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Welcome to the Canadian military history task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers all articles related to the military history of Canada and the unified Canadian Forces (CF) comprising the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding Canadian-task-force=yes or Canadian=y to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Canadian military history task force articles.

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1. A. B. (talk · contribs)
2. Amqui (talk · contribs) (Mainly for the French counterpart: Projet:Forces canadiennes)
3. Arthurcurrie (talk · contribs) (WW1, WW2)
4. Double Plus Ungood (talk · contribs) (Military history of New France and the First Nations, the RCAF, Cadets of the three elements, WWII and the French elements of the CAF)
5. Jbaer50 (talk · contribs) (1800s Through 2000s)
6. Ktsquare (talk · contribs) (Help out where I can)
7. Labattblueboy (talk · contribs) (WWI - Canadian Corps)
8. McMuff (talk · contribs) (Naval History, Battle Honours)
9. Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)
10. Patar_knight (talk · contribs) (WW2, terminology, Korean War)
11. Trevor MacInnis (talk · contribs) (Aviators/aircraft)

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles Battle of Arras (1917) Battle of the Cedars Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec Black Friday (1945) Isaac Brock Canadian National Vimy Memorial Canoe River train crash Operation Charnwood Epsom riot Falaise pocket Ray Farquharson Razing of Friesoythe Operation Goodwood (naval) Halifax Explosion INTERFET logistics If Day Operation Inmate Angus Lewis Macdonald John A. Macdonald Manhattan Project Frank McGee (ice hockey) Melville Island (Nova Scotia) Montreal Laboratory Operation Berlin (Atlantic) Pontiac's War Battle of Quebec (1775) Quebec Agreement Mark Satin Laura Secord Surrender of Japan Operation Tractable Operation Varsity Battle of Verrières Ridge Victoria Cross (Canada) Battle of Vimy Ridge Featured lists List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients List of Victoria Cross recipients (A–F) List of Victoria Cross recipients (G–M) List of Victoria Cross recipients (N–Z) A-Class articles Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 2nd Canadian Division during World War II Convoy Faith Harry Crerar Hill 262 Juno Beach Battle of Kapyong George Kenney Moro River campaign North-West Mounted Police Battle of the Plains of Abraham Operation Totalize Operation Windsor Good articles 2nd Canadian Regiment 410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron Edwin Alderson Liberation of Arnhem Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Avro Canada CF-103 Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow John Babcock Battle of Bloody Creek (1711) Battle of Fort Cumberland (1776) Battle of Hill 70 Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial John Braham (RAF officer) British cavalry during the First World War Hubert Brooks C and D-class destroyer Canadian Afghan detainee issue Canadian peacekeeping HMS Comet (H00) Convoy Faith Harry Crerar HMS Crescent (1931) HMS Crusader (H60) HMS Cygnet (H83) HMS Decoy (H75) HMS Diana (H49) Operation Dragoon E and F-class destroyer John Emilius Fauquier SS Fort Stikine HMS Fortune (H70) HMS Foxhound (H69) HMCS Fredericton (K245) G and H-class destroyer Gallipoli campaign Mary Greyeyes Imperial Gift In Flanders Fields Invasion of Quebec (1775) Juno Beach Battle of Kapyong HMS Kempenfelt (I18) George Kenney Lachine massacre Daniel Ménard Masumi Mitsui Battle of Mont Sorrel Moro River campaign Leonard W. Murray NATO No. 2 Squadron RCAF No. 3 Squadron RCAF Normandy landings North-West Mounted Police Operation Backstop Operation Overlord First Battle of Passchendaele Francis Pegahmagabow Penticton Regional Airport Battle of the Plains of Abraham HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509) Battle of Quebec (1690) Quebec expedition (1711) Queen Anne's War Andrew Ross (rugby union, born 1879) HMT Royal Edward Second Battle of Passchendaele Siege of Fort St. Jean Joseph Smith Conn Smythe Supermarine Stranraer Operation Totalize Battle of Trois-Rivières United States invasion of Afghanistan Operation Windsor World War II Yukon Field Force Walter Zinn

Canadian military history task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 35 FL 4 A 13 AL 0 GA 67     B 426 BL 10 C 1,664 CL 35 Start 2,023 List 95 Stub 572     Total 4,800 Total 144 Other pages Category 823 Disambig 29 Draft 1 File 187 Portal 0 Project 3 Redirect 359 SIA 87 Template 84 User 1 Total 1,574 Unassessed 0 Statistics ω 22,273 Ω 4.505 category

Open tasks

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Popular pages

Full list

Cleanup needed

• List of infantry weapons and equipment of the Canadian military • 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade

Requested articles

12th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 14th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 15th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 260th Battalion, Canadian Rifles, CEF (Siberia) • Battle of Dickinson's Landing • Battle of Pigeon Hill (1866) (currently redirect) • J. Angus Waters • Atlantic Coast Patrol • Nile Voyageurs (currently a redirect) • 21 Army Intelligence Corps • Victor-Gabriel Brodeur • Canadian Forces School of Search and Rescue (currently redirect) • Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Studies (currently redirect) • RCAF International Training Programs

Expansion needed

1st Canadian Infantry Brigade • 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade • 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 7th Canadian Infantry Division • 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 8th Canadian Infantry Division • 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade • Corps of Canadian Railway troops • 6th Canadian Infantry Division • Battle of Point Pelee • Battle of the Short Hills • Battle of Cambrai (1918) • Battle of Lacolle (1838) • Battle of Odelltown • Battle of Ortona • Commander-in-Chief, North America • Operation Impact • Operation Spring • Patriot War • Battle of Moreuil Wood • List of military equipment of the Canadian Army during the Second World War • John K. Lawson • Battle of the Belly River • Percy W. Nelles • Newfoundland Escort Force • Canadian Northwest Atlantic • 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) • Royal Canadian Dragoons • Battle of Grand Pre • Battle of La Prairie • Battle of Pelee Island • Battle of Walcheren Island • First Battle of Bloody Creek • 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade • Second Battle of Bloody Creek • Harold Taylor Wood Grant • Canadian Military Pattern truck • Canadian Forces Europe • Raid on Canso • Walter Hose • Military history of North America • James D. Prentice • Forts-de-Lévis • Operation Accius • Operation Blockbuster

Images needed

259th Battalion, Canadian Rifles, CEF (Siberia)

Merging needed

Add an article here!

Citations needed

1st Canadian Division • 2nd Canadian Division • 3rd Canadian Division • 4th Canadian Division • 5th Canadian Division • 6th Canadian Infantry Division • Canadian Army • The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) • 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group

Translation needed

Forts-de-Lévis

Article alerts

Articles for deletion

• 17 Nov 2024 – Yugoslav September Offensive (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Peja mapping (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)

Featured article reviews

• 27 Aug 2024 – Isaac Brock (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 15 Nov 2024 – C15TA Armoured Truck (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to C15TA armoured truck by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Nov 2024 – Fox Armoured Car (talk · edit · hist) move request to Fox armoured car by Dicklyon (t · c) was moved to Fox armoured car (talk · edit · hist) by Frost (t · c) on 18 Nov 2024; see discussion

Articles to be split

• 10 Apr 2022 – History of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Knowledgekid87 (t · c); see discussion

Online books

Main article: Bibliography of Canadian military history

• Arnold, James; Tucker, Spencer C. (2011). The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607-1890. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-697-8.
• Black, Jeremy (8 November 2011). Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519-1871. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35660-4.
• Granatstein, J. L (2004). Canada's army: waging war and keeping the peace. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802086969.
• Granatstein, J. L; Frederick Oliver, Dean (15 January 2011). The Oxford companion to Canadian military history. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-543088-2.
• Horn, Bernd (7 July 2008). Show No Fear: Daring Actions in Canadian Military History. Dundurn Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55002-816-4.
• Horn, Bernd (1 April 2006). The Canadian way of war: serving the national interest. Dundurn Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55002-612-2.
• Horn, Bernd (30 January 2009). Fortune favours the brave: tales of courage and tenacity in Canadian military history. Dundurn Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55002-841-6.
• Morton, Desmond (1999). A military history of Canada (4th ed.). Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 0771065140.
• Zuehlke, Mark (2006). Canadian Military Atlas: Four Centuries of Conflict from New France to Kosovo. Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 9781553652090.

Official histories

• Official accounts - National Defence and the Canadian Forces

Overviews

• Bernier, Serge (2000) Canadian Military Heritage, Volume III 1872-2000 Art Global, Montréal (Downloadable PDF) ISBN 2920718517
• Chartrand, René (1993) Canadian Military Heritage, Volume I, 1000-1754 Art Global, Montréal (Downloadable PDF) ISBN 2920718495
• Chartrand, René (1993) Canadian Military Heritage, Volume II, 1755-1871 Art Global, Montréal (Downloadable PDF) ISBN 2920718452]
• Goodspeed, D.J (1967) The Armed Forces of Canada 1867-1967 Queen's Printer (Downloadable PDF)
• National Defence Headquarters (1995) Peacekeeping 1815 to Today National Defence, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF) ISBN 0662620623
• Tremblay, Yves (2001) Canadian Military History Since the 17th Century Dept. of National Defence, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)

WWI

• Brereton Greenhous; Stephen J. Harris (1992) Canada And The Battle Of Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917 Minister Supply and Service (Downloadable PDF) ISBN 0-660-93654-2
• Duguid, A.F, (1938) Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914-1919, Vol I Part I King's Printer, Ottawa, (Downloadable PDF)
• Duguid, A.F, (1938) Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914-1919, Vol I Part 2 King's Printer, Ottawa, (Downloadable PDF)
• Macphail, Sir Andrew (1925) Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War: The Medical Services, F.A. Acland, King's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
• Ministry of Overseas Military Forces (1919) Report of the Ministry Overseas Military Forces of Canada - 1918, London : H.M. Stationery Office (Downloadable PDF)
• Nicholson, G.W.L. (1964) Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War: Candian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 , Duhamel, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
• Snell, A.E. (1924) The C.A.M.C. with the Canadian Corps during the Last Hundred Days of the Great War , F.A. Acland, King's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)

WWII

• Stacey, C P. (1948) The Canadian Army, 1939-1945 : An Official Historical Summary King's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
• Stacey, C P. (1970) Arms, Men and Governments: The War Policies of Canada, 1939-1945 Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF) ISBN D2-5569
• Stacey, C P. (1955) Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol I Six Years of War, Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
• Stacey, C P. (1956) Official history of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol II The Canadians in Italy, Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
• Stacey, C P. (1960) Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol III The Victory Campaign: The Operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-45, Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
• McAndrew, Bill; Rawling, Bill; Whitby, Michael. (1995) Liberation: The Canadians in Europe Art Global (Downloadable PDF) ISBN 2920718592
• Feasby, W.R. (1956) Official History of the Canadian Medical Services, 1939-1945, Vol 1 Organization and Campaigns Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)

Korean War

• Historical Section General Staff, Army Headquarters (1956) Canada's Army in Korea: The United Nations Operations, 1950-53, and Their Aftermath Queen's Printer (Downloadable PDF)
• Thorgrimmson, E.C. Russell (1956) Canadian Naval Operations in Korean Waters, 1950-1955 Naval Historical Section, Canadian Forces Headquarters, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
• Wood, F.W (1966) Official History of the Canadian Army in Korea: Strange Battleground Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)

Web resources

• Canadian War Museum
• Personnel Records of the First World War database
• CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum
• Canadian soldiers website
• Canadian infantry equipment
• Canadian Military Heritage - "Online reference books" Canadian Military History from pre-colonial times to present.
• Canadian Military History Gateway - dateabase of Canadian Military history subjects.
• CEF Research Fourm
• Royal Military College of Canada - Library
• Haze Gray: Canadian Navy of Yesterday & Today (privately maintained website)
• Ready Aye Ready: 100 Years of the Canadian Navy (privately maintained website)
• Army.ca
• Legion Magazine (online)- English Edition
• A list of books that could be useful
• Regimental Rogue
• MILNEWS.ca-Military News for Canadians
• MILNEWS.ca coverage of open source information about events in ISAF's Regional Command-South
• MILNEWS.ca collection of background information and reports about Afghanistan

Project references

• Canadian Battle Honours
• Order of Precedence