It was Canada’s largest WWII expenditure. Between 1940 and 1945, the RCAF and the federal government invested $1.75 billion to organize and administer the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The BCATP supplied the Allied air war with nearly a quarter of a million qualified airmen. Within its five-year life-span, the BCATP supplied a continuous flow […]
Dutch civilians celebrate liberation in Utrecht, on May 5, 1945. In the sprint of 2025, come join us - myself Ted Barris and my wife/co-host Jayne MacAulay - as we travel to the Netherlands to retrace the wartime trek of Canadians who helped liberate Dutch cities and countryside during the Second World War. We’ll tour […]
On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, Ted Barris brings the story of Dutch Liberation in WWII – based on his bestselling book Days of Victory – to the Newmarket Historical Society. Every May 4 since 1945, during silent marches in every hamlet and city in the Netherlands, the Dutch continue to acknowledge the sacrifice that thousands […]
Petty Officer Rodine Egan joined the Wrens, serving in a volatile home-front role. Yes, Canadian women knit socks for Canadian Expeditionary Forces in the Great War. Kids joined metal and rubber drives for the war effort in the Second World War. And thousands of others volunteered at home. But who were they? What motivated their […]