May/June 2026 issue

The May/June 2026 issue of Legion Magazine is out today! Look for it on newsstands or check your mailbox if you subscribe already.

THE TAKE BACK

While the Battle of Mount Sorrel started in disaster for the Canadians, it ended in triumph

THE WARS NOBODY WON

Canadian peacekeepers redefined the role as Yugoslavia breaks up

SCHOOL. SPIRIT. SERVICE.

From its founding 150 years ago to today, a look at the Royal Canadian Military College of Canada

THE WAVEMAKER

How a Canadian became the first woman to serve as a wireless operator at sea

THE FORGOTTEN EXILES

Thousands of Japanese-Canadians were deported after the Second World War to a country in ruin

AGENTS OF INFLUENCE

Igor Gouzenko and the 1946 royal commission on espionage that changed Canada—and the world

MISSING FROM THE CONVOY

Celebrating Battle of the Atlantic artwork by renowned painter Eric Riordon—and unraveling a related mystery

THEN/NOW

Images from Canada’s past and present

THE BRIEFING

A Q&A with General Jennie Carignan

ON THIS DATE

Milestone events from May/June

THE VISUAL

Das boats

HEROES AND VILLAINS

Alfred Booker and John O’Neill

ARTIFACT

Dead Man’s Penny

THE DISPATCH

Letters of war

HUMOUR HUNT

X-rated

MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS

New foundations

THE HISTORIAN

Threat assessment

ON WATCH

Monumental campaign

EXIT STRATEGY

Drawing it out