July/August 2024 issue

The July/August 2024 issue of Legion Magazine is out today! Look for it on newsstands or check your mailbox if you subscribe already.

LICENCE TO PLUNDER

Privateers played an important role in wars throughout the 18th century

“THOSE DAMN WOMEN”

Canadian female fighter pilots first took to the skies 30-plus years ago—but few have followed in their vapor trails

THE WEIGHT OF WAR

Insights into Canada’s First World War experience from the 2023 Legion Pilgrimage of Remembrance

A LIBERATION LEGACY

Fulfilling a dying wish to commemorate Canadian soldiers

THE PEACEMAKERS

During their lengthy truce supervisory mission in Vietnam, Canadian military played many roles

SPECIAL OPERATIONS

How Douglas Jung went from a man with no country to Second World War intelligence service and postwar citizen of firsts

THE FORTRESS

For much of the 18th century, Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island dominated access to North America

MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS

Virtual healing

FRONT LINES

Hitler’s showcase

EYE ON DEFENCE

Helicopter politicking

FACE TO FACE

Did, as Charles Stacey wrote in his official history of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Canada fail to make the most of its opportunities in the Normandy Campaign?

CANADA AND THE NEW COLD WAR

Attack of the drones

HUMOUR HUNT

Crash landing

HEROES AND VILLAINS

Charles Fox and Erwin Rommel

ARTIFACTS

The power of the dog

O CANADA

War measures