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►Boer War
►First World War

►►Western Front

►►Siberia
►Second World War
►►War Against Japan

►►Italian Campaign
►►►Sicily

►►►Southern Italy

►►►The Sangro

►►►Battles of the FSSF

►►►Cassino

►►►Liri Valley

►►►Advance to Florence

►►►Gothic Line

►►►Winter Lines
►►North-West Europe

►►►Normandy
►►►Channel Ports

►►►Scheldt
►►►Nijmegen Salient

►►►Rhineland

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

Operations

►GAUNTLET Aug 1941
►HUSKY Jul 1943
►OVERLORD Jun 1944
►VERITABLE Feb 1945

Italian Campaign

The Sangro

Northwest Europe

Nijmegen Salient

►Kapelsche Veer
►The Roer

Rhineland

►The Rhineland

Final Phase

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United Nations Emergency Force, Middle East

United Nations Emergency Force, Middle East (UNEFME, also called UNEF II) was a United Nations peacekeeping mission involving Canadians from 1973 to 1979.

UN Mandate

Following the Yom Kippur War in Oct 1973 between Israel, Egypt and Syria, UNEFME was created to ensure that the terms of the cease-fire were followed.

Canadian Military Involvement

73 Signals Squadron
73 Service Battalion
1st Canadian Signal Regiment
116 Air Transportation Unit (2 Buffalo aircraft)
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

There were 1,145 CF members on duty at one time.

Insignia

Ninety days service entitled a Canadian soldier to the UNEFME Medal, between 26 Oct 1973 and 24 Jul 1979. The ribbon was sand yellow with two 1mm dark blue stripes in the centre with 9mm UN blue selvedges.

There were 111,500 awards of the medal to Canadians.

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