Legion Magazine May/June 2017 Retour à l'édition précédente

Canada’s first foreign war
Fighting in the Battle of Paardeberg in South Africa in February 1900, Canadian troops won their first major engagement in an overseas war.

A quiet victory in the gulf
Canadian air power was the key to shutting down the U-boat assault in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1942.

The magnificent eleven
A self-invented war photographer’s 11 surviving photos immortalize D-Day.

Hush-hush heroes, part 2
Canada’s Second World War agents in Asia defied the risk of imprisonment, torture and death in aid of the Allied cause.

Face to Face: Was it right for Canada to send troops to the South African War?

Heroes and Villains: Montgomery and Rommel’s showdown in the Egyptian desert.

GNATs versus CATs: When Germany introduced acoustic-homing torpedoes, Canada responded with noisemakers that lured them off-target.

O Canada: John McCrae’s baptism of fire.