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March/April 2020 issue

Legion Magazine — Fri, 01 May 2020 20:16:10 +0000

Our March/April 2020 back issue is now available! What’s inside? HISTORY REPEATS The chronicles of war are replete with repetition. One might be forgiven if the visual record is mistaken for a critical case of déjà vu PEDAL POWER Using stealth, stamina and smarts, cyclists with Canada’s cavalry on wheels were often first to […]

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January/February 2020 issue

Legion Magazine — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:12:09 +0000

Our January/February 2020 back issue is now available! What’s inside? THE CHILDREN’S INVASION Thousands of schoolchildren were brought to Canada between 1939 and 1941 to escape the bombing and possible invasion of Britain THE PHONEY WAR Very little fighting took place on the Western Front in the first eight months of the Second World War […]

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November/December 2019 issue

Legion Magazine — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:55:57 +0000

The November/December 2019 issue of Legion Magazine is now available! LAST SOLDIER STANDING “They should commemorate all of them, instead of just one,” said the last surviving veteran of the First World War CHOPPER MISSION A day in the life of Canada’s CH-146 Griffon fleet INDIGENOUS WAR HEROES Brothers-in-arms in the trenches, First Nations, Métis […]

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September/October 2019 issue

Legion Magazine — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 12:22:28 +0000

The September/October 2019 issue of Legion Magazine is now available! THE SINKING OF SS ATHENIA After Britain declared war, Germany’s first target was a passenger ship bound for Canada PILOTS DOWN Days after Canada declared war on Germany, two airmen flying over home soil became the first Canadian servicemen killed in the Second World War OPENING THE […]

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July/August 2019 issue

Legion Magazine — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 12:59:41 +0000

CROSS-BORDER DOCTOR My great-great-grandfather was one of thousands of Canadians who served in the American Civil War AT WHAT PRICE? We know that troops on high-stress missions are liable to experience mental-health wounds. What we don’t know is how much it costs to help them BELLS OF WAR For centuries, the armies of Europe have […]

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May/June 2019 issue

Legion Magazine — Fri, 10 May 2019 15:03:03 +0000

What’s inside? HOW D-DAY CHANGED THE WORLD Life as we know it began on June 6, 1944 UNSUNG VALOUR IN NORMANDY Seven soldiers who made little-known contributions to the Allied invasion of France BRIDGES OVER HOSTILE WATER The Allies knew that controlling water crossings would be a key to D-Day’s success WAR ON RAILS Canadian […]

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March/April 2019 issue

Legion Magazine — Fri, 10 May 2019 14:58:34 +0000

What’s inside? LIFE ON THE LINE What they wore, said and ate at the front in the Second World War CLASS OF 1918 Soldiers fighting overseas wanted schooling for postwar life and Canada’s Khaki University educated thousands BIONIC ARMS Artificial limbs that perform like the real thing are moving from the realm of science fiction […]

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January/February 2019 issue

Legion Magazine — Fri, 10 May 2019 14:36:33 +0000

Our January/February 2019 back issue is now available! What’s inside? Coming home Meticulously colourized images kindle a renewed appreciation of the burdens carried by homecoming soldiers Pépère’s war story Henry Goulet’s First World War journal, adapted by his granddaughter, retraces his battlefield experiences Fiasco in Siberia Many of the Canadian soldiers sent to foil communism […]

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November/December 2018 issue

Legion Magazine — Fri, 10 May 2019 14:33:30 +0000

What’s inside? EMBRACING A MODERN-DAY LEGION Delegates meet up in Manitoba and make plans for the future ARMISTICE CENTENARY • How we ended it • No one could have conceived that Canadians would play such a key role in finishing the First World War • The symmetry of Mons • Taking back the city where […]

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September/October 2018 issue

Legion Magazine — Fri, 10 May 2019 14:30:12 +0000

Our September/October 2018 issue issue back issue is now available! What’s inside? WITNESS TO SLAUGHTER The Medak Pocket in Croatia was the place where, for Canada, peacekeeping went to die WAR AND THE SPANISH FLU As the First World War drew to a close, the world was hit by the greatest pandemic since the bubonic […]

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