Royal United Services Institute: Victory Ball 2018

                                                                          

Royal United Services Institute

The President and Board of Directors of

The Royal United Services Institute of Regina

request the pleasure of your company on

Saturday, May 12, 2018

At the Annual

Victory Ball

Marking the 73rd Anniversary of Victory in Europe

Executive Royal Hotel

4025 Albert Street

Regina, Saskatchewan

Reception 6:00 p.m.    Dinner 7:00 p.m.

                                                       

Ticket purchase and information

rusiregina@myaccess.ca

306-757-8405

Advance ticket payment required

(cheques payable to the Royal United Services Institute)

Mail Payment c/o M. Clarke, #14 – 105 Angus Road, Regina, SK    S4R 3L4

Interac E-transfers accepted at rusiregina@myaccess.ca

Please include any special meal requests with your RSVP

Regina course explores the rise of Mussolini

Mussolini quote: source hippoquotes.com

THE MAKING OF MUSSOLINI, 1883-1929 is a new course offered by Regina's Lifelong Learning Centre. The class description states:

World War I totally transformed Mussolini; then, with his founding of the Fascist Party in March 1919, he came to totally transform Italy. This class will examine his rise and early rule, all within the context of a Europe recovering from a ruinous war.

The class takes place Tuesdays from 1:30 to 3:20 pm starting May 1st and will be taught by Dr. Clay Burlingham.

For more information on THE MAKING OF MUSSOLINI contact the Lifelong Learning Centre:

https://www.uregina.ca/cce/personal-enrichment/about-us.html

As well, another course, SASKATCHEWAN: A PEOPLES' HISTORY, with Keith Foster, will explore the North-West Rebellion/Resistance; course runs Wednesdays, May 2nd to June 20th, 1:30-3:20 pm

The Royal Air Force Museum, London, UK, a talk by Will Chabun

BF-109 Royal Air Force Museum, via Wikipedia Commons

Regina Aviation Historian Will Chabun will be showing photos from his recent visit to the Royal Air Force Museum in London to the Regina chapter of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17.

Will's presentation takes place in the main hall at the Eagles Club, 1600 Halifax Street, one block north of the city police station. 

Non-members are not only welcome, but genuinely cherished. For further information, contact: cahsregina@hotmail.com

Enjoy!

War Book Club Minutes: Wednesday, April 4th

WAR BOOK CLUB MINUTES: APRIL 4^TH, 2018:

Books discussed (* indicates title available at RPL):

*The Hounds of Hell/Jean Larteguy:

https://www.reginalibrary.ca/search/264358

*How Soccer explains the world: an unlikely theory of globalization/Franklin Foer:

https://www.reginalibrary.ca/search/115725

KAR: a history of the King’s African Rifles and East African Forces/Malcolm Page:

https://www.amazon.com/History-Kings-African-Rifles-Forces/dp/0850525381

*Russia: the story of war/Gregory Carleton:

https://www.reginalibrary.ca/search/2131007

Selous Scouts: Top Secret War/Lt.Col. Ron Reid Daly & Peter Stiff:

https://www.amazon.com/Selous-Scouts-Top-Secret-War/dp/0620066741/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523588273&sr=1-1&keywords=selous+scouts+top+secret+war

*The Siege of Tsingtao: the only battle of the First World War to be fought in East Asia/Jonathan Fenby:

https://www.reginalibrary.ca/search?terms=the+siege+of+tsingtao

Tip and Run: the untold tragedy of the Great War in Africa/Edward Paice:

https://www.amazon.com/Tip-run-untold-tragedy-Africa/dp/0297847090/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523588397&sr=1-1&keywords=tip+and+run+the+untold+tragedy+of+the+great+war+in+africa

Bonus links:

War in Africa:

The Siege of Jadotville (for your viewing pleasure):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Ph0Ha1IY8

(English with foreign language subtitles)

Book:

*Siege at Jadotville: the Irish Army’s forgotten battle/Declan Power (eBook):

https://www.reginalibrary.ca/search/1837999

War in Russia:

 Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrKDBFJoo2w

Theme for May:

Topic for May is UN wars and peacekeeping, which would include Korea,
Suez and the Gulf War (and hell, let’s throw in the League of Nations
if they ever did anything).

See you on May 2^nd.