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Notable Dates in Canadian Military History
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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
16 April
1945
Last Canadian ship lost in WWII -
HMCS Esquimault
20 April
1915
Galipoli (Royal Newfoundland Regiment)
29 April
1991
Gulf War official cease-fire
03 May
1915
Second Battle of Ypres ends
(Second of three)
07 May
1945
Battle of the Atlantic Ends
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)
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
1914
First Battle of Ypres begins
(First of three)
31 October
1940
Battle of Britain over
11 November
1918
Armistice Day - World War I ends
12 November
1917
Battle of Passchendaele ends
(also called Third Battle of Ypres)
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 Galipoli (Royal Newfoundland Regiment)
25 December
1941
Fall of Hong Kong