Just weeks after he was elected for a second term as U.S. president, but nearly two months before his inauguration, Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on Canadian imports by 25 per cent. legionmagazine.com/trumps-card/

Jan. 16, 1945, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery summoned General Harry Crerar to his tactical headquarters. legionmagazine.com/crerars-camp...

Some years ago, while trying to highlight Canada’s military heritage, Ottawa-based historian Brad St. Croix turned to audiences on various social media platforms, including YouTube. legionmagazine.com/history-in-a...

Ukrainian chemist Artur Mylin was working at the Academy of Sciences in Kyiv when Russian forces invaded his homeland on Feb. 24, 2022. legionmagazine.com/invictus-gam...

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! legionmagazine.com/unto-the-beach/

  “Kids these days …” goes the old trope, “they don’t care about what generations past did for them.” It might be the case for some, but not all. It’s likely not even the case for most. Few, however, demonstrate their respect quite like 25-year-old Zach Dunn. legionmagazine.com/documentaria...

Some 23 nations and more than 500 athletes participated in the Invictus Games 2025 at Vancouver-Whistler in February. legionmagazine.com/30-pictures-...

  Sunken vessels have always lured the adventure-minded since people first went to sea in ships. legionmagazine.com/should-canad...

The Invictus Games aren’t about medal counts, country pride or, least of all, politics. There are no national anthems sung at opening or closing ceremonies, nor at any medal presentations or victory parties. legionmagazine.com/invictus-gam...

On Jan. 29, 2025, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio amid a tenuous trade dispute between both countries. legionmagazine.com/good-allies-...

  Talk may be cheap but, when it comes to war, words matter. From declaration to surrender, wars begin and end with words: they provoke, commit, inspire, motivate, reassure and mislead. Mislead, indeed. legionmagazine.com/the-mighty-w...

Chris Snider was a 21-year-old second lieutenant commanding 8 Platoon, ‘C’ Company, 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, when his 10-man patrol came under fire from Chinese mortars ensconced in the hills facing them. legionmagazine.com/lifetime-of-...

The war diary of the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station (CCCS) depicts the end of the First World War in November 1918 as a time of chaos, joy, fatigue and frustration. legionmagazine.com/picking-up-t...

  The Battle of the Atlantic simmered and raged throughout the Second World War as convoys of merchant vessels and warships made the slow, fitful trek across U-boat-infested waters delivering men and materiel to the Allied war effort. legionmagazine.com/remembered-a...

He was a decorated soldier. She was a decorated nurse. They were brother and sister. legionmagazine.com/how-a-manito...

Jan. 7, 1945, nine Mosquito aircraft and 645 Lancaster bombers took off from airfields across the United Kingdom for grim duty over Munich. Munich was a major railway hub through which Germany sent troops and materiel to other parts of Europe. legionmagazine.com/the-last-sor...

Widely considered “cannon fodder” with “the opportunity to defect” foremost in their minds when they were deployed last fall, North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russians against Ukraine have nevertheless impressed their opponents with their commitment, legionmagazine.com/north-korean...

Conscription was the political issue of the Second World War in Canada. legionmagazine.com/the-mobiliza...

While Allied troops fought hunger, bitter cold and advancing German forces in the forests of Belgium, a Movietone News reel appeared in North American theatres declaring the new year of 1945 “V-Year…the year of final victory.”  Indeed, things were looking up. legionmagazine.com/a-happy-new-...

The newspapers called it “Black Week.” Between Dec. 10 and 17, 1899, three columns of British regulars led by experienced generals were defeated at Stormberg, Magersfontein and Colenso during the opening battles of the Boer War. legionmagazine.com/canadian-now...

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The Netherlands National Archives is opening its files on some 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators eight decades after the Holocaust took the lives of 102,000 Dutch Jews. legionmagazine.com/dutch-name-4...

You won’t find much about Dickebusch in the annals of Canada’s First World War history. Granted, the name doesn’t have the same cachet to it as a Passchendaele, Somme or Vimy Ridge, but you would never tell that to the boys who were there. legionmagazine.com/17-different...