second world war Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/canadian-military-history-in-perspective/second-world-war/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:42:17 +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 second world war Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/canadian-military-history-in-perspective/second-world-war/ 32 32 The lovely War https://legionmagazine.com/the-lovely-war/ https://legionmagazine.com/the-lovely-war/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:29:49 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=99333 When Canada invaded Iceland

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/con-air/feed/ 0 God rest ye weary gentlemen https://legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-weary-gentlemen/ https://legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-weary-gentlemen/#respond Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:44:53 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=98363 Reminiscences of four Second World War Christmases

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/everything-everywhere-all-at-once/feed/ 0 Searching for answers https://legionmagazine.com/searching-for-answers/ https://legionmagazine.com/searching-for-answers/#respond Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:07:37 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=97225 How determination and an innate curiosity led Gladys Arnold to become the only Canadian journalist in Paris when France fell to the Germans in WW II

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/searching-for-answers/feed/ 0 Command and control https://legionmagazine.com/command-and-control/ https://legionmagazine.com/command-and-control/#respond Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:19:47 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=97155 A fearless Canadian woman was in command, but the Japanese soldiers who worked for her were in control.

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/command-and-control/feed/ 0 A Formidable Pilot https://legionmagazine.com/a-formidable-pilot/ https://legionmagazine.com/a-formidable-pilot/#respond Thu, 21 Aug 2025 19:05:59 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=96352 The legacy of Robert Hampton Gray

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/a-formidable-pilot/feed/ 0 After Math https://legionmagazine.com/after-math/ https://legionmagazine.com/after-math/#respond Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:40:37 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=96483 The trials and tribulations of the Canadian Army Occupation Force in Germany in 1945-46

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/after-math/feed/ 0 Spirit squad https://legionmagazine.com/spirit-squad/ https://legionmagazine.com/spirit-squad/#respond Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:45:25 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=95672 Solving the mystery of how a seemingly random bomber crew photo ended up in the archives of a small-town Ontario school library.

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