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Juno Beach and Beyond is Canada's first Second World War podcast. Discover Canadian stories from the war that changed the world.
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 Canadi...
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...
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 Coo...

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 protec...

Preston Duncan Campbell was several months shy of his 25th birthday when he became one of nearly 300 casualties from the Algonquin Regiment...

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 Can...

Wilson Brooks, Ella Jackson, and Kenneth Jacobs were all fighting a Double War against fascism and racism. This month we share the inspiring...

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 Inter...

From stretcher bearers risking their lives to save others to the collection of fallen soldiers’ body parts without their consent, military h...

Todays story and excerpts come from the book titled Patton’s Gap: Mustangs Over Normandy written by Major General Richard Rohmer. RohmerR...

Written in 1994, Company Sergeant-Major Charles Cromwell Martin tells his story as a member of the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada in his...

This edition of Witnesses to History tells the story of Fred Turnbull through the words of his book “Invasion Diaries”. FredR...

On this episode of Juno Beach & Beyond, we had the opportunity to speak with Al McAlder from Sherwood Park, Alberta, about the story of...

Today’s episode is focused on telling the stories of a few of the many Canadian soldiers who lost their lives during the Dieppe Raid o...

*Content Warning from 20:00 to 25:45* The Canadian soldiers of “C” Force deployed to Hong Kong in 1941 faced a difficult task; d...

For many Canadians, mention of the name Farley Mowat is sure to pique the interest of most. Some Canadians might know Mowat as an environmen...

Today's episode is dedicated to Canada's most proficient fighter pilot in the Second World War, George Buerling and his many stories from hi...

The Italian Campaign in the Second World War is often overshadowed by the legacy of the D-Day Landings in June of 1944, however the soldiers...

Our Fathers’ Footsteps is about four average men among the millions of people who volunteered to serve their countries during World Wa...

What was the experience like for the many members of the air operations leading up to D-Day? Today’s episode tells just part of the st...

For centuries, countries have relied on their non-commissioned officer (NCO) corps to form the backbone of their armed forces. The Canadian...

Faced with the global environmental disaster that asserts itself a little more each day and that threatens peace in the world, we began aski...

August 2022 will mark 80 years since the Dieppe Raid – Operation Jubilee. In nine hours, a force of nearly 5,000 Canadians suffered over 800...

Today’s episode is a little different. Instead of a guest interview, we are pleased to share stories about Canadians who served during the w...

In fall 1941, the Canadian government accepted a request to reinforce the British garrison at Hong Kong. Canada sent two infantry battalions...

Approximately 27,000 Canadian soldiers and airmen killed during the First World War, the Second World War, or the Korean War have no known g...

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) was easily one of Canada’s top contributions to victory in the Second World War. Part of...

In June 1940, France fell to Nazi control and preparations began for the Battle of Britain. The Canadian government deployed soldiers overse...

Laden with two 500-pound bombs and adorned with black and white invasion stripes, a model of Harry Hardy’s Hawker Typhoon IB “Pulverizer II”...

Order a copy of Seven Days in Hell: Canada’s Battle for Normandy and the Rise of the Black Watch Snipers by David O’Keefe throug...

In 1959 author Cornelius Ryan began research for his book “The Longest Day”. In doing so he put out advertisements to countries of the Allie...

New Brunswick is one of Canada’s smallest provinces, yet it has always played a prominent role in Canadian military history. Many will be aw...

New Brunswick is one of Canada’s smallest provinces, yet it has always played a prominent role in Canadian military history. Many will be aw...

It’s a familiar scene in old newsreel footage and modern recreations of the Second World War like ‘Band of Brothers’: Allied troops in Europ...

The Canadian Army in Northwest Europe was the largest field force ever assembled by Canada. Between late summer 1944 and spring 1945, Canadi...

The road to the Second World War in Europe is well documented. Adolf Hitler and the Nazis came to power in 1933 and proceeded to rearm Germa...

Dieppe is a fishing port on the Normandy coast built along a long cliff overlooking the English Channel. On 19 August 1942, Canadian, Britis...

Remembrance doesn’t stop for a pandemic. We can still wear poppies and visit cenotaphs or war memorials on our own time. We can watch the na...

2020 has been a challenging year. Amid the pandemic, the deaths of African-Americans like Breonna Taylor and George Floyd at the hands of la...

Anyone who has visited the Juno Beach Centre has likely had an encounter with one of our Canadian student guides. Our founding veterans want...

In the summer of 1998, the epic war film Saving Private Ryan was in theatres. Its portrayal of the American landings at Omaha Beach on D-Day...

The Second World War was a war of peoples and machines. After the high blood price of the First World War, nations like Britain, the United...

In the summer of 1945, the war in Europe was over, but the search for airmen who had gone missing over nearly six years had just begun. Whil...

Seventy-six years ago, Canadians participated in one of the most formative events of the 20th century. The airborne and seaborne landings in...

Canadians played a leading role in restoring freedom to the Dutch. It was arguably Canada’s finest hour. On May 5th 2020 (Liberation Day in...

In May 1945, the residents of Bay Bulls (and later, St. John’s), Newfoundland witnessed as a German submarine entered the harbour. The boat...

Editor’s note: this is the second of a two-part episode featuring an interview with Second World War veteran Don White. This episode focuses...

Don White is 95 years old and full of energy. He is a Canadian Second World War veteran who saw fighting in Italy and the Netherlands with t...

Almost 20 years ago, the TV miniseries Band of Brothers propelled parachute troops from the Second World War into our popular memory. Execut...

In February 1945, the First Canadian Army began its largest battle of the Second World War. Canadian, British, Belgian, Dutch, and American...