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Legion Magazine engages Canadians in commemorating the effort, bravery and sacrifice of those who served and continue to serve in Canada’s military.
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Just weeks after he was elected for a second term as U.S. president, but nearly two months before his inauguration, Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on Canadian imports by 25 per cent.
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Trump’s card
Just what impact will incoming U.S. President Donald Trump have on Canada’s military?
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March 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Jan. 16, 1945, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery summoned General Harry Crerar to his tactical headquarters.
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Crerar’s campaign
General Harry Crerar oversaw just one major battle—but the decisive early 1945 advance into Germany’s Rhineland was critical to ending WW II
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March 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Some years ago, while trying to highlight Canada’s military heritage, Ottawa-based historian Brad St. Croix turned to audiences on various social media platforms, including YouTube.
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History in a digital Wild West: Brad St. Croix on internet-age military myths
Some years ago, while trying to highlight Canada’s military heritage, Ottawa-based historian Brad St. Croix turned to audiences on various social media platfo
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March 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Ukrainian chemist Artur Mylin was working at the Academy of Sciences in Kyiv when Russian forces invaded his homeland on Feb. 24, 2022.
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Invictus Games 2025: A Ukrainian athlete recounts his story
Ukrainian chemist Artur Mylin was working at the Academy of Sciences in Kyiv when Russian forces invaded his homeland on Feb. 24, 2022. Mylin, with a PhD in
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March 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!
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Unto the beach
As the Germans unleash warfare’s first major gas attack, untested Canadian troops hold a critical gap in the front during the Second Battle of Ypres
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March 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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“Kids these days …” goes the old trope, “they don’t care about what generations past did for them.” It might be the case for some, but not all. It’s likely not even the case for most. Few, however, demonstrate their respect quite like 25-year-old Zach Dunn.
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Documentarian Zach Dunn talks global veteran stories
  “Kids these days …” goes the old trope, “they don’t care about what generations past did for them.” It might be the case for some, but not
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March 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Some 23 nations and more than 500 athletes participated in the Invictus Games 2025 at Vancouver-Whistler in February.
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30 pictures of the Invictus Games 2025
Some 23 nations and more than 500 athletes participated in the Invictus Games 2025 at Vancouver-Whistler in February. The Games are unique in the world of sport
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March 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Sunken vessels have always lured the adventure-minded since people first went to sea in ships.
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Should Canadian ships sunk in war be considered war graves?
  Sunken vessels have always lured the adventure-minded since people first went to sea in ships. That grew exponentially after Europeans began travell
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February 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The Invictus Games aren’t about medal counts, country pride or, least of all, politics. There are no national anthems sung at opening or closing ceremonies, nor at any medal presentations or victory parties.
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Invictus Games 2025: The joys of overcoming obstacles in Vancouver-Whistler
The Invictus Games aren’t about medal counts, country pride or, least of all, politics. There are no national anthems sung at opening or closing ceremonies,
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February 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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On Jan. 29, 2025, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio amid a tenuous trade dispute between both countries.
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Good Allies: Historian Tim Cook talks his new book and how WW II shaped American-Canadian relations
On Jan. 29, 2025, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio amid a tenuous trade dispute between both
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February 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Talk may be cheap but, when it comes to war, words matter. From declaration to surrender, wars begin and end with words: they provoke, commit, inspire, motivate, reassure and mislead.

Mislead, indeed.
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The mighty word
  Talk may be cheap but, when it comes to war, words matter. From declaration to surrender, wars begin and end with words: they provoke, commit, inspir
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February 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Chris Snider was a 21-year-old second lieutenant commanding 8 Platoon, ‘C’ Company, 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, when his 10-man patrol came under fire from Chinese mortars ensconced in the hills facing them.
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Lifetime of service
In Toronto, a Korean War veteran remembers
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February 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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The war diary of the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station (CCCS) depicts the end of the First World War in November 1918 as a time of chaos, joy, fatigue and frustration.
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 Picking up the pieces: A Canadian casualty clearing station at the end of WW I
The war diary of the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station (CCCS) depicts the end of the First World War in November 1918 as a time of chaos, joy, fatigue and
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February 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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The Battle of the Atlantic simmered and raged throughout the Second World War as convoys of merchant vessels and warships made the slow, fitful trek across U-boat-infested waters delivering men and materiel to the Allied war effort.
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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
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February 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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He was a decorated soldier. She was a decorated nurse. They were brother and sister.
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How a Manitoban sister and brother more than did their bit in WW I
He was a decorated soldier. She was a decorated nurse. They were brother and sister. Born in County Cork, Ireland, and raised in rural Manitoba, Private Jame
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January 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Jan. 7, 1945, nine Mosquito aircraft and 645 Lancaster bombers took off from airfields across the United Kingdom for grim duty over Munich.
Munich was a major railway hub through which Germany sent troops and materiel to other parts of Europe.
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The last sortie of NN766
How one Lancaster crew met the demise of so many in Bomber Command.
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January 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Widely considered “cannon fodder” with “the opportunity to defect” foremost in their minds when they were deployed last fall, North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russians against Ukraine have nevertheless impressed their opponents with their commitment,
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North Korean soldiers impress Ukrainian fighters
Widely considered “cannon fodder” with “the opportunity to defect” foremost in their minds when they were deployed last fall, North Korean soldiers fig
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January 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Conscription was the political issue of the Second World War in Canada.
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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.
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January 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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While Allied troops fought hunger, bitter cold and advancing German forces in the forests of Belgium, a Movietone News reel appeared in North American theatres declaring the new year of 1945 “V-Year…the year of final victory.” 

Indeed, things were looking up.
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A Happy New Year 1945 
While Allied troops fought hunger, bitter cold and advancing German forces in the forests of Belgium, a Movietone News reel appeared in North American theatres
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January 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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The newspapers called it “Black Week.”
Between Dec. 10 and 17, 1899, three columns of British regulars led by experienced generals were defeated at Stormberg, Magersfontein and Colenso during the opening battles of the Boer War.
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Canadian now stands for bravery, dash and courage
In their first overseas battle, Canada’s soldiers proved their mettle
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January 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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January 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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The Netherlands National Archives is opening its files on some 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators eight decades after the Holocaust took the lives of 102,000 Dutch Jews.
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Dutch name 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators 80 years after Holocaust - Legion Magazine
The Netherlands National Archives is opening its files on some 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators eight decades after the Holocaust took the lives of 102,000 Dutch Jews. War In Court, a project of the Netherlands-based Huygens Institute, released list of the names online after a law restricting public access to the archive expired Jan. 1, 2025. …
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January 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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You won’t find much about Dickebusch in the annals of Canada’s First World War history. Granted, the name doesn’t have the same cachet to it as a Passchendaele, Somme or Vimy Ridge, but you would never tell that to the boys who were there.
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17 different kinds of hell - Legion Magazine
Canada gets its first action of the Great War
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January 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM