Legion Magazine November/December 2017 Zurück Ausgabe

The November/December 2017 issue of Legion Magazine is out today! Look for it on newsstands today or check your mailbox if you subscribe already!

What’s inside?

THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION
A collision between two ships in Halifax Harbour in 1917 sets off an explosion unrivalled until the atomic bomb

THE WOUNDED
These Canadian soldiers wounded in Afghanistan returned home to face the fight of their lives

THE CINDERELLA CAMPAIGN
Taking back the French Channel ports was critical to the success of the Allies’ Operation Market Garden in 1944

THEIR NAMES LIVE ON
Pilgrims walk the grounds where so many Canadians fought and fell in two world wars

THE RELUCTANT DEFENCE OF THE WEST COAST
After joining Confederation, British Columbians tried to raise a defensive military unit, while Ottawa’s attention focused elsewhere

MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS
Using nanotechnology to heal wounds

FRONT LINES
The soulless gaze of haters

EYE ON DEFENCE
Is it time for Canada to get anti-ballistic missiles?

ARTIFACTS
Danger UXB: an unexploded bomb is unearthed by construction workers in Quebec City

O CANADA
The last PoW: RCAF pilot Andy MacKenzie spent two years in a Chinese prison