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Afghanistan veteran recounts brutal battle
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Afghanistan veteran recounts brutal battle
The last thing Corporal Sean Teal said to Warrant Officer Rick Nolan was: “Do you want a Life Saver?”

Before Nolan could reply, a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) fired by a Taliban fighter struck the windshield of their G-Wagon and killed him. Teal, driving in the seat right next to him, was concussed but functional.
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The British invasion of Iceland
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The British invasion of Iceland
During the Second World War, Iceland—a small island country with a population of about 120,000—was determined to remain neutral, as it had been since the First World War.
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The sinking of U-94
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The sinking of U-94
The sinking of U-94 by an American aircraft and HMCS Oakville off Cuba on the night of Aug. 27-28, 1942, brought to a dramatic end the submarine’s relatively long and eventful service in the Kriegsmarine.
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Canadians in the Huaylas
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Canadians in the Huaylas
On the last day of May 1970, a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake devastated the Santa Valley (Callejón de Huaylas) in Peru, releasing a deadly mudslide that thundered through villages at 160 kilometres per hour.
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New evidence of a very old war
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New evidence of a very old war
New evidence uncovered long after a prehistoric cemetery was discovered in Sudan suggest that its inhabitants weren’t killed in what was believed to be one of humankind’s earliest known battles but may instead have died over the course of protracted warfare.
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The Battle of Ridgeway
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The Battle of Ridgeway
On June 1, 1866, more than 1,000 Irish Americans crossed the Niagara River from Buffalo, N.Y., and occupied the town of Fort Erie in Canada West (now Ontario).

They were members of the Fenian Brotherhood, whose invasion was part of a master plan to secure the independence of Ireland.
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Afghanistan veteran recounts brutal battle
The last thing Corporal Sean Teal said to Warrant Officer Rick Nolan was: “Do you want a Life Saver?” Before...
Defence Today
The sinking of U-94
The sinking of U-94 by an American aircraft and HMCS Oakville off Cuba on the night of Aug. 27-28, 1942,...
Defence Today
New evidence of a very old war
New evidence uncovered long after a prehistoric cemetery was discovered in Sudan suggest that its inhabitants weren’t killed in what...
Defence Today
More than 40 million people displaced in 2020
War, violence and so-called natural disasters, many related to climate change, forced 40.5 million people to relocate within their own...
Eye On Defence
Bears, dragons and snakes
Canada must contribute more to deterring military adventurism The military world has changed rapidly over the past three decades.  Driven...
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Wounded Scot’s first-person account details fighting, capture at the Somme
Imagine you are a Scottish soldier and you’re handed a pair of wire cutters, then told to cross no man’s...
Defence Today
A Black soldier at the Somme
James Munroe Franklin was among the first Black Canadians to enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and, six months before...
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Tales my grandfather told me: Memories of memories of the Somme
It’s been more than a century and still the words ‘The Somme’ resonate with Canadians who grew up with a...
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Military selects new uniform camo
It seems like yesterday when the Canadian military last unveiled a new camouflage pattern uniform. Their pixelated look, known as...
Defence Today
So long, Matthew Fisher, Canada’s most-travelled warco
He could be blunt, bombastic and cringingly irreverent. He was also smart, generous, and always, always interesting. Like virtually all...
Defence Today
Frank Hurley: Adventurer and war photographer
You may not know the name Frank Hurley but you almost certainly know at least some of his pictures. Hurley...
Defence Today
Art of the war horse
Mercifully, the First World War was the last major confrontation in which horses played a major role.  British cavalry were among...
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MEMOIRS
Letters to Mom
During the Second World War, 21-year-old Allan Coburn was one...
Cross Border Doctor
It can be extraordinary who and what you will find...
Pépère’s war story
Hormidas Odilon (Henry) Goulet enlisted with the 22nd Battalion in...
Battlefield doctor
My great-great-grandfather was a surgeon who treated soldiers at the...
Canada’s man in Havana
The story of a young Canadian diplomat spying on the...
Buried alive at the Somme
When I was a young child of four or five,...
My dad, the air force doctor
The nooks and crannies of my parents’ red-brick house in Halifax...
The Silent Ward
The author was a nurse in the First World War....
Not all Veterans wore uniforms
Story by Brian Purdy Son of Gordon Purdy Through the...
Tears of Remembrance
At the first strains of the anthem, backs straightened and...
Remembrance
On Remembrance Day or, for a naval veteran, Battle of...
The search for an old contemptible
It all started with a random tweet. My first inclination...
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The British invasion of Iceland
The British invasion of Iceland
During the Second World War, Iceland—a small island country with a population of about 120,000—was determined to remain neutral, as it had been since the First World War. But it was strategically located in the North Atlantic between Greenland and...
Military History
Canadians in the Huaylas
Canadians in the Huaylas
On the last day of May 1970, a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake devastated the Santa Valley (Callejón de Huaylas) in Peru, releasing a deadly mudslide that thundered through villages at 160 kilometres per hour. Boulders as big as houses smashed...
Military History
The Battle of Ridgeway
The Battle of Ridgeway
“We are the Fenian Brotherhood, skilled in the arts of war, and we’re going to fight for Ireland, the land which we adore, many battles we have won, along with the boys in blue, and we’ll go and capture Canada,...
Military History
Killed holding a white flag
Killed holding a white flag
After the Second World War, the United Nations voted to divide Palestine, in southern Lebanon, into Jewish and Arab sovereign states, setting the stage for the Arab-Israeli War. Israel was proclaimed on May 14, 1948, and Arab armies invaded on...
Military History
The disaster in Sarno
The disaster in Sarno
The Canadian Armed Forces has garnered positive headlines in Canada for humanitarian aid work around the world, saving lives, providing food and shelter, and treating the ill and injured after great natural and man-made disasters. But sometimes the CAF’s less...
Military History
The Battle of the St. Lawrence
The Battle of the St. Lawrence
In May 1942, the houses of a fishing village on the north shore of the Gaspé Peninsula were rocked so violently residents believed there had been an earthquake. But it was a different sort of ground-shaking event: the beginning of...
HEALTH
Research on family matters
Research on family matters
In May, Canadians will be...
Looking for a good night’s sleep
Looking for a good night’s sleep
Looking for a good night’s...
Medical Advances Behind the Line, Part 1
Medical Advances Behind the Line, Part 1
The First World War spurred...
Pain centre
Pain centre
In 2014, in physical agony...
Help for those living with concussion
Help for those living with concussion
The long days and nights...
A military response to the pandemic
A military response to the pandemic
Truly, the Canadian Armed Forces has...
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Lost Veterans Initiative supports search for unmarked veterans’ graves
Lost Veterans Initiative supports search for unmarked veterans’ graves
This summer, dozens of Canadians will walk up and down the stone-lined avenues of cemeteries across the country, searching for veterans’ unmarked graves.  The Last Post Fund hopes these first...
Choose our cover for the next issue of <em>Canada’s Ultimate Story!</em>
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Help choose the cover for our next issue of Canada’s Ultimate Story. Cast your vote, give us your opinion and share with your friends on social media! In the final five weeks...
London, Ont., reaches “functional zero veteran homelessness”
London, Ont., reaches “functional zero veteran homelessness”
London, Ont., announced on Feb. 16 that it has functionally eradicated veteran homelessness within its boundaries.     The municipality partnered with Built for Zero Canada (BFZ-C), a national effort...
Crushing the Kriegsmarine
Crushing the Kriegsmarine
While Allied troops were fighting to secure the Normandy beachhead on June 9, 1944, Canadian air and naval forces helped destroy what was left of the German surface fleet By...
Kyle Scott: The medals man
Kyle Scott: The medals man
Kyle Scott is an ex-combat engineer and Afghanistan veteran who has made acquiring medals for those who have earned them his labour of love. He is the go-to purveyor of...
Family mental health support
Family mental health support
The Veterans Ombudsperson has urged Veterans Affairs Canada to further reduce restrictions on mental health support for veterans’ families. “We believe that family members of veterans deserve access to funded mental...
Panellists condemn sexual misconduct and extremism in military
Panellists condemn sexual misconduct and extremism in military
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan joined a chorus of in-house critics at the Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence in March, calling sexual misconduct allegations plaguing the military “deeply troubling” and promising...
Panel to report on racism
Panel to report on racism
On Dec. 17, the Department of National Defence announced the creation of an advisory panel to report on systemic racism and discrimination in the ranks of the Canadian Armed Forces....
Heroes And Villains
Sophie Scholl and Roland Freisler
Sophie Scholl and Roland Freisler
Sophie Scholl & Roland Freisler
Face to Face
Was it right to commute Kurt Meyer’s death sentence for killing Canadian PoWs?
Was it right to commute Kurt Meyer’s death sentence for killing Canadian PoWs?
Was it right to commute Kurt Meyer’s death sentence for killing Canadian PoWs?
Face to Face
Are there 98 Canadian VCs?
Are there 98 Canadian VCs?
It is hard to say exactly how many “Canadians” have been awarded the Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth’s highest award for valour in the face of the enemy. As an editor with Legion Magazine, we usually just say safely, “nearly 100.”...
Heroes And Villains
HEROES AND VILLAINS: Syngman Rhee vs Kim Il-sung
HEROES AND VILLAINS: Syngman Rhee vs Kim Il-sung
Hero: Syngman Rhee “The new UN proposal is unacceptable to this government.…We can no longer survive a stalemate of division.” —Syngman Rhee on June 6, 1953, stating his opposition to peace talks between the UN, the North Korea People’s Army and...
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Face to Face | Was All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) the most important war film ever made?
Face to Face | Was All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) the most important war film ever made?
All Quiet on the Western Front is an Academy Award-winning 1930 film based on the classic anti-war novel by a German veteran of the First World War, Erich Maria Remarque. Coming 12 years after the First World War ended and...
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Should the James Cross kidnappers have been granted safe passage to Cuba?
Should the James Cross kidnappers have been granted safe passage to Cuba?
In the early morning hours of Dec. 3, 1970, dozens of police officers and heavily armed soldiers surrounded a modest dwelling in Montreal North where, for nearly two months, British diplomat James Cross had been held hostage by a gang of...

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