Legion Magazine May/June 2020 Zurück Ausgabe

ENDING THE HUNGER WINTER

Canada’s liberation of western Netherlands depended more on negotiation than combat



SURVIVORS IN TURMOIL

Despite waves of celebration in Allied countries, millions on both sides faced dark and uncertain futures as the Second World War in Europe lurched to an end



VOICES FROM WAR’S END

As the Second World War in Europe drew to a close, the emotions of Canadian men and women in uniform were as varied as the circumstances of their service



RIOT ON BARRINGTON STREET!

Halifax, packed and dry, became a powder keg on VE-Day



AFTER DUNKIRK

Amid the chaotic evacuation in 1940, Canadians helped minimize the losses



THE OVERZEALOUS SKIPPER

When a captain ordered his ship into a choppy Bay of Fundy not “fit for harbour craft,” tragedy ensued



MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS

Drinking in the military



FRONT LINES

Navy replacing ‘seaman’ with gender-neutral ranks



EYE ON DEFENCE

The need to modernize Norad



FACE TO FACE

Was home-defence conscription necessary in 1940?



CANADA AND THE NEW COLD WAR

The navy’s problems



HUMOUR HUNT

A fresh mess



HEROES AND VILLAINS

Charles Foulkes and Johannes Blaskowitz



ARTIFACTS

A new coat for Sussie



O CANADA

Eyewitness to war