D-DAY, Narrated by Barry Pepper
Legion Magazine has collaborated with Emmy-award winning Canadian actor Barry Pepper to present the next video in our award-winning video series – D-DAY.
Category: War
South African War
The South African War or, as it is also known, the Boer War, marked Canada’s first official dispatch of troops to an overseas war. In 1899, fighting erupted between Great Britain and two small...
Holland and the Canadians
A surreal photograph from a book dedicated to the Canadians who fought in Holland.
Listen to the Moment the Guns Fell Silent
A sound ranging film from the front lines has been used to recreate the audio of the guns falling silent at the end of the First World War.
In Flanders Fields
John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” has resonated for generations. In this year 100th year of Armistice, a new voice has been given to his words with a modern interpretation connecting 1918 to 2018.
Armistice Day in Toronto
Just before 3 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, a telegraph came over the wire, triggering a race to break the news that the Great War was over. When Germany surrendered, Torontonians gave up their...
George: A Canadian Soldier in the First World War
The story of one soldier’s experience and memory as a Canadian soldier in the First World War, which ended a century ago on November 11, 1918.
Frank Hurley: The Mad Photographer of World War I
Though plagued by controversy Hurley’s photos of the Western Front of the First World War stand as some of the most stunning images of the conflict in existence.
War in Afghanistan
Canada’s role in the Afghanistan War began in late 2001. Canada sent its first element of Canadian soldiers secretly in October 2001 from Joint Task Force 2, and the first contingents of regular Canadian...
War of 1812
The War of 1812 (which lasted from 1812 to 1814) was a military conflict between the United States and Great Britain. As a colony of Great Britain, Canada was swept up in the War...
