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Pages in category "Canadian military personnel killed in World War II" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Canadian military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 307 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In all, some 1.1 million Canadians served in the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force, out of a population that as of the 1941 Census had 11,506,655 people, and in forces across the empire, with approximately 42,000 killed and another 55,000 wounded. [3]
Thomas George Prince, MM (October 25, 1915 – November 25, 1977) was an Indigenous Canadian war hero and the most decorated soldier in the First Special Service Force or Devil's Brigade, an elite American-Canadian commando unit, during World War II. He was Canada's most decorated First Nations soldier, serving in World War II and the Korean War.
There are eight separate books, beginning with the first to be commissioned listing the names of the dead from the First World War. [2] The display case for the first book was designed by John A. Pearson, architect of the Peace Tower, and made by Bromsgrove Guild Limited (Great Britain) and Robert Mitchell Company in 1928.
Monument to the Canadian soldiers who fought in World War II, in Ottawa. The Gander Air Base now known as Gander International Airport built in 1936 in the Dominion of Newfoundland was leased by the UK to Canada for 99 years because of its urgent need for the movement of fighter and bomber aircraft to the UK. [33]
Canadian civilians killed in World War II (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Canadian people of World War II" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
This is a list of wars and armed conflicts in and involving Canada in chronological order, from the 11th century to the 21st century. It is divided into two main sections. The first section outlines conflicts that happened in what is now Canada before its confederation in 1867 .