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 Truce Supervisory Organization

United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization (UNTSO) was a peacekeeping mission involving Canadians from 1948 into the 21st Century.

UN Mandate

UNTSO was established to to observe and maintain the cease-fire and general armistice agreements between Israel, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Headquartered in Jerusalem, the mission provided UN military observers (UNMOs) from several nations to patrol the Sinai buffer zone as well as man observation posts in the Golan Heights; the Canadian officers worked in Egypt, Israel and Syria. Other duties included observation posts on the Lebanese-Israeli border, inspection of limited forces, armament areas and missile-restricted zones in the Sinai Desert.

Canadian Military Involvement

No specific units were deployed to this operation. Some 20 Canadian officers was the standard number beginning in Feb 1954, with tours normally lasting one year. The number of officers was reduced to 13 in 1993.

Insignia

Six months service anytime after 23 Apr 1948 qualified a Canadian soldier for the UNTSO Medal. The ribbon was UN blue with a narrow 2 mm white stripe 6 mm from each edge.

Approximately 813 had been awarded to Canadians by Jul 1993.

 

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