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Legion Magazine September/October 2019 Back Issue

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2 Reviews   •  English   •   General Interest (History & Knowledge)
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THE SINKING OF SS ATHENIA
After Britain declared war, Germany’s first target was a passenger ship bound for Canada


PILOTS DOWN
Days after Canada declared war on Germany, two airmen flying over home soil became the first Canadian servicemen killed in the Second World War


OPENING THE ESTUARY
The shipping channel linking the Belgian port of Antwerp with the North Sea was a critical and contentious Allied objective—and First Canadian Army was tasked with clearing it


DOCBOTS AND DRONES
New technologies are coming to the rescue of wounded soldiers on the battlefield


A PROPER APPRECIATION
The promise that led to the Pension Act


MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS
Exercise eases traumatic brain injury


FRONT LINES
Support for promising program


EYE ON DEFENCE
Bringing the navy up to date


FACE TO FACE
Should Canada have gone to war in September 1939?


CANADA AND THE NEW COLD WAR
America and us


HUMOUR HUNT
Found in the regimental newspaper


HEROES AND VILLAINS
Smokey Smith and 26th Panzers


ARTIFACTS
Goggle-eyed lifesaver


O CANADA
A day off
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September/October 2019 THE SINKING OF SS ATHENIA After Britain declared war, Germany’s first target was a passenger ship bound for Canada PILOTS DOWN Days after Canada declared war on Germany, two airmen flying over home soil became the first Canadian servicemen killed in the Second World War OPENING THE ESTUARY The shipping channel linking the Belgian port of Antwerp with the North Sea was a critical and contentious Allied objective—and First Canadian Army was tasked with clearing it DOCBOTS AND DRONES New technologies are coming to the rescue of wounded soldiers on the battlefield A PROPER APPRECIATION The promise that led to the Pension Act MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS Exercise eases traumatic brain injury FRONT LINES Support for promising program EYE ON DEFENCE Bringing the navy up to date FACE TO FACE Should Canada have gone to war in September 1939? CANADA AND THE NEW COLD WAR America and us HUMOUR HUNT Found in the regimental newspaper HEROES AND VILLAINS Smokey Smith and 26th Panzers ARTIFACTS Goggle-eyed lifesaver O CANADA A day off


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Legion  |  September/October 2019  


THE SINKING OF SS ATHENIA
After Britain declared war, Germany’s first target was a passenger ship bound for Canada


PILOTS DOWN
Days after Canada declared war on Germany, two airmen flying over home soil became the first Canadian servicemen killed in the Second World War


OPENING THE ESTUARY
The shipping channel linking the Belgian port of Antwerp with the North Sea was a critical and contentious Allied objective—and First Canadian Army was tasked with clearing it


DOCBOTS AND DRONES
New technologies are coming to the rescue of wounded soldiers on the battlefield


A PROPER APPRECIATION
The promise that led to the Pension Act


MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS
Exercise eases traumatic brain injury


FRONT LINES
Support for promising program


EYE ON DEFENCE
Bringing the navy up to date


FACE TO FACE
Should Canada have gone to war in September 1939?


CANADA AND THE NEW COLD WAR
America and us


HUMOUR HUNT
Found in the regimental newspaper


HEROES AND VILLAINS
Smokey Smith and 26th Panzers


ARTIFACTS
Goggle-eyed lifesaver


O CANADA
A day off
read more read less
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