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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. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding Canadian-task-force=yes 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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Participants

If you approach anyone from this list for advice or help, please check their contributions first to check if they've edited recently. This list may contain people who have not edited Wikipedia in a long time.

1. A. B. (talk · contribs)
2. AgPyth (talk · contribs) (Updating and creating new pages for Canada's current conflict.)
3. AKMacPherson (talk · contribs) (Recent Expeditionary and Domestics Operations, Current Units)
4. Alberg22 (talk · contribs) (New to Wiki & Wiki-markup, been working on HMSC Prince David.)
5. Amqui (talk · contribs) (Mainly for the French counterpart: Projet:Forces canadiennes)
6. Andrew647 (talk · contribs) (Former History major at Royal Military College of Canada.)
7. climie.ca (talk · contribs) (The world wars. Former Coordinator for the task force)
8. Flubeca (talk · contribs)
9. Gordino0 (talk · contribs) (War of 1812, Issac Brock and Battle of Longwoods)
10. Harryema (talk · contribs)
11. J Costello (talk · contribs) (Signal Corps History, general Canadian Mil history)
12. Ktsquare (talk · contribs) (Help out where I can)
13. Labattblueboy (talk · contribs) (WWI - Canadian Corps)
14. Laverick Phoenix (talk · contribs)
15. Michael Dorosh (talk · contribs)
16. Mike McGregor (Can) (talk · contribs) (I'm still learning this wiki-markup, but its coming!)
17. Mikeonatrike (talk · contribs) (RMC and other Canadian Military matters)
18. Mpirie (talk · contribs) (Canada & WWI, Toronto CEF Units (124th, 198th, 204th Bns. etc.), Canadian War Memorials, Canadian War Graves, military medicine, home front, etc.)
19. Mrjeremister (talk · contribs) (50th Battalion, WWI, other battles)
20. Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)
21. Patar_knight (talk · contribs) (WW2, terminology, Korean War)
22. McMuff (talk · contribs) (Naval History, Battle Honours)
23. Rlaughton (talk · contribs) (Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War 1914-1919 http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix)
24. Sherurcij (talk · contribs) (Chiefly work with ongoing militant activity, but also pre-WWI military battles.)
25. SigPig (talk · contribs) (Maybe some insignia, heritage, etc (soft) military stuff)
26. Spartan26 (talk · contribs) (General Canadian Military history, primarily Naval and Aviation.)
27. Standing 4 (talk · contribs) (WWI, WWII)
28. StarryWorld (talk · contribs) (Mainly WWI, some WWII)
29. Stars999 (talk · contribs) (Anything to do with Cold War history and the current Canadian Forces)
30. Thumper47 (talk · contribs) {Help out where I can as I'm new and learning wiki skills}
31. Trekphiler (talk · contribs) (Mainly WW2; weapons tech, some RCN & ASW)
32. Trevor MacInnis (talk · contribs) (Aviators/aircraft)
33. TheUndeadDwarf (talk · contribs) (WWII, Cold War, Korean War, Vietname War, the Diefenbunkers, military in Nova Scotia. Working on CFS Debert. Generally try to help out wherever possible.)
34. Ts91 (talk · contribs) (All Canadian conflicts, CF organization and units, Cadets and anywhere I can be of assistance)
35. Whiskymack (talk · contribs) (the Great War, Canadian Actions & Memorials)
36. « CA » (talk · contribs)

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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 Battle of Verrières Ridge Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec Black Friday (1945) Isaac Brock 2nd Canadian Infantry Division Canoe River train crash Operation Charnwood Falaise pocket Ray Farquharson If Day Angus Lewis Macdonald John A. Macdonald Manhattan Project Melville Island (Nova Scotia) Pontiac's War Battle of Quebec (1775) Mark Satin Laura Secord Surrender of Japan Operation Tractable Operation Varsity 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 Moro River Campaign Canadian National Vimy Memorial Convoy Faith Hill 262 Juno Beach Battle of Kapyong George Kenney Battle of the Plains of Abraham Operation Totalize Operation Windsor Good articles 2nd Canadian Regiment 410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron Edwin Alderson Battle of Amiens (1918) Avro Canada CF-103 Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar John Babcock Battle of Bloody Creek (1711) Battle of Fort Cumberland Battle of Hill 70 Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial British cavalry during the First World War Hubert Brooks Moro River Campaign Canadian Afghan detainee issue Canadian National Vimy Memorial C and D-class destroyer HMS Comet (H00) Convoy Faith HMS Crescent (1931) HMS Crusader (H60) HMS Cygnet (H83) HMS Decoy (H75) HMS Diana (H49) HMS Duncan (D99) John Emilius Fauquier HMCS Fredericton (K245) In Flanders Fields Invasion of Canada (1775) Juno Beach Battle of Kapyong HMS Kempenfelt (I18) George Kenney Omar Khadr Lachine massacre Liberation of Arnhem Frank McGee (ice hockey) Battle of Mont Sorrel Leonard W. Murray NATO Francis Pegahmagabow Battle of the Plains of Abraham Quebec Expedition Battle of Quebec (1690) Queen Anne's War Royal Canadian Air Cadets HMT Royal Edward Second Battle of Passchendaele Siege of Fort St. Jean Conn Smythe Operation Totalize Battle of Trois-Rivières Operation Windsor World War II

Canadian military history task force assessment statistics Canadian military history pages by quality Quality Total pages FA 25 FL 4 A 10 GA 46 B 109 C 323 Start 1,112 Stub 1,187 Assessed 2,816 Total 2,816 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 700414421000000000014,421 Ω = 5.12 log • category

Open tasks

Attention needed 

...to referencing and citation (924) • ...to coverage and accuracy (536) • ...to structure (216) • ...to grammar (57) • ...to supporting materials (270)

Popular pages 

Full list

Cleanup needed 

• List of infantry weapons and equipment of the Canadian military

Requested articles 

Battle of Baker's Farm • Battle of Dickinson's Landing • Canadian railway troops • Battle of Pigeon Hill (1866) • Alexander Fraser (soldier) • J. Angus Waters • Atlantic Coast Patrol • Battle of Valenciennes (1918) • Nile Voyageurs • 21 Army Intelligence Corps • List of Canadian military occupations • Battle of Point Pelee • Victor-Gabriel Brodeur

Expansion needed 

6th Canadian Infantry Division • Colonel George Owen Starr • Battle of the Short Hills • Battle of Cambrai (1918) • Battle of St. Charles • Battle of Lacolle (1838) • Battle of Odelltown • Battle of Ortona • Commander-in-Chief, North America • 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 Grant • Canadian Military Pattern truck • Canadian Forces Europe • Raid on Canso • Walter Hose • Military history of North America • James D. Prentice • Forts-de-Lévis

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Peer reviews

• 16 May 2013 – Gallipoli Campaign (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by AustralianRupert (t · c); see discussion

Resources

Online books

Main article: Bibliography of Canadian military history

• Jeremy Black (8 November 2011). Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519-1871. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35660-4. 
• Morton, Desmond (1999). A military history of Canada (4th ed.). Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 0771065140. 
• 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. 
• Arnold, James; Tucker, Spencer C. (2011). The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607-1890. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-697-8. 
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Feasby, W.R. (1956) Official History of the Canadian Medical Services, 1939-1945, Vol 1 Organization and Campaigns Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
• McAndrew, Bill; Bill Rawling, Michael Whitby (1995) Liberation: The Canadians in Europe Art Global (Downloadable PDF) ISBN 2920718592

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

Web resources

• Canadian War Museum
• 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 - Libraries
• 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