second world war Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/canadian-military-history-in-perspective/second-world-war/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:45:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://legionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-favicon-LM-32x32.jpg second world war Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/canadian-military-history-in-perspective/second-world-war/ 32 32 Spirit squad https://legionmagazine.com/spirit-squad/ https://legionmagazine.com/spirit-squad/#respond Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:45:25 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=95672 Solving the mystery of how a seemingly random bomber crew photo ended up in the archives of a small-town Ontario school library.

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/spirit-squad/feed/ 0 Think again https://legionmagazine.com/think-again/ https://legionmagazine.com/think-again/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:26:41 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=95662 Re-examining Canada’s role in D-Day

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/think-again/feed/ 0 Who knit ya? https://legionmagazine.com/who-knit-ya/ https://legionmagazine.com/who-knit-ya/#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 15:56:00 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=95620 How the road to victory in Europe changed Newfoundland

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/who-knit-ya/feed/ 0 Regret to inform you https://legionmagazine.com/regret-to-inform-you/ https://legionmagazine.com/regret-to-inform-you/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:47:06 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=95330 How the widow of a WW II soldier killed in action got the news

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/regret-to-inform-you/feed/ 0 Moed en vertrouwe https://legionmagazine.com/moed-en-vertrouwe/ https://legionmagazine.com/moed-en-vertrouwe/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:12:27 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=95335 It means courage and confidence in Dutch. Mona Parsons, the only Canadian woman to be imprisoned by the German army during the Second World War, embodied the phrase.

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/moed-en-vertrouwe/feed/ 0 First Troop, Charlie Squadron, Royal Canadian Dragoons https://legionmagazine.com/first-troop-charlie-squadron-royal-canadian-dragoons/ https://legionmagazine.com/first-troop-charlie-squadron-royal-canadian-dragoons/#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:46:23 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=95065 Recollections from the diaries of a Canadian who helped liberate the Netherlands

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/first-troop-charlie-squadron-royal-canadian-dragoons/feed/ 0 Crerar’s campaign https://legionmagazine.com/crerars-campaign/ https://legionmagazine.com/crerars-campaign/#respond Fri, 07 Mar 2025 21:26:59 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=94940 General Harry Crerar oversaw just one major battle—but the decisive early 1945 advance into Germany’s Rhineland was critical to ending WW II

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/crerars-campaign/feed/ 0 The last sortie of NN766 https://legionmagazine.com/the-last-sortie-of-nn766/ https://legionmagazine.com/the-last-sortie-of-nn766/#respond Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:12:04 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=94346 How one Lancaster crew met the demise of so many in Bomber Command.

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/the-last-sortie-of-nn766/feed/ 0 The mobilization men https://legionmagazine.com/the-mobilization-men/ https://legionmagazine.com/the-mobilization-men/#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:11:41 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=94322 Known derisively as zombies, thousands of Canadian men were conscripted—originally for home defence—under the WW II National Resources Mobilization Act. Late in the war, many were forced to the front lines.

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/the-mobilization-men/feed/ 0 King of necessary https://legionmagazine.com/king-of-necessary/ https://legionmagazine.com/king-of-necessary/#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:41:56 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=93779 Looking back on Prime Minister Mackenzie King as Canada’s wartime leader.

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