Legion  |  July/August 2016
CANADA’S FIRST BLACK BATTALION
After considerable lobbying by black and by white supporters, Canada fielded one black battalion in the First World War. No. 2 Construction Battalion was formed in Nova Scotia with recruits from the Maritimes, Ontario and the United States. Although they wore their country’s uniform, they still suffered prejudice. When they went overseas, it was to serve with shovels instead of rifles.
Also in the issue:
Search for an Old Contemptable: A surprise tweet leads a writer to discover family members he never knew he had. Living in England, they were the descendants of a great-grandfather who fought in the first battle of the First World War and was never the same.
The militia and the coal-miners’ strike: When a lengthy strike by coal miners on Vancouver Island became too much for local authorities, the militia was called out in 1913. It would be the longest military assistance to civil authorities in Canada’s history.
Crazy weapons of the Cold War: the Big Stick, the Dead Hand and the Tsar Bomba, were just some of the bizarre weapons created during the epic standoff between superpowers.
Kennedy and Khrushchev: The leaders of the two most powerful countries in the world during the Cold War go nose-to-nose over warheads bound for Cuba.
Should the Canadian Armed Forces purchase armed drones? The debate over using unmanned armed weapons.
Per saperne di più
leggere di meno
Come abbonati riceverete i seguenti vantaggi:
• Uno sconto sul prezzo di vendita della rivista
• La vostra rivista viene consegnata ogni mese sul vostro dispositivo
• Non perderete mai un numero
• Siete protetti dagli aumenti di prezzo che potrebbero verificarsi nel corso dell'anno
Riceverete 6 edizioni durante un periodo di 1 anno Legion abbonamento alla rivista.
Nota: le edizioni digitali non includono gli articoli di copertina o i supplementi che si trovano nelle copie stampate.
Articoli in questo numero
Di seguito una selezione di articoli in Legion July/August 2016.