Barris speaks to Kinsmen at 420 Wing about D-Day

Troops of the highland regiments wade ashore in the second wave of D-Day landings in Normandy – June 6, 1944.

During a return visit to speak to the Oshawa Kinsmen, Ted Barris will pay tribute to a group of veterans whose unique experience changed the complexion of the Second World War. Based on his bestselling 2004 book, “JUNO: Canadians at D-Day, June 6, 1944,” Ted looks at some of the unheralded Canadians who made the greatest military gamble of the Second World War succeed. Operation Overlord depended on the lightning strike capability and efficiency of all three Allied armies – U.S., British and Canadian – on D-Day. Ted Barris’s definitive book on the Canadian story that day will be the focus of this year’s talk.

Where: 420 Wing building, at Oshawa Airport (Stevenson Road)

When: 9 a.m. Sunday, June 9, 2013

Contact: Todd Doyle, 905-243-0703


About Ted Barris

Ted Barris is an accomplished author, journalist and broadcaster. As well as hosting stints on CBC Radio and regular contributions to the national press, he has authored 18 non-fiction books and served (for 18 years) as professor of journalism/broadcasting at Centennial College in Toronto. He has written a weekly column/webblog - The Barris Beat - for more than 30 years.

One comment:

  1. Thank you for taking the time to speak with us during our District Convention. Your story telling style and individualized topics are fantastic. I think your curriculum should be required in all schools.

    Thank you

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