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 […]