January/February 2025 issue

The January/February 2025 issue of Legion Magazine is out today! Look for it on newsstands or check your mailbox if you subscribe already.

“17 DIFFERENT KINDS OF HELL”

Canada gets its first tasted of the Great War

“CANADA NOW STANDS FOR BRAVERY, DASH AND COURAGE”

In their first overseas battle, Canada’s soldiers proved their mettle

THE MOBILIZATION MEN

Known derisively as zombies, thousands of Canadian men were conscripted—originally for home defence—under the WW II National Resources Mobilization Act. Late in the war, many were forced to the front lines.

THE LAST SORTIE OF NN766

How one mostly Canadian Lancaster crew met the demise of so many in Bomber Command

HOME MAKERS

Facing a housing shortage as Canadians gravitated to urban centres during the Second World War, the federal government got building

REMEMBERED AT SEA

During the Second World War, Canadian editorial illustrator Bob Chambers created a series of memorial cards to honour those Allied ships and their crews that didn’t make it home

DEDICATION TO REMEMBRANCE

As the faces of Canadian veterans change, Canadians gathered in Ottawa for the annual ceremony to continue their commitments to honouring military sacrifice

LIFETIME OF SERVICE

In Toronto, a Korean War veteran continues to remember

MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS

Ripples of service

FRONT LINES

Knights of the sky

EYE ON DEFENCE

Oh, Canada

FACE TO FACE

Should Canadian ships sunk in war be considered war graves?

CANADA AND THE NEW COLD WAR

Interference pattern

HUMOUR HUNT

Chasing Venus

HEROES AND VILLAINS

Ken Taylor and an Iranian mob

ARTIFACTS

Postcard from the front

O CANADA

Searching for Franklin