Canadian soldiers, sailors and pilots have fought consistently above their weight class in the forefront of the world’s major conflicts. And it was
a Canadian, Lester B. Pearson, whose idea of a peacekeeping force defined Canada’s world role in a new way, drawing respect and recognition from
countries around the world:

• Afghanistan. Operation Medusa, an attempt to retake the Panjwavi District in Kandahar Province from the Taliban, turned into a deadly battle for Canadian troops
• Croatia. Sent as peacekeepers, Canadian soldiers engaged in fierce action and were respected for their role in quelling the civil war and genocide
• Korea. Members of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry repelled a massive Chinese attack and won the only U.S. Presidential Citation ever awarded to a Canadian battalion
• World War II. In some of the fiercest battles of the war, Canadian forces were in the forefront during the Dieppe Raid, D-Day and the Battle of the Atlantic
• Siberia. Who knew that Canadians fought the Bolsheviks in eastern Russia at the end of World War I?
• War of 1812. Les Canadiens and the British troops fought to defend Canada, while Laura Secord walked into history
• Seven Years’ War. During a naval blockade on the Restigouche River, a French fleet was destroyed at the cost of only 24 British casualties.
And more…