Join the Kiwanis Club of Huntsville Muskoka for a Lunch and Learn Series on Friday, October 21 starting at Noon at the Royal Canadian Legion in Huntsville.
Participants will get a three-course lunch and listen to author Ted Barris who will be launching his much-anticipated Battle of the Atlantic: Gauntlet to Victory.
In the 20th century’s biggest war, one battlefield held the key to victory or defeat – the North Atlantic. It took 2,074 days and nights to determine its outcome, but the Battle of the Atlantic proved the turning point of the Second World War.
For five and a half years, German surface warships and submarines attempted to destroy Allied transatlantic convoys, mostly escorted by Royal Canadian Navy destroyers and corvettes, as well as aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
In 1939, Canada’s navy went to war with exactly 13 warships and about 3,500 sailors. During the desperate Atlantic crossings, the RCN grew to 400 fighting ships and over 100,000 men and women in uniform. By V-E Day in 1945, it had become the 4th largest navy in the world. The Battle of the Atlantic proved to be Canada’s longest continuous military engagement.
Ted Barris has published 19 non-fiction books. His book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story won the 2014 Libris Award as Best Non-Fiction Book in Canada.
His book Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi Germany received the 2019 NORAD Trophy from the RCAF Assoc. His book Rush to Danger: Medics in the Line of Fire was listed for the 2020 Charles Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction in Canada. Battle of the Atlantic: Gauntlet to Victory is Ted’s 20th-published non-fiction book.
Tickets are $40/person and include an excellent three-course meal courtesy of the Ladies Auxiliary. A cash bar is also available. Again, the event takes place Friday, October 21, 2022, at the Royal Canadian Legion at 232 (Upper Level) 21 Veterans Way, Huntsville.
To purchase tickets; contact Rick Brooks at 705-635-2101, cash or e-transfer to [email protected]
This is a Kiwanis-sponsored event supporting the youth of our communities in Huntsville and Lake of Bays.
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