History

Wars & Campaigns

►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

Battle Honours

Italian Campaign

The Sangro

►Ortona

Northwest Europe

Nijmegen Salient

►Kapelsche Veer
►The Roer

Rhineland

►The Rhineland

►Xanten

Final Phase

►Groningen

Domestic Missions

►FLQ Crisis

International Missions

►ICCS

►MFO

Peacekeeping

►UNMOGIP

►UNTSO

►UNEF

►UNOGIL

►ONUC

►UNYOM

►UNTEA

►UNIFCYP

►DOMREP

►UNIPOM

►UNEFME

►UNDOF

►UNIFIL

►UNGOMAP

►UNIIMOG

►UNTAG

►ONUCA

►UNIKOM

►MINURSO

►ONUSAL

►UNAMIC

►UNAVEM II

►UNPROFOR

►UNTAC

►UNOSOM

►ONUMOZ

►UNOMUR

►UNAMIR

►UNMIH

►UNMIBH

►UNMOP

►UNSMIH

►MINUGUA

►UNTMIH

►MIPONUH

►MINURCA

►INTERFET

►UNAMSIL

►UNTAET

Exercises

 

United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission

United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM) was a United Nations observer mission involving Canadians.

UN Mandate

To monitor the demilitarized zone on the Iraq-Kuwait frontier (10 km into Iraq and 5 km into Kuwait), to remove unexploded ordnance and to clear mines.

Canadian Military Involvement

Units involved included:

  • 1 Combat Engineer Regiment
  • 59 Field Squadron of 5 Combat Engineer Regiment
  • 29 Field Squadron of 2 Combat Engineer Regiment

Insignia

 Ninety days service with the mission after 3 Apr 1991 entitled a Canadian serviceman to the UNIKOM Medal. The ribbon was sand with a central 4mm stripe in UN blue.

A total of 523 awards to Canadians were made during the following months:

  • Apr 1991 - 300
  • Oct 1991 - 88
  • Apr 1992 - 85
  • Oct 1992 - 45
  • Apr 1993 - 5

 

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