Operation REASSURANCE
  • The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) are active through Eastern and Central Europe as it helps lead North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) multinational battle group in Latvia.
  • Canada began assisting NATO in this operation in 2014 and remained active in Poland helping Ukrainian refugees flee violence.
  • This operation in Central and Eastern Europe is known as Operation REASSURANCE and it reinforces NATO's collective defence efforts along with Allied solidarity.
  • This resource outlines the number of CAF members deployed, their mission objectives, and the history/contact of the operation. 
Citation

Canada. National Security and Defence. Operation REASSURANCE. 2022. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/operations/military-operations/current-operations/operation-reassurance.html

Further Readings

For the news release in 2015 when Canadian soldiers departed for Operation REASSURANCE in Eastern & Central Europe: https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/03/canadian-soldiers-depart-operation-reassurance-eastern-central-europe-942379.html

For more information on Canada's involvement in NATO's Eastern Flank: https://www.cgai.ca/canada_s_military_operations_on_nato_s_eastern_flank_why_they_matter

Overlapping Topics
Military, Defence, and Peacekeeping
Policy Sub-Topic
National Security and Defence (Canada-U.S. Relations)
Policy Type
Military Operation Record

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