Heroes And Villains Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/canadian-military-history-in-perspective/heroes-and-villains/ Tue, 12 May 2026 15:40:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://legionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-favicon-LM-32x32.jpg Heroes And Villains Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/canadian-military-history-in-perspective/heroes-and-villains/ 32 32 Heroes and Villians: Booker vs O’Neill https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-booker-vs-oneill/ https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-booker-vs-oneill/#respond Tue, 12 May 2026 15:40:36 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=99641 Irish-American invaders best Canadian and British forces at the Battle of Ridgeway

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-booker-vs-oneill/feed/ 0 Heroes and Villians: Alderson vs Albrecht https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-alderson-vs-albrecht/ https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-alderson-vs-albrecht/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:54:15 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=99097 The disastrous April 1916 Battle of St. Eloi Craters had a lasting impact on the Canadians

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-alderson-vs-albrecht/feed/ 0 Heroes and Villians: Kendall and Hill Vs Iraqi fast-patrol boat https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-kendall-and-hill-vs-iraqi-fast-patrol-boat/ https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-kendall-and-hill-vs-iraqi-fast-patrol-boat/#respond Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:16:15 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=98617 On Jan. 30, 1991, two Royal Canadian Air Force pilots fired Canada’s first shots in the Persian Gulf War

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-kendall-and-hill-vs-iraqi-fast-patrol-boat/feed/ 0 Heroes and Villians: Gouzenko vs Zarubin https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-gouzenko-vs-zarubin/ https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-gouzenko-vs-zarubin/#respond Fri, 12 Sep 2025 15:24:53 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=97160 IGOR GOUZENKO The Second World War ended on Sept. 2, 1945, with Japan’s official surrender. Three days later, a 26-year-old cipher clerk who had been posing as a junior diplomat at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa slipped out of his apartment with his wife and young son. Lieutenant Igor Sergeievich Gouzenko carried with him more than …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-gouzenko-vs-zarubin/feed/ 0 Heroes and Villians: Oppenheimer vs Heisenberg https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-oppenheimer-vs-heisenberg/ https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-oppenheimer-vs-heisenberg/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:26:12 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=96446 Two scientists led the race between the U.S. and Germany to develop the atomic bomb

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-james-wolf-vs-louis-joseph-de-montcalm/feed/ 0 Heroes and Villians: Fox vs Rommel https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-fox-vs-rommel/ https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-fox-vs-rommel/#respond Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:19:45 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=92277 A Canadian fighter pilot ended Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel’s military career

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