the royal canadian navy served with the royal navy in world wars i and ii, but during the suez crisis of the 1950s canada and the united kingdom had different political views. coupled with mutinies in 1949 partly linked to old british ways the canadian government started looking at making sure the canadian navy had a very separate identity from the royal navy. in august of 2011 the three services were once again separated, ending decades of confusion and low morale. the royal canadian navy, the canadian army and royal canadian air force were reinstated.