May/June 2022 issue

The May/June 2022 issue of Legion Magazine is out today! Look for it on newsstands or check your mailbox if you subscribe already.

 

LIBERATION!

Feted with parades and banquets, flowers and wine, the Canadian liberation of the Netherlands was a joyous time—though not far from the shadow of war

“WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THEM, BUT LET THEM GO HOME.”

Canadian forces nearly overstayed their welcome after liberating the Netherlands in 1945

BOLTING FOR THE BALTIC

How a Canadian battalion’s mad dash to northern Germany at the end of the war stopped Soviet advances toward the West

FLOOD FORCE

When domestic emergencies strike—such as the November 2021 B.C. floods—the Canadian military often comes to the rescue

OPERATION OVERFLOW

Canada’s military faced its first modern mission in response to a domestic natural disaster during the 1948 once-in-a-century flood in southern B.C.

VIVA MEMORIA

Reflections on the internment of Italian Canadians during the Second World War

MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS

Bracing for impact

FRONT LINES

Inuit eyes on the North

EYE ON DEFENCE

Defence dilemma

FACE TO FACE

Should Canada have settled its civil suit with Omar Khadr?

CANADA AND THE NEW COLD WAR

In neutral

HUMOUR HUNT

Swordless salute

HEROES AND VILLAINS

Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš versus Reinhard Heydrich

ARTIFACTS

D-Day bicycle

O CANADA

The Winnipeg General Strike