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A Roman legionnaire’s pay slip and the siege at Masada

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William Edwin Dyess (Aug, 9, 1916 – Dec, 22, 1943) was an U.S. Air Force officer during the Second World...
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Gudrid the Far-Travelled an icon among Norse women
The role of Viking women was more equal to men than previously...
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U-111 opened up with her 20mm machine gun, hitting Lady Shirley’s gunlayer...
Politics, racism and colonialism: Awarding the Victoria Cross
Politics, racism and colonialism: Awarding the Victoria Cross
The bureaucratic source, who played a key role in implementing the changes...
No VC for Jess Larochelle, says military
No VC for Jess Larochelle, says military
Lieutenant-Colonel Carl Gauthier told Legion Magazine that hard-and-fast time limits prevent Private...
Free labour spawns sabotage in Nazi factories
Free labour spawns sabotage in Nazi factories
Nazi industrial production was heavily dependent on forced labour, and sabotage plagued...
Unarmed, unequipped and untrained: Citizen spies outwit occupying armies
Unarmed, unequipped and untrained: Citizen spies outwit occupying armies
On March 22, 2022, Russian forces captured Kherson in southern Ukraine, giving...

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The Lion of the First World War
The Lion of the First World War
With Hollywood-like bravado, George charged ahead alone, leaping over the block’s wire to— quite literally—fall on top of the enemy. Now lying on a German...
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Face to Face: Should Canada continue to participate in peacekeeping?
Face to Face: Should Canada continue to participate in peacekeeping?
Aaron Kylie says No Fifty-five. That was the number of Canadian personnel on UN peacekeeping missions in September 2022. While more than 125,000 Canadians have...
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The long wait
The long wait
In the early years of the Second World War, Canadian troops trained, trained and trained some more, and saw little action.
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Divisive figure: remembering Quebec nationalist Paul Rose
Divisive figure: remembering Quebec nationalist Paul Rose
Ten years ago, on March 14, the ringleader of the October Crisis, died. But it turned out that this figure, so imperative to the Quebec...
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Quebec City’s bloody weekend: the Easter Riot of 1917
Quebec City’s bloody weekend: the Easter Riot of 1917
On May 18, 1917, Prime Minister Robert Borden dropped a bombshell when he introduced the Military Service Act, a conscription law that would require all...
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In their fathers’ footsteps
In their fathers’ footsteps
Ninety pilgrims walked more than 60 kilometres through Dutch towns and countryside to learn more about the Canadians who liberated the Netherlands
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The bridges of Caen
The bridges of Caen
How George Gilbert Reynolds and the 23rd Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, played an important role in the liberation of Europe.
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The Story behind the Canadian Navy’s “Black Tot Day”
The Story behind the Canadian Navy’s “Black Tot Day”
Alcohol and the Navy has a long history together. A history that has influenced military culture and even pop culture.
Military History
Louis Riel: a Métis freedom fighter
Louis Riel: a Métis freedom fighter
Once labelled a rebel without a cause, Riel’s caricature in Canadian textbooks has changed since the time of his execution in 1885.
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Harris & Göring
Harris & Göring
Bomber Command’s first major offensive struck Germany’s industrial Ruhr valley in early 1943.

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51st Saskatchewan Convention
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Culture change, equal rights and PTSD treatment highlight the 2022 CIMVHR forum
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59th Quebec Convention
Military ombudsman slams lack of action on reservists, Rangers
Military ombudsman slams lack of action on reservists, Rangers
RCAF establishes new space division
RCAF establishes new space division
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“Fire at number 3 hatch!”
“Fire at number 3 hatch!”
How Vancouver’s 1945 Green Hill Park disaster reminded Canadians of the Halifax Explosion almost 30 years earlier.
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Satellite fallout
Satellite fallout
Early Soviet spy satellites orbited the Earth at a height of about 250 kilometres for a few months, then, when they were no longer operational,...
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The in-between: After the Great War and before the Second, Canada’s defence relied on the small Permanent Active Militia
The in-between: After the Great War and before the Second, Canada’s defence relied on the small Permanent Active Militia
The Permanent Active Militia (or Permanent Force) began the Great War in 1914 with a strength of a little more than 3,100 officers and men....
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A league of her own
A league of her own
Exploring the work of war artist, Molly Lamb Bobak   During the Second World War, the Canadian government officially appointed 32 war artists—but only one...
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The Upper Canada Rebellion
The Upper Canada Rebellion
William Lyon Mackenzie was a short, combustible, red-haired Scottish immigrant who coined the term “Family Compact.” He used it to describe the small network of wealthy...
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The namesake navy
The namesake navy
How Verdun, Que., formed a special bond with its own warship As part of Canada Day celebrations marking the country’s 150th anniversary in 2017, several...
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The summit series
The summit series
On Sept. 2, 1972, I was a teenager spending the weekend at a friend’s cottage. They had a television there. My pal and I were...
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RIGHTS FIGHT
As the Second World War wound down, Ottawa assumed wartime working women would return to homemaking—the women had other ideas “Whether I marry or not,...

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Fighting “soldier’s disease”
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Sand traps: Dusty air leaving a bad taste in military lungs
The world is getting dustier and grittier thanks to global warming.  As...
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There may be no better moment than now to address sexual misconduct...
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Bracing for impact
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Medical care in the wars of the future
The challenges of battlefield medicine are about to change for Western allied nations, now...
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Study shows impact of pandemic restrictions on long-term care homes
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Ninety pilgrims walked more than 60 kilometres through Dutch towns and countryside to learn more about the Canadians who liberated...
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Culture change, equal rights and PTSD treatment highlight the 2022 CIMVHR forum
Culture change, equal rights and PTSD treatment highlight the 2022 CIMVHR forum
Northern reflections – Exploring military connections in Iqaluit on Remembrance Day
Northern reflections – Exploring military connections in Iqaluit on Remembrance Day
Passing the mantle: Children and families notable during Remembrance Day in Ottawa
Passing the mantle: Children and families notable during Remembrance Day in Ottawa
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