by admin | Dec 20, 2022 | Boer War
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles riding through the veldt while chasing small bands of Boers in Transvaal, March 1902 (NAC PA-173029). The South African War (1899–1902) was Canada’s first foreign war. Also known as the Boer War, it was fought between Britain (with...
by admin | Dec 20, 2022 | NW Rebellion 1885
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Qu_Appalle_Valley_1885_Rebellion.jpg The North-West Rebellion (French: Rébellion du Nord-Ouest), also known as the North-West Resistance, was a resistance by the Métis under Louis Riel and an associated uprising by...
by admin | Dec 20, 2022 | Fenian Raids 1866
Members of the Canadian Militia were ambushed by the Fenians at the Battle of Ridgeway in June 1866 The Fenian raids were a series of incursions carried out by the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish republican organization based in the United States, on military...
by admin | Dec 20, 2022 | VIETNAM
Canada did not officially participate in the Vietnam War. However, it contributed to peacekeeping forces in 1973 to help enforce the Paris Peace Accords.[1] At least 134 Canadians died or were reported missing in Vietnam.[2] About 30,000 Canadians volunteered to fight...
by admin | Dec 20, 2022 | KOREA
The Canadian Forces were involved in the 1950–1953 Korean War and its aftermath. 26,000 Canadians participated on the side of the United Nations, and Canada sent eight destroyers.[1] Canadian aircraft provided transport, supply and logistics. 516 Canadians died, 312...
