegal, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand,
Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay,
Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Canadian Military Involvement
From a DND Backgrounder dated 2003:
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Operation REPTILE is
the Canadian Forces contribution to the United Nations
Mission in Sierra Leone, or UNAMSIL. UNAMSIL began
operations with 6,000 peacekeepers, including 260 unarmed
United Nations military observers, and a mandate to assist
in implementing the Lomé Peace Accord of June 1999, which
ended a civil war of eight years' standing. The main
contributors of peacekeeping forces to UNAMSIL were Nigeria,
Guinea, the United Kingdom, India, Kenya, Jordan and
Bangladesh.
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In November 1999,
five Canadian Forces officers arrived in Sierra Leone to
serve as observers. They were responsible for monitoring the
disarmament of the combatants of all the belligerent
factions, and their re-integration to civilian life. They
also monitored the ceasefire and humanitarian assistance
provided by international organizations. In May 2000, four
of the five Canadian observers returned home, having
completed their six-month tour of duty; the fifth, a senior
officer, remained in Sierra Leone to serve on the staff of
the UN force commander.
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In the spring of
2000, fighting broke out between UNAMSIL troops and the
forces of a rebel faction, the Revolutionary United Front.
The UN withdrew its civilian personnel and asked several
countries, including Canada, for aircraft to help transport
reinforcements for UNAMSIL's Indian and Bangladeshi
contingents. During May 2000, 437 Transport Squadron from 8
Wing Trenton, Ontario, provided a CC-150 Polaris long-range
transport aircraft and 20 personnel to move 300 Indian
troops and their equipment from New Delhi to Sierra Leone.
That same month, when UNAMSIL's peacekeeping force was
increased to 13,000 all ranks, Canada sent more Air Force
personnel from 8 Wing Trenton and 17 Wing Winnipeg to the
airport in Freetown to help unload cargo. In the two weeks
this detachment was on the ground, its 40 members handled
more than 2.4 million kilograms of freight and baggage.
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During this period,
Canada also donated about $860,000 worth of body armour and
helmets to outfit two battalions of infantry that had
arrived for UN duty without personal protection equipment.
At the end of June 2000, four more Canadian Forces members
were sent to Freetown to serve as observers, bringing the
total back up to five.
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Operation Reptile
continued through 1993 today with the contribution of five
military observers to UNAMSIL, which now comprises 17,300
peacekeeping troops and 260 observers.
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Under Operation
Sculpture, Canada contributed 11 CF members to a non-UN
initiative, the British-led International Military Advisory
Training Team, which provides advice and training support to
the armed forces of the Republic of Sierra Leone.
Canada's role in UNAMSIL was terminated on 10 Jul 2005.
Insignia
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Ninety days
service qualified a Canadian soldier for the UNAMSIL
Medal. |
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