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Category Archives: Members Reading Library
Death Rays and Defiants: RAF Technology in the 1930s
Dr. David Zimmerman – RUSI-VI Luncheon 9 April 2025 Dr David Zimmerman presented his book entitled Death Rays and Defiants: RAF Technology in the 1930s … Technology is not always the answer, sometimes it is misleading, other times it fails … Continue reading
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First, Shoot All the Officers
Dr. Bill Stewart Our October 9, 2024 speaker was Dr. Bill Stewart with his talk entitled “First, Shoot All the Officers.” Dr. Stewart brings an analytical eye to examine the success and failure of senior Canadian Army officers in the … Continue reading
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The Forgotten General: The Life of Sir Percy Lake
Presented by Major (Retired) Scott Usborne At the 8 May, 2024 RUSI-VI luncheon, Scott Usborne, President of RUSI-VI presented his talk entitled The Forgotten General: The Life of Sir Percy Lake. Sir Percy was a Lieutenant-General when he retired to … Continue reading
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Indigenous People in Canada’s Second World War:
Narratives of Remembrance in an Era of Reconciliation R. Scott Sheffield, PhD. Dr. R. Scott Sheffield is an Associate Professor of History at the University of the Fraser Valley who has spent the bulk of his career researching Indigenous military … Continue reading
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Failed to Return – edited by Keith C. Ogilvie
A compelling look at sixteen stories of Canadians killed and missing in the line of duty while serving in RAF Bomber Command, one of the most dangerous assignments in the Second World War. Despite the risks, the opportunity to fly … Continue reading
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ORTONA: Canada’s Epic WWII Battle
Mark Zuehlke On one blood-soaked week of fighting, December 20 to December 27 1943, 1st Canadian Infantry Division took Ortona Italy, from elite German paratroopers ordered to hold this medieval port town at all costs. The Loyal Edmonton Regiment and … Continue reading
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In Our Youth
The Lives, Adventures, and Sacrifices of Early Canadian Flyers – Angus Scully In Our Youth explores the lives of 32 young Canadian flyers, viewed through the medium of archival photography. All these young men were pilots in the First World … Continue reading
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The Spitfire Luck of Skeets Ogilvie – by Keith C. Ogilvie
When the RCAF wouldn’t accept him as a pilot in the summer of 1939, Keith ‘Skeets’ Ogilvie, the author’s father, walked across the street in Ottawa and joined the RAF. A week later he was on a boat to England … Continue reading
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Reading: Dr. Barry Gough
Dr. Gough presented his talk Churchill and Fisher: Titans at the Admiralty to the RUSI-VI luncheon on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. Here we present a list a books he has written. The Royal Navy and the Northwest Coast of North … Continue reading
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The Red River Expedition 1870
Paul McNicholls For members’ reading library: Journey Through the Wilderness: The Red River Expedition, 1870 by Paul McNicholls To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excelence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting … Continue reading
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