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How Canada Remembers

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Almost 620,000 Canadian men and women served in the First World War at a time when the population of the country was only a few million. Of these, over 66,000 were killed.

Canadian soldiers formed the main assault force for the raid on Dieppe, where over 900 Canadians were killed and almost 2,000 more were taken prisoner.

Over one million Canadians served in the Second World War and approximately 45,000 gave their lives

A Day of Remembrance and why do we remember?

Yet the birds kept singing

National war memorial in Ottawa- click for details

Some of these sites have extensive and valuable links.

Veterans Affairs Canada- History	Land Force Command -Army
Military History	Canadian Land Forces History
Dept. of National Defence & Cdn. Forces	Veterans Affairs Canada
Canadian Air Force
Canadian Navy of Yesterday and Today	Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914-1920
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission	Directorate of History and Heritage
VALOUR REMEMBERED- Korea	Canada at War:The Valour and The Horror
Canadian War Museum
Canada and the First World War	The World War I Document Archive
Canada War Monuments	Canadian War Memorials Gallery
Canadian World War I Memorials & Cemeteries in Europe Gallery	**With links to Galleries of memorials for WW II, Vimy, Dieppe and Newfoundland
Canadian Great War Homepage	War Monuments in Canada
Merchant Navy Memorial	Merchant Seamen Lost WW II
Canadian Heritage Gallery (images)--Wars, Battles & Rebellions	Canada and the First World War--National Archives of Canada (exhibition)
Canadian Virtual War Memorial--Veterans Affairs Canada	Canadian War Artists--National Archives of Canada
Canadian War Poster Collection--McGill University Libraries	From Colony to Country: A Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History (National Library of Canada)
Military and Civilian Personnel Records	Peacekeeper's Homepage
Canadian Army- Unofficial Site	Grave of Arthur Currie
Silver Cross Mother 2002	Cdn. Heritage- Military & Naval history
Remembrances: Canada and the Second World War	Dieppe in Photography & Film
Canadians in Korea	The Merchant Navy
Native Soldiers	Nursing Sisters
William Hall VC	VC Winners- Canada
Victoria Cross Winners- A Cameo	The Liberation of Holland
The Liberation of Holland- Veteran's Affairs	The Liberation of the Netherlands: Photographs of Kryn Taconis
Canadian Cross of Sacrifice in Arlington National Cemetery, USA a memorial to the large number of United States citizens who enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces	Canadian Heroes- Private Loren Nelson Private Henri Richard
CBC D-Day Site CBC Juno Beach Centre	Juno Beach Centre
Newfoundland War Memorials in Europe	Canadian Military Heritage Project Canadian Military History Gateway
War Artists from the First World War (Archives of Ontario)	Canvas of War Masterpieces from the Canadian War Museum
The Canadian Letters and Images Project [military history]	Canada's Digital Collections: Canada at War ( "Canadian Veterans Recollect")
Veterans Affairs Canada--Songs Popular during the First World War (audio)	Silver Cross Mother 2004
Images Canada: Canada at War	Virtual Museum of Canada: Discover Canada's Contribution in World War I and World War II
The Archives of Ontario Remembers Our Canadian War Heroes	Veterans Recollect: First World War, Second World War, Korean War (audio) [different from "Canada's Digital Collections" site]
An Archival Look at World War I	Battle of the Atlantic - Royal Canadian Navy (Imperial War Museum)
Democracy at War. Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War	Library and Archives Canada: War and Military
(full text from DND Department of History and Heritage)	Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919: Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War (full text from DND Department of History and Heritage)
Second World War as a National Experience, Sidney Aster, ed. (full text)	Through A Lens: Dieppe in photograph and film (National Archives of Canada)
An Interactive History of the Canadian Navy	Testaments of Honour Historical Archives
Wings Over Alberta: Flyboys on the Homefront
Canadian Air Aces and Heroes	The Aerodrome - Aces & Aircraft of W War I
Canadian Wartime Experience: The Documentary Legacy of Canada at War

Wall of Service

- Pier 21- Halifax

If a family member went through Pier 21 in Halifax during World War II, consider having their name placed on the Wall of Service

TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER

NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL, OTTAWA

MAY 28, 2000



	Left: Soil is added to the tomb from Vimy Ridge and each and every province and territory. For more information, please see: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier- Veteran's Affairs site Governor General's very moving speech given at the entombment Photos taken from live CBC broadcast of the event.

Ordinary Canadians place their poppies on the tomb following the National Day of Remembrance on Nov. 11. Right: Doreen Coolen , the Silver Cross Mother for 2002, with Governor General Clarkson.

Canadian Vimy Ridge Memorial in France

Boer War 1899-1902
Served: 7,400
Died: 224
Wounded: 252

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First World War 1914-1918
Served: 626,000
Died: 61,663
Wounded: 174,623

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Second World War 1939-1945
Served: 1.1 million
Died: 42,042
Wounded: 54,414

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Korea 1950-53
Served: 26,000
Died: 516
Wounded: 1,567

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Peacekeeping and other overseas missions
Served: 100,000 plus since 1950
Died: 116
Wounded: undetermined

Operation Apollo (Afghanistan and Arabian Gulf region)
Served or currently serving: 6,000
Died: Year 2002- 4;Year 2003- 2

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