Significant Dates In Canada's Military History

By Month:

20 March 2003 Iraq War begins

07 October 2001 War in Afghanistan begins

16 January 1991 Gulf War begins

01 February 1968 Canadian military forces unify

28 February 1991 Gulf War ends

25 March 1885 North-West Campaign

02 April 1949 NATO Accord signed

09 April 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge

17 April 1915 Second Battle of Ypres begins (Second of three)

17 April 1945 Last Canadian ship lost in WW II

20 April 1915 Gallipoli (Royal Newfoundland Regiment)

29 April 1991 Gulf War official cease-fire

03 May 1915 Second Battle of Ypres ends (Second of three)

May 1943 Battle of the Atlantic (31 U-boats sunk)

08 May 1945 Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day)

12 May 1958 NORAD created

31 May 1902 South African (Boer) War ends

06 June 1944 Normandy Invasion (D-Day)

10 June 1940 Canada declares war with Italy

23 June 1945 United Nations created

25 June 1950 Korean War begins

01 July 1916 Battle of the Somme begins

01 July 1916 Battle of Beaumont Hamel (Royal Newfoundland Regiment)

10 July 1940 Battle of Britain begins

10 July 1943 Invasion of Sicily

27 July 1953 Korean War Ends

31 July 1917 Battle of Passchendaele begins(also called Third Battle of Ypres)

04 August 1914 World War I begins

07 August 1950 Canada announces entry into Korean War

15 August 1945 Victory Over Japan Day (V-J Day)

19 August 1942 Dieppe Raid

02 September 1945 World War II ends

03 September 1943 Invasion of Mainland Italy

08 September 1993 Battle of the Medak Pocket Croatia

10 September 1939 Canada declares war on Germany

11 October 1899 South African (Boer) War begins

31 October 1940 Battle of Britain over

31 October 1914 First Battle of Ypres begins (First of three)

11 November 1918 Armistice Day - World War I ends

12 November 1917 Battle of Passchendaele ends (also called Third Battle of Ypres)

17 November 1914 First Battle of Ypres ends (First of three)

30 November 1916 Battle of the Somme ends

06 December 1917 Halifax Explosion

10 December 1988 Nobel Prize for Peace awarded to peacekeepers

20 December 1915 Evacuation of Gallipoli (Royal Newfoundland Regiment)

25 December 1941 Fall of Hong Kong