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The last of the Allied convoys to the Soviet Union
Canadian trainer watches efforts pay dividends in Ukraine
Corporal Brian Tite, a Canadian signals specialist, served two tours training Ukrainian soldiers in the kind of technologies that are now contributing to their stout defence against invading forces from Russia.
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Choose our cover for the July/August issue of Legion Magazine!
Choose our cover for the July/August issue of Legion Magazine!
The next issue of Legion Magazine includes the Remembering the men of Dieppe, Realities of Canada's WW1 Black Battalion, Women of the war of 1812 and much more!
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Canada’s first pararescue women
Canada’s first pararescue women
It 1951, the Royal Canadian Air Force decided to include medical personnel in pararescue units.
The training course that followed included two doctors, nine medical assistants and five nursing sisters—Canada’s first pararescue women, nicknamed the Parabelles.
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HMCS Uganda: the ship that voted its way home
HMCS Uganda: the ship that voted its way home
The only Canadian ship to fight against the Japanese in the Second World War, HMCS Uganda also had the distinction of being the only ship to vote itself out of that war.
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Global military expenditures eclipse US$2 trillion in 2021 for first time ever
Global military expenditures eclipse US$2 trillion in 2021 for first time ever
The fiscal ravages of the pandemic had little practical effect on worldwide military spending in 2021, as it passed US$2 trillion (C$2.5 trillion) for the first time, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reported on April 25.

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the case against Vladimir Putin
The case against Vladimir Putin
On Feb. 24, 2022, Russian military forces acting on orders from President Vladimir Putin launched an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, embarking on an indiscriminate campaign of destruction, taking out schools, hospitals, apartment buildings and, as of March 21, killing more than 900 innocent civlians in less than a month.
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Fighting at forts of the Niagara front
Fighting at forts of the Niagara front
The Niagara River runs roughly south-north between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, a vital transportation—and once communication—line in the Great Lakes. To safeguard their interests, Europeans bent on colonization and economic gain built forts at the river’s source on Lake Erie and its mouth on Lake Ontario.
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The taking of Xanten
The taking of Xanten
By the spring of 1945, the Allies had driven German troops into a defensive pocket near Wesel, on the Rhine’s west bank. But there was hard and bitter fighting yet to come before the Allies’ final thrust over the Rhine.
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The Parliament bombing of 1966
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Canada’s first pararescue women
Canada’s first pararescue women
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“We are grateful to them, but let them go home”
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Bolting for the Baltic
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HMCS Uganda: the ship that voted its way home
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