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=Online books=

{{main|Bibliography of Canadian military history}}

  • {{cite book|last2=Tucker |first2=Spencer C. |last1=Arnold |first1=James |title=The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607-1890 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=lyNakUZmQ9IC&pg=PP1 |year=2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-697-8}}
  • {{cite book |first=Jeremy |last=Black |title=Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519-1871 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=EIst_CSWOqIC&pg=PP1 |date=8 November 2011 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-35660-4}}
  • {{cite book |last = Granatstein |first =J. L. |year =2004 |title =Canada's army: waging war and keeping the peace

|url =http://books.google.ca/books?id=jqxyhNcha3sC&lpg=PP1&dq=Army%20%20of%20Canada&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn= 0802086969|accessdate = }}

  • {{cite book|last1 = Granatstein |first1 =J. L.|first2=Dean |last2=Frederick Oliver|title=The Oxford companion to Canadian military history|date=15 January 2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-543088-2}}
  • {{cite book|author= Horn, Bernd|title=Show No Fear: Daring Actions in Canadian Military History|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fnqUG2Hv960C&pg=PP1|date=7 July 2008|publisher=Dundurn Press Ltd.|isbn=978-1-55002-816-4}}
  • {{cite book|author=Horn, Bernd|title=The Canadian way of war: serving the national interest|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LqI4r3-PX5sC&pg=PP1|date=1 April 2006|publisher=Dundurn Press Ltd.|isbn=978-1-55002-612-2}}
  • {{cite book|author=Horn, Bernd|title=Fortune favours the brave: tales of courage and tenacity in Canadian military history|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0FmdeejAlBkC&pg=PP1|date=30 January 2009|publisher=Dundurn Press Ltd.|isbn=978-1-55002-841-6}}
  • {{cite book |last=Morton |first=Desmond |title=A military history of Canada |publisher=McClelland and Stewart |location=Toronto |year=1999 |edition=4th |url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=ui8ecMckv08C&lpg=PP1&dq=A%20military%20history%20of%20Canada&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true |isbn=0771065140}}
  • {{cite book |last =Zuehlke |first =Mark |year =2006 |title =Canadian Military Atlas: Four Centuries of Conflict from New France to Kosovo |url =http://books.google.ca/books?id=KyNlm8SuplEC&lpg=PP1&dq=canadian%20military%20atlas&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false |publisher= Douglas & McIntyre|isbn= 9781553652090|accessdate = }}

==Official histories==

  • [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/index-eng.asp Official accounts] - National Defence and the Canadian Forces

===Overviews===

  • Bernier, Serge (2000) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/gh-hg/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=58 Canadian Military Heritage, Volume III 1872-2000] Art Global, Montréal (Downloadable PDF) {{ISBN|2920718517}}
  • Chartrand, René (1993) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/gh-hg/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=56 Canadian Military Heritage, Volume I, 1000-1754] Art Global, Montréal (Downloadable PDF) {{ISBN|2920718495}}
  • Chartrand, René (1993) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/gh-hg/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=57 Canadian Military Heritage, Volume II, 1755-1871] Art Global, Montréal (Downloadable PDF) {{ISBN|2920718452}}]
  • Goodspeed, D. J. (1967) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ch-hc/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=44 The Armed Forces of Canada 1867-1967] Queen's Printer (Downloadable PDF)
  • National Defence Headquarters (1995) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/gh-hg/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=3&BfId=1 Peacekeeping 1815 to Today] National Defence, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF) {{ISBN|0662620623}}
  • Tremblay, Yves (2001) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/gh-hg/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=3&BfId=24 Canadian Military History Since the 17th Century] Dept. of National Defence, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)

===WWI===

  • Brereton Greenhous; Stephen J. Harris (1992) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ch-hc/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=70 Canada And The Battle Of Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917] Minister Supply and Service (Downloadable PDF) {{ISBN|0-660-93654-2}}
  • Duguid, A. F., (1938) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=41 Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914-1919, Vol I Part I] King's Printer, Ottawa, (Downloadable PDF)
  • Duguid, A. F., (1938) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=43 Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914-1919, Vol I Part 2] King's Printer, Ottawa, (Downloadable PDF)
  • Macphail, Sir Andrew (1925) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=49 Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War: The Medical Services], F.A. Acland, King's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
  • Ministry of Overseas Military Forces (1919) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=65 Report of the Ministry Overseas Military Forces of Canada - 1918], London : H.M. Stationery Office (Downloadable PDF)
  • Nicholson, G. W. L. (1964) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=22 Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War: Candian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919] , Duhamel, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
  • Snell, A. E. (1924) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=48 The C.A.M.C. with the Canadian Corps during the Last Hundred Days of the Great War] , F.A. Acland, King's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)

===WWII===

  • Stacey, C. P. (1948) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=33 The Canadian Army, 1939-1945 : An Official Historical Summary] King's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
  • Stacey, C. P. (1970) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=31 Arms, Men and Governments: The War Policies of Canada, 1939-1945] Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF) ISBN D2-5569
  • Stacey, C. P. (1955) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=27 Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol I Six Years of War], Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
  • Stacey, C. P. (1956) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=25 Official history of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol II The Canadians in Italy], Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
  • Stacey, C. P. (1960) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=29 Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol III The Victory Campaign: The Operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-45], Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
  • McAndrew, Bill; Rawling, Bill; Whitby, Michael. (1995) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ch-hc/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=63 Liberation: The Canadians in Europe] Art Global (Downloadable PDF) {{ISBN|2920718592}}
  • Feasby, W. R. (1956) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=50 Official History of the Canadian Medical Services, 1939-1945, Vol 1 Organization and Campaigns] Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)

===Korean War===

  • Historical Section General Staff, Army Headquarters (1956) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/gh-hg/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=11 Canada's Army in Korea: The United Nations Operations, 1950-53, and Their Aftermath] Queen's Printer (Downloadable PDF)
  • Thorgrimmson, E. C. Russell (1956) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=39 Canadian Naval Operations in Korean Waters, 1950-1955] Naval Historical Section, Canadian Forces Headquarters, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
  • Wood, F. W. (1966) [http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=35 Official History of the Canadian Army in Korea: Strange Battleground] Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)

= Web resources =

  • [http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/cwme.asp Canadian War Museum]
  • [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/personnel-records.aspx Personnel Records of the First World War database]
  • [http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/resource_pages/resources_index.html CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum]
  • [http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/ Canadian soldiers website]
  • [http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/htmlindex.htm Canadian infantry equipment]
  • [http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/cmh/en/default.asp Canadian Military Heritage] - "Online reference books" Canadian Military History from pre-colonial times to present.
  • [http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/flash/default-en.asp?t=1 Canadian Military History Gateway] - dateabase of Canadian Military history subjects.
  • [http://www.cefresearch.com/phpBB2/index.php?sid=797f24bfe17d8e909c35132127a273b6 CEF Research Fourm]
  • [https://www.rmc-cmr.ca/en/library/massey-library Royal Military College of Canada - Library]
  • [http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/ Haze Gray: Canadian Navy of Yesterday & Today (privately maintained website)]
  • [http://readyayeready.com/ Ready Aye Ready: 100 Years of the Canadian Navy (privately maintained website)]
  • [http://army.ca/ Army.ca]
  • [http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/ Legion Magazine (online)- English Edition ]
  • [http://library.ucalgary.ca/subjectpages/socialsciences/history-canadianhistory/canadianmilitaryhistory.php A list of books that could be useful]
  • [http://regimentalrogue.com/ Regimental Rogue]
  • [http://milnews.ca MILNEWS.ca-Military News for Canadians]
  • [http://milnewstbay.pbwiki.com/CANinKandahar MILNEWS.ca coverage of open source information about events in ISAF's Regional Command-South]
  • [http://milnewstbay.pbwiki.com/CANinKandahar-Bkgnd MILNEWS.ca collection of background information and reports about Afghanistan]

= Project references =