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Canadian Military History - Future Meeting Ideas​

The following are some ideas for future Sunday Afternoon History Events. Where it makes sense, there is an attempt to group ideas into higher level related topics.

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This is not intended to be a list of topics that the History Club is intending to cover. It is intended to provide some ideas for anyone who might be considering covering a topic, but is unsure what to cover.

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If you have any ideas for a future event presentation that you would like to see, please feel free to contact Terry Hunter. The only requirement is that it should be related to Canadian Military History. As you can see from some of the ideas below, there are no restrictions on military related topics, nor time frames (i.e., certainly not just WW1 and WW2).

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If you see a topic below, or you have your own topic which you would like to present on, again please contact Terry Hunter.​

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peilighthorse@hotmail.com

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We expect the contents of this webpage to hopefully be quite dynamic, so come back often!

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Canadians in WW1, and Canadians in WW2 North West Europe
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​Not surprisingly, many of our Military History Events to date have focused on Canadians in WW1, and in WW2 North West Europe. It is expected that many future events will continue in these areas, both from combat and from non-combat perspectives.

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Canadians in WW2 - Beyond North West Europe
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​In addition to Northwest Europe (Dieppe, Normandy, France, Belgium, Liberation of the Netherlands, Germany), Canada fought in nearly every WW2 theater.

 

These included the North Atlantic (Battle of the Atlantic convoy escort), Italy (brutal mountain warfare), and the Pacific (Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, with the RCN supporting the British Pacific Fleet).

 

Canadian forces also played crucial roles in air operations and in defending Canadian waters from U-boat attacks, making vital contributions to Allied victory across the globe. ​

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Canada also had the lead role in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP).

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WW2 - Canadian Military Involvement Other Than North West Europe
 

  • British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP)

  • Battle of the Atlantic.

  • Merchant Navy

  • Italy (D-Day Dodgers).

  • Far East / Hong Kong / Japan.​

  • The Home Front

  • Other?

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Canadian War Graves
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​Canadian war grave cemeteries, managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), are found in Canada and across Europe.

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Commonwealth War Grave Commission (CWGC)
 

  • What is it?

  • Canadian Cemeteries​​

Canadian War Graves - Adoption by Local Families
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Faces to Graves
 

  • ​Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery​

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Canadian Built Military Aircraft - WW1, WW2
 

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WW1
 

  • AVRO 504

 

WW2

  • Avro Lancaster

  • De Havilland Mosquito

  • North American Harvard Trainer

  • Consolidated Canso (PBY Catalina)

  • AVRO Anson

Famous Military Canadians - WW1, WW2
 

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WW1
 

  • Billy Bishop

  • John McCrae

  • Arthur Currie

  • Henry Norwest

  • William Barker

  • Norman Bethune

  • A.Y. Jackson

    • ​Canadian painter, and founding member of Group of Seven.​

    • Lived in Manotick from 1955 to 1963.

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          o  Wounded in WW1.

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WW2

  • Leo Major

  • Frederick Topham

  • Andrew McNaughton

Indigenous People in the Canadian Military
 

  • ​Henry Norwest

  • Oliver Milton Martin

  • Edith (Anderson) Monture

  • Francis Pegahmagabow

  • Dr. Gilbert Monture​​​​​​

Women in the Canadian Military
 

  • Georgina Pope​

  • Edith Monture

  • Elsie MacGill

  • Molly Lamb

  • Joan Kennedy

  • Joan Bamford Fletcher​​​​​​​​

Canadian Military - Post WW2
 

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Canada and the Korean War​​​​

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Canada and the Cold War
 

  • Igor Gouzenko.​​​​

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Canadians in UN Peacekeeping Missions
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Canadians in Afghanistan
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Canadian Family Military Stories​

Researching Canadian Personnel Military History Information​​​​​​

Share Your Own Family Canadian Military Story
 

  • WW1, WW2, ...​​

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Manotick Veterans Memorial Banners
 

  • ​A list can be found on the Manotick Legion website.

  • Might be an interesting project for local Manotick student(s)? A number of schools have been doing research on these in their villages, towns and cities throughout Canada.

    • Overview of them all.

    • Individual stories.​

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The Evolving Canadian Military
 

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Canadian Military Equipment Procurement
 

  • WW1 to now.​​​​

Canadian Military Training
 

  • Then and Now.​​​​​

Evolving Canadian Military Strategy, Tactics, Logistics, Leadership, Technology
 

  • ​Major General David Fraser (Ret.):​

    • ​Canada's changing security environment, where the nation is no longer protected by geography but is now vulnerable due to technology.​

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Miscellaneous​​

Local Ottawa Canadian Military Museums
 

  • Canadian War Museum

  • Canada Aviation and Space Museum​​​​

Project'44
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