“Canada does not propose to be dragged into a war in which she has no interest,” said Prime Minister Mackenzie King in a speech before the ill-fated League of Nations on Sept. 26, 1936. Perhaps that was true for most in the country, as it was for most western democracies that had, since July watched […] The post Canada and the Spanish Civil War appeared first on Legion Magazine ..read more

It is a blight on the hypocritical, arguably corrupt and highly politicized International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the 1936 Olympic Games were ever allowed to take place in Nazi Germany. But the controversial call gave one Black athlete a grand platform on which to upstage Adolf Hitler and the racist policies of his fascist regime. […] The post Hitler’s Showcase: The 1936 Olympic Games appeared first on Legion Magazine ..read more

Aaron Kylie says No In the councils of government, we must guard against…the military-industrial complex,” said U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address in January 1961. Yes, the famed general, Second World War supreme allied commander in Europe and supreme commander of NATO himself warned of the perils of the relationship between a country’s […] The post Face to Face: Should Canada meet NATO’s funding minimum? appeared first on Legion Magazine ..read more

While everyday Canadians are otherwise preoccupied, the country’s navy is sinking. The post Naval gazing appeared first on Legion Magazine ..read more

When Wally Floody was commissioned as a pilot officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940, he didn’t realize he was going to earn the moniker “The Tunnel King.” Formerly working in the northern Ontario gold mines, Floody’s mining skills were tested when he was taken prisoner and sent to the infamous German Stalag […] The post A Canadian connection to WW II’s Great Escape appeared first on Legion Magazine ..read more

How soldiers who suffered vision impairment in the Great War changed the outlook for their lot The post The blind side appeared first on Legion Magazine ..read more

The complicated career of the father of chemical warfare The post Mad scientist appeared first on Legion Magazine ..read more

1 March 1942 The Canadian Women’s Army Corps is granted full army status and becomes an integral part of the Canadian Militia. Prior to this, only nursing sisters were admitted into the country’s armed forces. 2 March 2011 HMCS Charlottetown heads for Libya to provide humanitarian assistance amid civil war. 3 March 1838 A small […] The post On this date: Mar-Apr 2024 appeared first on Legion Magazine ..read more

During the German-led Operation Michael on March 21, 1918, Lieutenant-Colonel C.G. Cole-Hamilton recognized one man’s “great courage and magnificent fighting at the head of his platoon:” Second Lieutenant Edmund De Wind. More than a century ago, a wounded De Wind held a critical post near Grugies, France, for seven hours before he was killed. Born […] The post The Canadian connection to Victoria Cross recipient Edmund De Wind appeared first on Legion Magazine ..read more

Back in August 2012, a bomb disposal unit clearing unexploded WW I ordnance at a construction site in the French village of Vendin-le-Vieil unearthed human remains and a few telltale artifacts. There were fragments of a gas mask and a helmet, a pair of badly damaged boots and, most important, several buttons clearly marked “16th […] The post Soldier’s remains identified 107 years after he was killed at Hill 70 appeared first on Legion Magazine ..read more