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Eye On Defence
UN calls out Canada for helping perpetuate Yemen war
Canada has been selling armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia, and as a result has been included on a list of...
Front Lines
There’s no accounting for the missing
The Second World War set a new standard for disappearances. Unprecedented millions simply vanished during the maelstrom in Europe and...
Defence Today
Russia’s Arctic ambitions
In late April, the Russian military carried out a joint exercise on Franz Josef Land in the High Arctic that...
Front Lines
German Red Cross to continue tracking WW II disappearances
For many outside the battle zones of Europe, the Second World War is a matter of textbooks and faded black-and-white...
Eye On Defence
EYE ON DEFENCE: Dealing with racism
In late 2019, Patrik Mathews, an army reservist with 38 Canadian Brigade Group in Manitoba, disappeared from Canada after receiving...
Defence Today
Deadly tech: the rapid advance of First World War weaponry
The First World War is known for stagnancy and stalemate—trench-bound days of misery and boredom punctuated by periodic terror and...
Defence Today
Judging a book by its cover
Don’t judge a book by its cover, goes the adage. But magazine readers do it all the time. In the...
Front Lines
Some British millennials think Battle of Britain was Viking invasion: survey
Forty-four per cent of respondents to a recent British survey had no idea what the Battle of Britain was. A third of...
Front Lines
Gassed up: The juice that fuelled victory in the Battle of Britain
Months before it entered the Second World War in December 1941, the United States invested heavily in the Allied cause...
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...
MILITARY HISTORY
Military Milestones
The firestorm of 2003
The firestorm of 2003
In the summer of 2003, British Columbia was ablaze. Some 2,500 separate forest fires burned through more than 250,000 hectares of trees, fields, vineyards and crops—an area about half the size of Prince Edward Island. Hundreds of homes and dozens...
Air Force
Battle of Britain Day
Battle of Britain Day
Hitler’s plan was to destroy the Royal Air Force then launch Operation Sea Lion, an invasion of England. Winston Churchill assumed as much. “Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war,” he...
Army
Worthington
Worthington
It was 1967 and winter was fast approaching for Frank Worthington. The renowned retired major-general, who to this day is known throughout the Canadian military as “Fighting Frank,” was dying of cancer. “Pico”… “Fighting Frank”… “Worthy”… “Frederic Franklin”… “Father of...
HEALTH
Life-affirming support
Life-affirming support
Friends and communities are helping...
MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS: Checking on your buddies
MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS: Checking on your buddies
When this column was written,...
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Liberation of the Netherlands | Narrated by Roméo Dallaire
Liberation of the Netherlands | Narrated by Roméo Dallaire
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William Shatner | Battle of Vimy Ridge
William Shatner | Battle of Vimy Ridge
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The Dieppe Raid | Narrated by Alex Trebek
The Dieppe Raid | Narrated by Alex Trebek
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Battle of the Somme | Narrated by Linden MacIntyre
Battle of the Somme | Narrated by Linden MacIntyre
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NEWS
Decisions at DEC
Decisions at DEC
At its meeting via videoconference on June 6-7, Dominion Executive Council approved several significant motions and considered how COVID-19 will affect The Royal Canadian Legion in the coming months. The...
Choose our cover for the next issue of <em>Canada’s Ultimate Story!</em>
Choose our cover for the next issue of Canada’s Ultimate Story!
The next issue of Canada’s Ultimate Story is Canada and the Victoria Cross. Help choose the cover by casting your vote. No one ever set out to earn a Victoria...
Métis veterans’ legacy program announced
Métis veterans’ legacy program announced
The Métis National Council (MNC) formally announced its Veterans Legacy Program on June 29 in Ottawa. The program is part of the $30-million agreement signed by Canada and the Métis...
Military Moments | Canadians in the Battle of Britain
Military Moments | Canadians in the Battle of Britain
 This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, which took place from July to October 1940. Our new Military Moment and the next issue of Canada’s...
Editorial
A sacred place
A sacred place
It has been 20 years since an unknown soldier who died in the fighting at Vimy Ridge in France during the First World War was reinterred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa. There are previous examples of...
Face to Face
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...
Editorial
Weathering the storm
Weathering the storm
"Within the Legion, I have witnessed and learned of countless heartfelt initiatives to help our veterans and communities weather this storm.” With those words, Tom Irvine, President of the Royal Canadian Legion, captured the essence of the generosity and camaraderie...

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Front Lines is a weekly podcast produced by Legion Magazine, Canada’s leading military history publication. Join writer Stephen J. Thorne each week for fascinating stories and compelling commentary on Canada’s rich military past and present.

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Legion Magazine engages Canadians in commemorating the effort, bravery and sacrifice of those who served and continue to serve in Canada’s military. From the War of 1812 to modern armed forces missions around the world, Legion Magazine offers a blend of stories, photographs, graphics, maps and posters on Canadian military history and heritage, veterans’ issues and the Canadian Armed Forces. Legion Magazine is published six times a year in English with a French insert. Legion Magazine is published by Canvet Publications Ltd.

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