History Of The Canadian Army
The Canadian Army as such originally only existed under that name from November 1940 to February 1968. However, the term has been traditionally applied to the ground forces of Canada's military from Confederation in 1867 to the present. The term was often used colloquially and even semi-officially, for example in recruiting literature and the official newspaper of the Canadian Forces, The Maple Leaf, until August 16, 2011, when the Canadian Forces Land Force Command was renamed the Canadian Army.
Canada's land forces have a relatively short but distinguished history in comparison to the militaries of other developed nations. It is considered proper to consider all Canadian land forces regardless of actual title when discussing the history of the "Canadian Army."
Read more about History Of The Canadian Army: Formation, Expansion, First World War, Otter Committee, Modernization: 1936, Second World War, Post-war, Canadian Army Flags, Unification, Cold War, Post–Cold War
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