PhD Historian | Royal Historical Society Fellow
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First World War | Second World War
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Congratulations to Paul Johnston on the publication of The RCAF in History and Memory: A Survey of the Historiography, 1909-2025!
This is a really useful overview of all the important works that have been published on the various iterations of the RCAF.
publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...
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So it seems that the owners of the Ambassador Bridge have just made a sizeable “political” contribution.
This looks very promising! Brendan Fraser as Ike and Damien Lewis as Monty to tell the story of James Stagg, the RAF meteorologist who had to provide the weather report for Ike's D-Day go/no go decision.
youtu.be/zdM4tdLQBg0?...
Morning affirmations
Symbolism matters. After his epic speech at Davos that earned a standing ovation, PM Carney is hosting a Cabinet planning retreat at the Québec Citadelle, a fortification built to defend against an American attack that never came. He's playing 3D chess when others can't figure out checkers.
Snow Leopard!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Avro Arrow is a topic that continues to delight and inflame enthusiasts and scholars of Canada's Cold War Air Force. There is much scholarship on this topic out there, much bad, but one of the best historians on the topic is Russell Isinger.
Highly recommended.
www.crowdcast.io/c/vl-2026-is...
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The @usni.org Press is running a sale right now, and if you use the code HOLIDAY at checkout, you will get 50% off!
What better time than now to get your mitts on Airpower and the Normandy Campaign, edited by @mike-bechthold.bsky.social. The other contributors are ace.
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Cue the batshit crazy response in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ....
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
Register now for Virtual Lecture: “I shot an Arrow in the air:” Canada’s Cold War Fighter Procurement Experiment on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on January 8, 2026, 06:00 PM GMT.
www.crowdcast.io
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