Legion Magazine

Decisions Need To Be Better Explained, Says Veterans Ombudsman

Sharon Adams — Thu, 24 May 2012 04:01:57 +0000

Veterans Affairs Canada is changing the way it writes letters to veterans about disability benefit decisions in the wake of a report by Veterans Ombudsman Guy Parent. Continue Reading...

Ferocity and Futility: Army, Part 100

Terry Copp — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:01:54 +0000

Operation Spring, 2nd Canadian Corps’ second attempt to secure Verrières Ridge, began in the dark during the early hours of July 25, 1944. Continue Reading...

Readers’ Quiz Answers

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:01:49 +0000

Here are the answers to our Readers’ Quiz in the May/June 2012 issue. United States President James Madison declared war on Britain on June 18, 1812. Continue Reading...

These Are The Results For The Week Of May 21 – May 27

admin — Mon, 21 May 2012 04:01:38 +0000

05/21/1991 A bomb hidden in a bouquet of flowers explodes and kills former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. 05/21/1998 The Canadian submarine Ojibwa conducts her final sail past in Halifax. 05/22/1942 Mexico announces it has declared war on Germany and Japan. 05/22/1942 While hauling bauxite from the Caribbean to Sydney, N.S., the Canadian merchant ship Frank B. Baird is sunk by U-158 southeast of Bermuda. Her crew of 23 survives. 05/23/1873 Three years after the transfer of the Northwest Territories to Canada, Parliament creates the North West Mounted Police, a semi-military force of 300 policemen. Wearing the distinctive scarlet tunic and pillbox cap, the [...] Continue Reading...

Tense Finish For Curling Championship

Adam Day — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:01:37 +0000

It was a classic battle for the Dominion Command Curling Championship, March 18-23 in Saskatoon as two teams, both new to the national Legion bonspiel, fought it out in an absolute nail-biter on the last day of action. Continue Reading...

Women’s Work

Valerie Knowles — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:01:19 +0000

When we think of war we usually think of men—and now women as well—fighting battles on land and sea and in the air. All too often we forget that for these combatants to fight millions of people are required to work behind the front line to provide them with supplies of food, clothing and weaponry and to fill positions the combatants occupied before joining the armed forces. In Canada, during the Second World War, this vital role was filled by hundreds of thousands of women on the home front—in the armed forces, the volunteer sector, war industries, the civilian labour force and agriculture. Continue Reading...

These Are The Results For The Week Of May 14 – May 20

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 04:01:24 +0000

05/14/1994 Jeanne Sauvé begins her term as Governor General of Canada. 05/14/2003 The first modernized CF-18 fighters are accepted into service. In total, 80 of Canada’s front-line Hornets receive the upgrade completed by Boeing. Known as the first phase of upgrades, the Hornets would have better radar, navigational and electronics equipment. 05/15/1917 Prime Minister Robert Borden returns to Canada after attending an imperial war conference with British and dominion leaders in England. 05/16-17/1943 Nineteen specially modified Lancaster bombers from 617 Squadron, Royal Air Force, including members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, strike at German dams in the Ruhr Valley. The attack breaches [...] Continue Reading...

First Diamond Jubilee Medals Presented

Adam Day — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:01:32 +0000

Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined Governor General David Johnston on a bright and sunny Monday morning, Feb. 6, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne by awarding 60 Canadians with the new Diamond Jubilee Medal. Continue Reading...

Battlefields Then And Now – The War Of 1812

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:01:25 +0000

After the defeat at Crysler’s Farm in the fall of 1813, Major-General James Wilkinson led about 1,200 American troops in a winter attack against Lacolle Mill, roughly 70 kilometres south of Montreal. About 200 British regulars took refuge in a wooden blockhouse while two flanks of riflemen with two cannon lay siege for several hours without much success. Rather than launch an all-out assault, Wilkinson retreated, only to have the much smaller Canadian force rally and give chase. Continue Reading...

These Are The Results For The Week Of May 7 – May 13

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:01:40 +0000

05/7/1945 German forces surrender to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander. 05/8/1945 Victory-in-Europe Day. While millions celebrate, Allied leaders focus on the war in the Pacific. 05/9/1885 Major-General F.D. Middleton’s column reaches Batoche, Sask., and engages in a four-day battle with Louis Riel’s forces, culminating in a successful assault on the rebel stronghold. 05/9/1955 West Germany joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 05/10/1940 Winston Churchill becomes British prime minister. 05/11/1940 Canadian-born Lord Beaverbrook to minister aircraft production. 05/11/1944 Allied forces launch new offensive on the Gustav Line in Italy. 05/11/1957 440 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force moves from Bagotville, Que., to Zweibrucken, [...] Continue Reading...