Looking forward to attending Chelsea History Festival today, Hereford Military Festival on Saturday & the Dublin Festival of History on Sunday: chelseahistoryfestival.online.red61.co.uk/event/386:52... www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele... dublinfestivalofhistory.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

My next article is up on my #AllAndSundry Substack! it's entitled 'Right On The Chin: Operation MILLENNIUM', covering the RAF's first 'Thousand Bomber Raid' against Cologne: -Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t... -Part 2 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...

Thrilled to receive these kind words from Professor Sebastian H. Lukasik of the USAF Air Command & Staff College on #EagleDays! It was important to me that present-day air force personnel and airpower theorists also found the book informative. Thank you to everyone who has supported the book 😊

Shout out to @spitfirefilly.bsky.social as I've read her excellent book "Eagle Days". Dr. Taylor, thanks for this work. Its focus on the Luftwaffe fills a void of long standing in the scholarship on the B.o.B.; at the same time your work is always very approachable for the general reader. Well done!

Raymond H Fredette, The Sky on Fire: The First Battle of Britain, 1917-1918; Victoria Taylor @spitfirefilly.bsky.social, Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain #FridayReads

Ahoy, @spitfirefilly.bsky.social, look what my excellent county librarian has acquired at my behest. I shall dig into it and react back in a couple of days...this is going to be fun!

After being a big fan of her on social media for several years, I'm excited to finally pick up a (kindle) copy of Dr Victoria Taylor's (@spitfirefilly.bsky.social ) book, Eagle Days! Looking forward to diving into it!

Cheers @spitfirefilly.bsky.social, here's to #Victory and #TheFew and thank you for speaking at the Dinner Night!

Today is the 85th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and we paused to remember #TheFew at a superb Dinner Night last week. Awesomely evocative speech from @spitfirefilly.bsky.social really made the night. Reminded us how much we owe them all. #BoB85 #BattleofBritainDay #RAF

Great to see you on Bluesky, @taitster.bsky.social ! Thank you so much for your kind words. It was a tremendous honour to give the speeches for the Defence Academy's Battle of Britain Dinner Night at Shrivenham - may we drink to #TheFew on this #BattleOfBritainDay! 🥃

With today being #BattleOfBritainDay, do tune in to Hugo Rifkind's Times Radio show at 12:30 BST. I will be discussing the Luftwaffe's experience during the campaign and why memories of the #BattleOfBritain & #TheFew need to be preserved for posterity www.thetimes.com/radio/live

Love this pic of me with the excellent @spitfirefilly.bsky.social at @wehaveways.bsky.social #wehavewaysofmakingyoutalk. Victoria wrote the brilliant book #eagledays life & death for the #luftwaffe in the #battleofbritain . Thanks to @stubertphoto.bsky.social for the pic!

Really enjoyable talk at WHWF this afternoon, with great contribution from @spitfirefilly.bsky.social

Parts 1 & 2 of my new Substack piece for #AllAndSundry are live! ✈️ Part 1 is free to read; to unlock the rest and to receive exclusive airpower content, subscribe for just £6/month😊 spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/staffel-an... spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/staffel-an...

Looking forward to hearing Tom Withington discuss the use of Napalm by Bomber Command www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...

Love that photo. Makes it look like you just landed it without gear, and walked away to tell the tale.

A pleasure to present a new project for IWM Duxford today - looking forward to sharing the final result in due course! 🎥 Also just had to take a picture with this Bf 109 E that is crumped just like the one on the front cover of #EagleDays... @headofzeus.bsky.social

Yes do! @spitfirefilly.bsky.social kicks off with two top articles.

Come enjoy my research rabbit holes via a mix of free & paid #Substack articles on #AllAndSundry! -Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/conquerors... -Part 2: open.substack.com/pub/spitfirefilly/p/conquerors-of-the-skies-part-2?r=5u3ggw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... Enjoying this series. This one with @spitfirefilly.bsky.social #histbookchat

@spitfirefilly.bsky.social good work Doc. great talk today.

Have you enjoyed this week’s episode? 🎧✨Support the author, and me 📚❤️ by buying a copy of "Eagle Days" by @spitfirefilly.bsky.social through the History Rage Bookshop! 📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10... Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/315f0d #History #Podcast #WWII @headofzeus.bsky.social

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 📬 A Luftwaffe doctor’s letter from Eagle Day reads like it's 1945. Exhaustion, grief, defeatism—before the battle even peaked. Chilling insights from @spitfirefilly.bsky.social . #WWIILetters #BattleOfBritain #Luftwaffe Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/315f0d#WWIILetters#BattleOfBritain#Luftwaffe#History #Podcast #WWII

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 🛩️ Did you know the Luftwaffe wasn't as invincible as we think? Not even close! Join @spitfirefilly.bsky.social as she breaks down the myths of the Battle of Britain! #HistoryRage #WWII Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/315f0d#HistoryRage#WWII#History #Podcast #WWII

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 🌫️ Fog, broken radios, missing escorts... and bombers flying into chaos. Eagle Day wasn’t a masterstroke—it was a mess. @spitfirefilly.bsky.social walks us through the Luftwaffe’s unravelling. #BattleOfBritain #Aviation Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/315f0d#BattleOfBritain#Aviation#History #Podcast #WWII

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 😔 By the end of the Battle of Britain, Luftwaffe morale had shattered. Pilot suicides surged. @spitfirefilly.bsky.social reveals the unseen psychological toll of a "lost" air war. #WWIIHistory #Luftwaffe #HistoryPodcast Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/315f0d#WWIIHistory#Luftwaffe#HistoryPodcast#History #Podcast #WWII

🚨 COMING TOMORROW🚨 ✈️ Dive into the skies of WWII with @spitfirefilly.bsky.social as she uncovers the truth behind the Luftwaffe and the Battle of Britain. Don't miss this enlightening episode! #HistoryRage #WWII

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 Join us for an engaging discussion with aviation historian @spitfirefilly.bsky.social as we explore the myths surrounding the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Tune in for insights you won't find in history books! Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/315f0d #History #Podcast #WWII

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 ✈️ No myth needed: the RAF didn’t need miracle maths to win the Battle of Britain. The reality was dramatic enough. @spitfirefilly.bsky.social dismantles inflated stats and gives Fighter Command the credit it earned. Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/315f0d #History #Podcast #WWII

🚨 NEXT WEEK🚨 Discover the untold stories of the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain with @spitfirefilly.bsky.social . Join us for a deep dive into the myths and realities of WWII aviation. Tune in on Monday!

@spitfirefilly.bsky.social hey look what just showed up!

SO very excited that myself & Principal Curator James Taylor be taking a group around IWM London tomorrow on the 85th anniversary of #EagleDay! Our private tour will be covering the #BattleOfBritain and #TheBlitz. Thank you to everyone who has made it a sold-out event 🥹♥️

Great book to read by a lake! Amongst many other insights, it’s eerie how much the propaganda imbued world views &observations of German airmen &citizens resembles some current content in media &online.That wouldn’t have been so apparent 10 years ago. @spitfirefilly.bsky.social #historyrhymes

Good morning! To celebrate our 50th episode, we finally get around to discussing the legacy of Operation Chastise and the Dambusters, with the fabulous @danellin.bsky.social We've put this one on general release early, to brighten your Saturday morning. Enjoy! www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

I'm only 15 pages in, and I'm hooked! Eagle Days goes way deeper than just dogfights and aircraft. It presents the struggle in a whole new light. Get yourself a copy, because you can't borrow mine! 😊 Thanks @spitfirefilly.bsky.social

Almost finished your book. Very enjoyable. Great use of first person commentary.

Excellent book. Thank you.

Terrific promotion from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. You can get @spitfirefilly.bsky.social and @alexchurchill.bsky.social books with 40% off. WNTL? #histbookchat www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...

I'll be there with @normagraham.bsky.social @marybrazier.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk @claremulley.bsky.social @spitfirefilly.bsky.social @alexchurchill.bsky.social @luketurner.bsky.social @waitmanwbeorn.com @nickleh.bsky.social @stubertphoto.bsky.social @almurray.bsky.social Wizard! #History #WW2

Shout-out to @spitfirefilly.bsky.social whose excellent book portrays the build-up and 1940 mauling of the Luftwaffe, as well as an appraisal of the postwar legends that were created.

“O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” He chortled in his joy. (Thank you, @hicklebees.bsky.social) @spitfirefilly.bsky.social

This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.

Well, it's finally here in Colorado! I'm cleaning my reading glasses, and looking forward to spending a long time with Eagle Days, by Dr. Victoria Taylor. I suppose the timing is apt, since 85 years ago the Battle of Britain was in its early stages. This is gonna be good! @spitfirefilly.bsky.social

Neue Wanderschuhe einlaufen. Insgesamt 18 km mit allerlei Getier auf dem Weg und "Eagle Days" von @spitfirefilly.bsky.social auf den Ohren.

Thank you for writing an excellent book Dr Taylor, I hope to one day add more of your books to my libary 🥰

@spitfirefilly.bsky.social my 85 year old dad has been reading about the Battle of Britain for about as long as he’s been around; he thoroughly enjoyed your book - loved the different perspective.

I have just finished my first audiobook on the Battle of Britain, and to honest, one of my first history books that look at the humans in the fight. Allow me without further ado to recomend Eagle Days by Dr. Victoria Taylor aka @spitfirefilly.bsky.social Picture by @jerijerod14.bsky.social

Go say hi to Dr Taylor! lol she and I are in a documentary together but this is the first time we'll meet in person. Check out the doc, too: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

holy shit I arrive at Oshkosh that day! Ha, we get to meet in person!!

If you are one of my followers and anywhere near one of these events I highly recommend getting to it. Dr Taylor is a fantastic expert and has some really interesting research.