Home Front Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/canada-corner/home-front/ Thu, 08 May 2025 18:43:13 +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 Home Front Archives - Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/category/canada-corner/home-front/ 32 32 Going overboard https://legionmagazine.com/going-overboard/ https://legionmagazine.com/going-overboard/#respond Thu, 08 May 2025 17:55:04 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=95629 Looking back on the Halifax VE-Day riots

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/going-overboard/feed/ 0 Home Makers https://legionmagazine.com/home-makers/ https://legionmagazine.com/home-makers/#respond Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:32:01 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=94378 Facing a housing shortage as Canadians gravitated to urban centres during the Second World War, the federal government got building.

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/home-makers/feed/ 0 Bombs away https://legionmagazine.com/bombs-away/ https://legionmagazine.com/bombs-away/#respond Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:40:18 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=93438 The wild story of Japanese balloon bombs floated over North America

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/bombs-away/feed/ 0 JA, VI ELSKER DETTE LANDET https://legionmagazine.com/ja-vi-elsker-dette-landet/ https://legionmagazine.com/ja-vi-elsker-dette-landet/#respond Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:07:26 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=93093 When Canada welcomed Norwegian mariners exiled from their homeland by the Nazis, it brought new meaning to the country’s de facto national anthem—“Yes, we love this country”

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/ja-vi-elsker-dette-landet/feed/ 0 Licence to plunder https://legionmagazine.com/licence-to-plunder/ https://legionmagazine.com/licence-to-plunder/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:21:37 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=91801 Privateers played an important role in wars throughout the 18th century

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/licence-to-plunder/feed/ 0 BLAST from the PAST https://legionmagazine.com/blast-from-the-past/ https://legionmagazine.com/blast-from-the-past/#respond Thu, 23 May 2024 19:35:06 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=91143 Inside the Diefenbunker, Canada’s Cold War emergency government headquarters

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/blast-from-the-past/feed/ 0 The blind side https://legionmagazine.com/the-blind-side/ https://legionmagazine.com/the-blind-side/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:09:36 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=90208 How soldiers who suffered vision impairment in the Great War changed the outlook for their lot

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/the-blind-side/feed/ 0 Rogue Co. : The story of Canada’s short-lived postwar Special Air Service https://legionmagazine.com/rogue-co-the-story-of-canadas-short-lived-postwar-special-air-service/ https://legionmagazine.com/rogue-co-the-story-of-canadas-short-lived-postwar-special-air-service/#respond Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:26:19 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=89396 During the Second World War, a desert-based commando unit of the British Army employed bold, innovative guerilla tactics to wreak havoc on German forces in North Africa. The Special Air Service and its exploits, including present-day counterterrorism, hostage rescue and other covert operations, are the stuff of rogue heroes. This is not that story. This is the …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/rogue-co-the-story-of-canadas-short-lived-postwar-special-air-service/feed/ 0 A widow’s walk https://legionmagazine.com/a-widows-walk/ https://legionmagazine.com/a-widows-walk/#respond Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:19:57 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=88537 The story of the war bride of a Canadian soldier killed in action—and how she eventually lived a full life in Canada

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/a-widows-walk/feed/ 0 To war once more https://legionmagazine.com/to-war-once-more/ https://legionmagazine.com/to-war-once-more/#respond Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:05:32 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=88315 The Veterans Guard of Canada enlisted Great War servicemen for critical tasks at home during WW II 

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