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Description: A list of the most important military engagements, both inside and outside Canada, that had an effect on the country.
Site: National Defence
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Description: This Norman (or Viking) warrior wears the typical 'Norman' type helmet with its nose guard and a coat of mail. Vestiges of chain mail have been found in the Canadian Arctic. Print after Viollet-Leduc from the Bayeux tapestry.
Site: National Defence
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Description: This Norman (or Viking) axe man holds a Danish style battle axe. Vikings were also called 'Norman' - men of the north - by the Dark Ages French. A large group of Vikings occupied and settled on the north-western coast of France in what became Normandy. This is the region from which many of the French settlers to New France came in the 17th century. It is also where the Canadian Army landed on D-Day on 6 June 1944. Print after Viollet-Leduc from the Bayeux tapestry.
Site: National Defence
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Description: Norman (or Viking) helmets typically had a nose guard such as the one seen here. Contrary to popular belief, Viking helmets had no horns. Print after Viollet-Leduc.
Site: National Defence
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Description: This history on our Aboriginal Peoples and their contribution to Canada's rich military heritage is the latest in a series of books prepared by the Director of History and Heritage commemorating especial military experience.
Authors : P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Ph.D., R. Scott Sheffield, Ph.D., John Moses, Maxime Gohier
Site: National Defence
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Description: Search a selection of more than 1500 historically important Canadian people, places and events to discover the reason for the national designation as recommended by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Search by theme (Aboriginal Peoples; Canada and the World; Military; Women`s History; ) or by keyword
Site: Parks Canada
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