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• - From Canadian Museum of Civilization, a comprehensive selection of links, including air force.
  
• - Includes RCAC dress regulations, information on traditions such as their aims, oath, motto, crest, banner, wedge, tartan and parade.
  
• - From Canada's Digital Collections, articles and exhibits on many facets of Canadian military history.
  
• - A listing of hundreds of Canadian military hat and collar badges with a special section for the CEF (Canadian Expeditionery Force) of WW1
  
• - Online museum about Canadian D-Day participation plus comprehensive history of Canada in WWII.
  
• - National Library of Canada prepared this bibliographical pathfinder for people interested in learning about Canada's military heritage. Material of interest to genealogists and family historians is included.
  
• - Gateway to websites and digital resources about Canada's military history, developed by the Department of National Defence and supported by National Defence Online and the Canadian Culture Online Program.
  
• - World War II, Cold War, domestic issues, peacekeeping, audio and video resources plus related links from the CBC Archives.
  
• - A timeline of important moments in the development and history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Includes a bibliography on the history of the RCMP.
  
• - Digital collections, virtual exhibitions and research guides.
  
• - Describes the creation of Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada during the War of 1812.
  
• - Letters, photographs and other documents from men and women in the armed services and nursing services during wartime.
  
• - An archive whose aim is to provide photographs of every overseas Canadian war grave to create a virtual Canadian National War Cemetery. Offers project information, grave photo requests and progress report.
  
• - History of the Northwest Mounted Police, forerunner of the RCMP.
  
• - Extensive series of articles on Canadian participation in WW I, WW II, Korean War, and related links.
  
• - Dedicated to those Canadians who lived or worked in Germany's Ruhr Valley from 1953 to 1971. Includes military, and high school sites.
  
• - Six books contain the names of Canadians who fought in wars and died either during or after them. Provides online access to view individual pages and describes the ceremony and history around the display of the books.
  
• - Describes the book entitled, Spying 101: The RCMP's Secret Activities at Canadian Universities, 1917-1997. Includes pictures and information about the author.
  
• - Describes Fort Henry's past and present. The fort was built near Kingston, Ontario, during the War of 1812 by the British.
  
• - An account of the company's action during the Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941, from Major Maurice A. Parker's diary.
  
• - Highlights events of Canadians who paticipated in the Great War from 1914 to 1918 at Vimy Ridge, Ypres, St Julien, Hill 62 and Drocourt-Queant Break and Mons.
  
• - Excellent site that provides information about the more than 116,000 Canadians and Newfoundlers who fought and died while representing their country during the Nile Expedition (1884-1885), the South African War (1899-1902), the First World War, the Se
  
• - Details Canada's military experiences including both World Wars, Korea and various peacekeeping missions. Includes photos, articles and links.
  
• - Offers articles, links, uniform charts, book reviews, war reenactments and military replicas.
  
• - Describes how the Canadian North West Mounted Police brought law and order to the wild west.
  
• - Dedicated to promoting and preserving Canadian military history, heritage and vehicles, with special interests for the collector of Canadian military vehicles.
  
• - A brief history of this short-lived Canadian army unit during the First World War.
  
• - Veteran Affairs Canada presents various war medals, service badges and honours. Provides detailed information of each, photographs where relevant and circumstances under which they would have been awarded.
  
• - The DHH develops and reinforces Canadian Forces history, heritage, traditions, military honours, museum and music systems. Long-term plan to make available online, the text for all out-of-print histories produced by the DHH and its predecessors.
  
• - From Virtual Museum of Canada, this site covers history of the war, equipment, people.
  
• - Primarily focused peacekeeping policy and Canada's international treaties, with sections on the Balkans, NATO, and the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
  
• - A poem commemorating the Dieppe raid on August 19, 1942. Includes a description of the landing, the Canadian contingent and provides photographs depicting the scenes of that day.
  
• - Tells the story of how Canada nearly lost her submarine service in the 1990s after decades of dedicated service.
  
• - Provides a historical account of the Merchant Marine Navy's contributions in Canada's war efforts.
  
• - Virtual exhibition from the National Archives of Canada. Provides access to personal accounts of the war and background information on Canada's invovement abroad and on the home front.
  
• - Briefly outlines the formation of the Royal Canadian Air Force and its activities since 1924.
  
• - Explores the influence of submarine warfare on the development of the Canadian forces prior to 1939, the impact of earlier experience on Canadian participation in the WW II, and how that conflict shaped Canada's maritime forces in the post-war era.