Legion Magazine Nov/Dec 2025 Zurück Ausgabe

The November/December 2025 issue of Legion Magazine is out today! Look for it on newsstands or check your mailbox if you subscribe already.

THE BADASS BAGPIPERS OF THE 16TH BATTALION
And the legendary lore of the woodwind instrument of war

MINESWEEPER MYSTERY
What happened to two First World War French warships in Lake Superior?

FIRST KILL
After the First World War, Canadians became some of the most renowned aerial aces. Where it all began.

THE GREATEST OF THE GREAT
As the War of 1812 was winding down, Britain launched HMS St. Lawrence, a battleship bigger than any to have plied the Great Lakes before

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
How C.D. Howe became Canada’s first minister of everything—and helped win WW II

GOD REST YE WEARY GENTLEMEN
Reminisces of four Second World War Christmases

MERRY CHRISTMAS, JOYEUX NOËL, FRÖHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN, VROLIJK KERSTFEEST
Sending season’s greetings back home from overseas

UNDAUNTED
Citing demand, The Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League aims to continue its important work


MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS
Horse power

FRONT LINES
Remembering Mynarski

EYE ON DEFENCE
Breaking bad

FACE TO FACE
Should vintage warbirds still be flown?

CANADA AND THE NEW COLD WAR
New world order

HUMOUR HUNT
Feats of strength

HEROES AND VILLAINS
Guy Carleton and Benedict Arnold

ARTIFACTS
Suzuki’s sword

O CANADA
The Nuremburg Trials