Jeff Noakes
@jeffnoakes.bsky.social
Historian, among other things. Posts are my own, unless otherwise stated.
Like @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social says, the clock is ticking for abstract submissions. We’re looking forward to hearing from you - details in the link:
drive.google.com/file/d/163rt...
drive.google.com/file/d/163rt...
December 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Like @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social says, the clock is ticking for abstract submissions. We’re looking forward to hearing from you - details in the link:
drive.google.com/file/d/163rt...
drive.google.com/file/d/163rt...
As John says, the deadline for abstracts is January 1, and we're looking forward to your submissions! This volume will explore how ethics can be re-engaged as a living, contested, and transformative force in the study of conflict. More information is available through the link:
December 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
As John says, the deadline for abstracts is January 1, and we're looking forward to your submissions! This volume will explore how ethics can be re-engaged as a living, contested, and transformative force in the study of conflict. More information is available through the link:
Since it’s #InternationalMountainDay, (and also #ThrowbackThursday), here’s a view of Giant from Rocky Peak Ridge, taken last winter.
December 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Since it’s #InternationalMountainDay, (and also #ThrowbackThursday), here’s a view of Giant from Rocky Peak Ridge, taken last winter.
An E.J. Hughes work "Ten Minutes Rest during Route March on Kiska," depicting Canadians on Kiska during the Aleutian campaign just sold at auction for $133,250 CAD; estimate was $25-$35,000 CAD. Link to lot details at Heffel are in the third post. (1/3)
#WarArt #CdnHist #MilitaryHistory
#WarArt #CdnHist #MilitaryHistory
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
An E.J. Hughes work "Ten Minutes Rest during Route March on Kiska," depicting Canadians on Kiska during the Aleutian campaign just sold at auction for $133,250 CAD; estimate was $25-$35,000 CAD. Link to lot details at Heffel are in the third post. (1/3)
#WarArt #CdnHist #MilitaryHistory
#WarArt #CdnHist #MilitaryHistory
On the night of 24-25 November 1944, U-1228 sank the corvette HMCS Shawinigan off Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland. The corvette had been escorting the ferry SS Burgeo, and was on patrol off the coast while Burgeo was in port. 1/2 #CdnHist #NavalHistory
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
On the night of 24-25 November 1944, U-1228 sank the corvette HMCS Shawinigan off Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland. The corvette had been escorting the ferry SS Burgeo, and was on patrol off the coast while Burgeo was in port. 1/2 #CdnHist #NavalHistory
Dusting off the past millennium’s technology. Glad to know I still recall how to load and operate a microfilm reader, complete with flashbacks to grad school. Did anyone else have a favourite microfilm reader at their archives? #history #CdnHist #CanadianHistory
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Dusting off the past millennium’s technology. Glad to know I still recall how to load and operate a microfilm reader, complete with flashbacks to grad school. Did anyone else have a favourite microfilm reader at their archives? #history #CdnHist #CanadianHistory
At work this morning to give a talk about Canada’s naval war from 1939-1945, including Hannah Baird, whose name is often mentioned, but whose face is seldom seen. #CdnHist #History #NavalHistory
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
At work this morning to give a talk about Canada’s naval war from 1939-1945, including Hannah Baird, whose name is often mentioned, but whose face is seldom seen. #CdnHist #History #NavalHistory
80 years ago, 13 Nov 1945: Dutch freighter Blommersdijk arrived in Montreal, with German equipment collected by the 1st Canadian War Museum Collection Team headed by Farley Mowat. This Molch miniature sub drew attention, ultimately becoming part of the museum’s collection. #CdnHist #History (1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
80 years ago #OTD (1 Nov 45), this German Molch submarine, now at the Canadian War Museum, left Antwerp aboard the Montreal-bound Dutch freighter Blommersdijk. Also aboard were Farley Mowat, who commanded the 1st Canadian War Museum Collection Team, and Roy Weatherdon, one of its members.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
80 years ago #OTD (1 Nov 45), this German Molch submarine, now at the Canadian War Museum, left Antwerp aboard the Montreal-bound Dutch freighter Blommersdijk. Also aboard were Farley Mowat, who commanded the 1st Canadian War Museum Collection Team, and Roy Weatherdon, one of its members.
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For those who might be interested, I'll be moderating a webinar on Canada and Iceland during the world wars on 12 November. It examines the cooperation and collaborations undertaken between Iceland and Canada during both conflicts. Free registration here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/canada-and...
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Canada and Iceland in WW1 and WW2
The webinar will shed light on the cooperation and collaborations undertaken between Iceland & Canada during World War I and World War II
www.eventbrite.ca
October 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
For those who might be interested, I'll be moderating a webinar on Canada and Iceland during the world wars on 12 November. It examines the cooperation and collaborations undertaken between Iceland and Canada during both conflicts. Free registration here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/canada-and...
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I'm devastated by today's news. Tim has been a colleague and friend for nearly 20 years. It's a profound loss for his family, friends, and colleagues, and for everyone else whose lives he's touched through his research, publications, mentorship, and many contributions to the Canadian War Museum.
Tim Cook, chief historian at Canadian War Museum, dies at 54 | CBC News
Tim Cook, the chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and the country’s “pre-eminent military historian,” has died, the museum announced Sunday.
www.cbc.ca
October 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I'm devastated by today's news. Tim has been a colleague and friend for nearly 20 years. It's a profound loss for his family, friends, and colleagues, and for everyone else whose lives he's touched through his research, publications, mentorship, and many contributions to the Canadian War Museum.
#OTD 82 years ago (22 October 1943): German sub U-537 arrived at Martin Bay in northern Nunatsiavut/Labrador, & installed automated weather station WFL-26, aka "Kurt". It functioned for a short time before it stopped transmitting. Recovered in 1981, it's now at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
October 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
#OTD 82 years ago (22 October 1943): German sub U-537 arrived at Martin Bay in northern Nunatsiavut/Labrador, & installed automated weather station WFL-26, aka "Kurt". It functioned for a short time before it stopped transmitting. Recovered in 1981, it's now at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
On around this day in 1950 US and/or Republic of Korea forces located Soviet torpedoes near the airfield at Wŏnsan, North Korea. This is possibly one; it was captured in the area, after which it ultimately came to the Canadian War Museum. Find out more here: tnm.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/de...
October 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
On around this day in 1950 US and/or Republic of Korea forces located Soviet torpedoes near the airfield at Wŏnsan, North Korea. This is possibly one; it was captured in the area, after which it ultimately came to the Canadian War Museum. Find out more here: tnm.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/de...
104 years ago yesterday, 17 October 1921: second race of the elimination trials to select Nova Scotia's contender for the International Fishermen's Trophy. Photos taken by C.H.J. Snider aboard the victorious #Bluenose during the race, Archives of Ontario F1194-4
October 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
104 years ago yesterday, 17 October 1921: second race of the elimination trials to select Nova Scotia's contender for the International Fishermen's Trophy. Photos taken by C.H.J. Snider aboard the victorious #Bluenose during the race, Archives of Ontario F1194-4
Why yes, I am editing an article and trying without success to comment on a footnote.
(If memory serves, back in the days of Clippy it was possible to do this.)
(If memory serves, back in the days of Clippy it was possible to do this.)
September 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Why yes, I am editing an article and trying without success to comment on a footnote.
(If memory serves, back in the days of Clippy it was possible to do this.)
(If memory serves, back in the days of Clippy it was possible to do this.)
I'll join others in sharing this wonderful story. In the early 1980s, listening to Tom Lehrer at a family friend's house was part of my introduction to Cold War culture in the 1950s and 1960s. As a result, it's also partly to blame for some of my historical interests and research. So long, Tom.
July 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I'll join others in sharing this wonderful story. In the early 1980s, listening to Tom Lehrer at a family friend's house was part of my introduction to Cold War culture in the 1950s and 1960s. As a result, it's also partly to blame for some of my historical interests and research. So long, Tom.
#OTD 80 years ago (18-19 July 1945): Bedford Magazine explosion destroyed much of site, killing 1. Parts of Halifax were evacuated amid fears of larger explosions. Albert Cloutier's watercolour view from Dartmouth shows 1st blast. Canadian War Museum 19710261-1757. #CanadianHistory #NavalHistory
July 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
#OTD 80 years ago (18-19 July 1945): Bedford Magazine explosion destroyed much of site, killing 1. Parts of Halifax were evacuated amid fears of larger explosions. Albert Cloutier's watercolour view from Dartmouth shows 1st blast. Canadian War Museum 19710261-1757. #CanadianHistory #NavalHistory
1/11: A thread: photos of Canadian war artist Alex Colville, spotted during research. #MilHist #History #ArtHistory #WarArt #CdnHist. Library and Archives Canada, Army Album 88 of 110, page 78; Colville also appears elsewhere, (page 14), as do other artists: central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?ap...
July 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
1/11: A thread: photos of Canadian war artist Alex Colville, spotted during research. #MilHist #History #ArtHistory #WarArt #CdnHist. Library and Archives Canada, Army Album 88 of 110, page 78; Colville also appears elsewhere, (page 14), as do other artists: central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?ap...
For those who have ever wondered what part of the contents of Second World War emergency rations in Royal Canadian Navy lifeboats and life rafts looked like. These were in the larger grey metal boxes, along with tins of water and packages of biscuits. #NavalHistory #CanadianHistory
May 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
For those who have ever wondered what part of the contents of Second World War emergency rations in Royal Canadian Navy lifeboats and life rafts looked like. These were in the larger grey metal boxes, along with tins of water and packages of biscuits. #NavalHistory #CanadianHistory
At the 35th Canadian Military History Colloquium, with @normagraham.bsky.social talking about “From Varsity to Wismar: 1 Can Para and the Race to the Baltic”. #milhist #cdnhist #CanadianHistory #sww #ww2 #wwii
May 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
At the 35th Canadian Military History Colloquium, with @normagraham.bsky.social talking about “From Varsity to Wismar: 1 Can Para and the Race to the Baltic”. #milhist #cdnhist #CanadianHistory #sww #ww2 #wwii
In Waterloo, @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social, for the 35th Canadian Military History Colloquium, talking about one of the all-too-frequent hospital ship and train returns of Canadians from overseas during the Second War. More info studyofcanada.ca/events/confe... #milhist #History #CanadianHistory
May 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
In Waterloo, @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social, for the 35th Canadian Military History Colloquium, talking about one of the all-too-frequent hospital ship and train returns of Canadians from overseas during the Second War. More info studyofcanada.ca/events/confe... #milhist #History #CanadianHistory
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"Canada is fundamentally transformed by the Second World War," says Tim Cook (Canadian War Museum) author of "The Good Allies." At 8/11pm with Margaret MacMillan, author of "War," and @jeffnoakes.bsky.social, author of "Forged in Fire," and @spaikin.bsky.social #veday80
May 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Canada is fundamentally transformed by the Second World War," says Tim Cook (Canadian War Museum) author of "The Good Allies." At 8/11pm with Margaret MacMillan, author of "War," and @jeffnoakes.bsky.social, author of "Forged in Fire," and @spaikin.bsky.social #veday80
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"A third world war would be catastrophic in a way that even the first two world wars weren't." On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, @spaikin.bsky.social speaks with historians Margaret MacMillan, and the Canadian War Museum's Tim Cook and @jeffnoakes.bsky.social on learning from the past.
May 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"A third world war would be catastrophic in a way that even the first two world wars weren't." On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, @spaikin.bsky.social speaks with historians Margaret MacMillan, and the Canadian War Museum's Tim Cook and @jeffnoakes.bsky.social on learning from the past.
Foundation Pilot, Georges Island, and Siem Confucius with Atlantic Cedar and Atlantic Ash in the distance, Kjipuktuk/Halifax, 12 March 2025.
March 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Foundation Pilot, Georges Island, and Siem Confucius with Atlantic Cedar and Atlantic Ash in the distance, Kjipuktuk/Halifax, 12 March 2025.