Wednesday, March 16. 2005Canada and the Victoria CrossLegion Magazine presents Arthur Bishop's Canada and the Victoria Cross series, with superb ilustrations by Sharif Tarabay Inc.. Nearly 100 Canadians have earned the Victoria Cross, the most esteemed of all military honours. The 18-part series groups the recipients according to battle, time and branch of service. The articles so far: Wednesday, March 9. 2005Conference of Defence Associations ReportJim Creskey of Embassy Magazine reports on the 68th Annual General Meeting of the Conference of Defence Associations in Ottawa. Sunday, February 13. 2005Canadian Military History JournalThe the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies publishes Canadian Military History, a "journal-in-a-magazine-format". Wednesday, January 12. 2005Legion Magazine's Canadian Military History in PerspectiveLegion Magazine presents: Military History in Perspective
"Interest in military history is on the rise across Canada. One clear indication is the growing popularity of our Canadian Military History In Perspective series launched in 1995. In it, historian Terry Copp has chronicled our involvement in World War II, in particular the Canadian Army's operations in Northwest Europe. Our 2003 Readership Survey ranked the series the third most popular item in the magazine, with a 91 per cent approval rating." Sunday, January 9. 2005Canada's Military - CBC News In DepthCBC Presents: Canada's Military. "A Senate committee recommended on November 12, 2002 that Canada should call all its soldiers home for two years and immediately give $4 billion to the military in order to start the process of bringing the military up to what is expected of a world leader...." |