Legion Magazine

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