Legion Magazine May/June 2022 Retour à l'édition précédente

The May/June 2022 issue of Legion Magazine is out today!

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