We're back with a bonus episode in our series with Canadian authors and their new releases this fall. In this episode we're joined by Canadian military historian David Borys.

David Borys' new book Punching Above Our Weight: The Canadian Military at War Since 1867 is a photograph-rich history of 150 years of the Canadian military that traces the evolution of the country’s armed forces from a small, underfunded, poorly trained militia to the modern, effective military it is today.

This fall, Juno Beach and Beyond is sharing a three-part series with Canadian authors and their new releases. In this episode, we're joined by journalist and author Nahlah Ayed.

Nahlah’s newest book, The War We Won Apart: The untold story of two elite agents who became one of the most decorated couples of WWII, came out earlier this year.

The book details the life and love story of Guy D’Artois and his British Warbride Sonia D’Artois,  two “Special Operations Executive” agents who parachuted behind enemy lines in France in preparation for Allied Landings of D-Day.

Disclaimer: This episode contains a discussion on sexual assault.

This fall, Juno Beach and Beyond is sharing a three-part series on Canadian authors with new releases. In episode 2, we’re joined by Tim Cook to talk about the importance of the Canada-USA alliance during the Second World War. Canada and our American neighbours share so much: we share the longest border between any two...

Ted Barris shares stories from his new book that take us through the highs and lows of the eager and talented young men who fought to protect Britain from the skies, and the impressive air training scheme and industry back home that made much of it possible.

Preston Duncan Campbell was several months shy of his 25th birthday when he became one of nearly 300 casualties from the Algonquin Regiment between February 27th and March 10th, 1945. In this episode of Juno Beach and Beyond, his great-nephew, Darin MacDonald, tells Preston's story.

The Battle of the Atlantic lasted 2074 days and claimed the lives of more than 4,000 men and women in the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian merchant navy. This month on Juno Beach and Beyond, Juno Beach Centre Association Executive Director Alex Fitzgerald-Black sits down with author and historian...

Wilson Brooks, Ella Jackson, and Kenneth Jacobs were all fighting a Double War against fascism and racism. This month we share the inspiring legacies of three remarkable Black Canadian Veterans. Listener note: Wilson Brooks is referred to as a navigator. Brooks was a bomb-aimer.

When she was 8 years old, Grace Eiko Thomson was uprooted from her home in Vancouver, BC and sent to the Minto Mines Japanese Canadian Internment Camp. She was one of an estimated 21,000 Japanese Canadians who were interned by the government during the Second World War. In this episode, Grace tells her story.

From stretcher bearers risking their lives to save others to the collection of fallen soldiers’ body parts without their consent, military historian Tim Cook joins us to talk about Canadian medical intervention in the First World War.

Todays story and excerpts come from the book titled Patton’s Gap: Mustangs Over Normandy written by Major General Richard Rohmer. Rohmer’s accounts of his time as a reconnaissance pilot during the Second World War presents an often underappreciated role that many pilots in the Air Force played in identifying key strategic targets.  Timestamps 0:00 |...