Mark Zuehlke, Author at Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:23:43 +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 Mark Zuehlke, Author at Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com 32 32 Operation Impact https://legionmagazine.com/operation-impact/ https://legionmagazine.com/operation-impact/#respond Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:23:43 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=95677 20 years ago, Canada joined the international fight against Islamic State militants.

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/operation-impact/feed/ 0 Heroes and Villians: Crerar vs Schlemm https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-crerar-vs-schlemm/ https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-crerar-vs-schlemm/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:06:28 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=95468 As Operation Veritable’s launch approached, the two opposing generals braced for a fight

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-crerar-vs-schlemm/feed/ 0 Crerar’s campaign https://legionmagazine.com/crerars-campaign/ https://legionmagazine.com/crerars-campaign/#respond Fri, 07 Mar 2025 21:26:59 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=94940 General Harry Crerar oversaw just one major battle—but the decisive early 1945 advance into Germany’s Rhineland was critical to ending WW II

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/crerars-campaign/feed/ 0 Professor Healy and the partisans https://legionmagazine.com/professor-healy-and-the-partisans/ https://legionmagazine.com/professor-healy-and-the-partisans/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2024 20:06:57 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=93600 Canadian Captain Dennis Healy, a peacetime university prof, played a pivotal role alongside locals in the liberation of the Italian city of Ravenna

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-james-wolf-vs-louis-joseph-de-montcalm/feed/ 0 Heroes and Villians: Fox vs Rommel https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-fox-vs-rommel/ https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-fox-vs-rommel/#respond Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:19:45 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=92277 A Canadian fighter pilot ended Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel’s military career

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-fox-vs-rommel/feed/ 0 Heroes and Villians: STUBBS vs KOHLAUF https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-stubbs-vs-kohlauf/ https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-stubbs-vs-kohlauf/#respond Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:14:33 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=90322 JOHN STUBBS On Aug. 6, 1942, Acting Lieutenant-Commander John Stubbs was aboard HMCS Assiniboine, which was escorting a North Atlantic convoy, when the ship engaged a U-boat at close range. After an exchange of fire seriously damaged both boats, Stubbs’ vessel rammed and sunk U-210. Naval historical officer Gilbert Tucker described first-hand how Stubbs “never took …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-stubbs-vs-kohlauf/feed/ 0 Heroes and Villians: GORDON vs Diefenbaker https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-gordon-vs-diefenbaker/ https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-gordon-vs-diefenbaker/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2024 19:37:41 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=90000 On March 25, 1958, the first Avro Arrow conducted a 35-minute test flight, followed nine days later by the fighter breaking the sound barrier. This proved the plane was one of the world’s most advanced military aircraft. Yet, even as the Arrow found its wings, it was doomed. On March 31, 1958, Conservative Prime Minister John …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-gordon-vs-diefenbaker/feed/ 0 Heroes and Villians: Triquet vs the 90th Panzer Grenadier Division https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-triquet-vs-the-90th-panzer-grenadier-division/ https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-triquet-vs-the-90th-panzer-grenadier-division/#respond Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:48:19 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=89092 Captain Paul Triquet’s heroism in the face of Nazi resistance outside Ortona earned him a Victoria Cross.

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-triquet-vs-the-90th-panzer-grenadier-division/feed/ 0 Heroes and Villians: James Calvin vs Rahim Ademi https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-james-calvin-vs-rahim-ademi/ https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-james-calvin-vs-rahim-ademi/#respond Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:09:41 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=88320 In September 1993, a Canadian-led UN force intervened in the Medak Pocket.

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