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Fonds consists of correspondence between Dr. Juergen Rohwer and the Directorate of History during the period 1962-1969. Much of the correspondence was with E.C. Russell, a Canadian naval historian. At the time of the correspondence Rohwer was the Director of the Library of Contemporary History at Stuttgart University in West Germany. Subjects covered include: the performance of the German acoustic torpedo the "Gnat"; the sinkings of U-boats by Canadian ships; and the sinking of Canadian ships by U-boats. Also includes memoranda.

Fonds consists of the photocopies of the Library of Congress' 30-page finding aid to the William Sowden Sims' papers, and correspondence dating from Sims' time as Commander U.S. Naval Forces in Europe during the First World War. The major topics include anti-submarine warfare, Atlantic escort problems, the United States destroyer construction programme, and British-American relations in military, especially naval, matters. Includes personal, general, and special correspondences.

Le fonds est composé des directives d'exécution du Quartier général de la Défense nationale (QGDN) (1994 - ) et les rapports de situation (sitreps) du Chef d'état-major de la Défense (CEMD)(1995 - ).
Les directives d'exécution du QGDN émanant du CEMD ont débuté en 1973 et sont publiées d'une façon irrégulière lorsque le besoin s'en fait sentir. Les rapports de situation sont utilisés pour fournir de l'information sur les objectifs principaux du ministère de la Défense nationale et sont aussi publiés d'une façon irrégulière. Ils couvrent une grande variété de sujets reliés directement au personnel des Forces armées canadiennes aussi bien qu'aux politiques et à la planification. Le fonds comprend également deux registres de visiteurs signés par divers commandants militaires de différents pays (ou d’organisations internationales) à l’occasion de leur visite au Canada entre 1990 et 2001. Reconnaissance du fonds comprend d’un Manuel d’instruction individuelle des forces canadiennes, Volume 1, Généralités, Partie deux, Description. Plusieurs sujets d’instruction sont expliqués pour les individus engagés dans les Forces canadiennes comme l’apprentissage assisté à l’ordinateur, les techniques de gestion et les procédures de reportage statistique. Le manuel d’instruction explique aussi les directives d’évaluation et les facteurs qui affectent l’environnement d’apprentissage. Il y a un Manuel du matelot (PFC 152) qui contient les connaissances fondamentales que doit posséder tout marin qui sert en mer [numéro de référence 96/55]. Inclut aussi un dossier concernant une revue d’accords nucléaires entre le Canada et les Etats-Unis en 1985-1986. Il y a aussi des sommaires des discussions des Conseils de forces armées (1976-1980) et des Conférences des Commandants (1970-1975), et une directive concernant le structure de la Force pendant 1972-1973 et le plan des changements [numéro de référence 72/338]. Il comprend aussi un fichier de documents divers intitulés «Directive opérationnelle CDS aux commandants 1976-1977".

Ce fonds comprend la documentation utilisée lors de la rédaction du livre "Normandie 1944 : l'été canadien". Il contient le manuscrit anglais, la première et la seconde traduction française, les illustrations avec quelques légendes en français, une maquette du livre anglais dans sa version finale ainsi que plusieurs cartes. Il comprend aussi une carte (2012/12) du premier jour de l'invasion de la Normandie avec une superposition contenant des informations sur l'avance des Alliés à Sword, Gold et Juno plages ainsi que la défense allemande.

Le fonds consiste en des circulaires et des comptes-rendus bimensuels rédigés par le 1er bataillon R22R, le 4 Combat Engineer Regiment et le 3 RCR durant leur présence en Yougoslavie lors de l'Opération Harmony.

Fonds consists of a report discussing the difficulties encountered in setting up facilities and carrying out conversions on "SMITER" Class ships given by the Americans to the British during the Second World War. It also includes a list of Department heads and foremen who worked on this project and a list of ships with dates of arrival and departure.

Le fonds est composé des procès-verbaux des réunions de 1993 à 1994. Il comprend aussi la publication "Bulletin de Défense 2000" de septembre 1995.

Fonds consists mainly of Annual Artillery Conference Documents (1961-1973), Force Mobile Command papers on various operations (1962-1974), and various Royal Canadian School of Artillery Precis on missile systems (1961-1964). Also includes Canadian Army Operational Research Establishment reports (1962-1964), Allied Command Europe Mobile Forces Operating Procedures (1964-1972) and papers on combat development (1961-1962), Soviet ground forces (1966-1973), and emergency operations (1954-1966).

Fonds consists of eleven files documenting the organization and mobilization planning, as well as outline plans and the planning operations and readiness for the Canadian Army Saskatchewan Area between 1950 and 1964. Also includes notices from Army Headquarters, Prairie Command, Winnipeg for 1950-1958. Includes messages, correspondence, minutes to meetings, memoranda, reports, drafts and other documents.

Collection consists mainly of award citations and award recommendations. Also includes birthday lists, New Years lists, general correspondence, nominal rolls, biographical questionnaires and minutes of meetings of the Honours and Awards Board. While the scope is extensive, it is incomplete.

Fonds consists of material pertaining to anti-submarine warfare operations research. Operational research involves the study of strategic, tactical, or logistic processes with the aim of providing a better basis for decisions on the employment of men and equipment.The documents were generated from three main sources: the Chief Advisor Operational Research (a British body), the Department of Naval Operational Research (a British body), and the Directorate of Operational Research (a Canadian body). In addition, some documents were produced in collaboration with the Anti-submarine Warfare Operational Research Group (an American body). Includes reports, memoranda, notes and other documents.

Fonds consists of a diary detailing T.M. Hunter's duties and activities as Canadian Army Historical Liaison Officer while in Englsnd during 1947 to 1950. Includes a newspaper clippings file (1947-1958) containing a selection of clippings on a wide variety of topics including: current events (foreign and Canadian), book reviews, Canadian militay history, honours and awards, British history, world history and projected Directorate of History publishing projects. Also includes research notebooks on 21 Army Group and pre-invasion planning), a date book, miscellaneous papers presented at Canadian Historical Association 1962 Annual Meeting, and miscellaneous articles and drafts.

Fonds consists of six files containing documents released to the media by the Director General Public Affairs on 17 January 1997 regarding the investigations into misconduct and poor performance by members of the unit of CANBAT 2 at Bakovici Hospital in Bosnia and Hercegovina and the mistreatment of Capt. Sandra Perron, Canada's first female infantry officer. Fonds also contains news clippings from Canadian, American and French newspapers describing the opening of the Juno Beach Centre in Normany, France; the burial service for the remains of three unknown Canadian soldiers found near the Passchendarle New British Cemetery in Belgium; and the ceremonies held to mark the 60th Anniversary of Dieppe. There is also a nine minute video cassette titled, "On Patrol for Canada - The Halifax Class Frigates" which introduces the Halifax Class of the Canadian Patrol Frigates.
There are three series:
I. Media Release Package
II. Newspaper Clippings
III. Video Cassette

Fonds consists of documents regarding the FHE-400 Hydrofoil project. Includes 5 volumes of "Engineering Design Study of Fighting Equipment for Royal Canadian Navy FHE-400 Hydrofoil". (Vol. 1 - Summary, vol. 2 - Overall System Analysis, vol. 3 - Sub-System Analysis, vol. 4 - Specifications, vol. 5 - Drawings.) Also includes design reports for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), progress reports and technical memorandum from Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), project evaluation reports, ship control work study, volumes 1 and 2 of design study for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) hydrofoil, and technical drawings.

Fonds consists of material relating to the restructuring of the Dept. of National Defence Headquarters in the early 1970s. Includes plans, memoranda, letters, programs, submissions, job descriptions, implementation plans and annexes, briefs, policies, organizational charts, guidelines and articles.

Fonds consists of 30 biographical files assembled by Eric G. Finley on men who had served with Beach Commando "W". The biographical files are all classified as Protected "B". The file consists mainly of original correspondence between Finley and other members of the military unit. Most of the information is biographical and reflects the military career of these individuals. Original photographs and photocopies of pictures are included, as well a number of reproduced photographs taken from the National Archives of Canada. Also included are newsletters and pamphlets on Combined Operations with personnal accounts and experiences. There are also three folders of miscellaneous documents. Folder 2 of the fonds contains a 3 part article written by Eric Finley and Ed Storey entitled "Royal Canadian Naval Beach Commando 'W'", and which appeared in "Military Past and Present", Nos. 57 to 59.

Fonds consists of transcripts of interviews conducted by Lt. Commander William Glover on assignment for Directorate of History of the Department of National Defence. Glover was assigned to research personnel and training policies and practices in the Royal Canadian Navy between 1939 and 1945. Each subject held a position as an instructor or a staff officer responsible for personnel and training. Ten interview subjects were selected accordingly. They included: John Alexander Charles; David Allan Collins; Jim Dowler; Grace McDowell; Robert W. Murdoch; George Nation; Bent Gesture Sivertz; Gordon W. Stead; John Howard Wade; and Edward Arnold MacFayden. The fonds also includes a paper entitled "In Quest of a Canadian Naval identity" written for the Second Naval Historical Conference held in Halifax in 1993.

Fonds consists of materials documenting the history and activities during 1989-1990 of the negotiations of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) before it was implemented 19 November 1990, as well as the Confidence and Security Building Measures (CSBMs) before it was implemented 1 January 1991. Also includes material pertaining to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) proposal for a conventional arms reduction treaty. Includes messages, memoranda and position papers of the CSE and CSBM Working Groups, CFE Negotiations Reports, discussion papers and various other documents. Some of the major subjects covered include: demobilization of armed forces in Europe, arms control, treaties, armoured vehicles, combat vehicles, tanks, helicopters, arms control, European military policy and European defences.

Fonds consists of files from 12 Militia Group Headquarters and IV Princess Louise Dragoon Guards squadrons in Ottawa, Prescott and Smiths Falls. The materials document the typical activities of the militia in the 1950s and early 1960s. File lists found with Series II, III and IV indicate that these materials have been stripped and retained whereas other files appearing on these lists were destroyed. File titles indicate general topics of files and these are varied. Most textual material consists of correspondence and memoranda. There are three scrapbooks, one of which consists of pictures, and the other two of newspaper clippings pertaining to 12 Militia Group. Most of the pictures have brief captions describing their contents. There are six series, as follows:
I: 12 Militia Group Headquarters files
II: Princess Louise's Dragoon Guards, IV. Ottawa files
III: Princess Louise's Dragoon Guards, IV. Prescott. "C" Squadron file
IV: Princess Louise's Dragoon Guards, IV. Smiths Falls. "D" Squadron files
V: Files relating to Princess Alice's visit to Present New Regimental Standard
VI: Pictures and Scrapbooks relating to 12 Militia Group

Fonds consists of four reports on Summer Concentration of 3 CIBG for the years 1961, 1963, 1964, and 1965.