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NZ$ 65.00 each
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Author: Antony Beevor
Published by: Viking (Penguin)
In Stock: 2
The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war, at times as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. As casualties mounted, so too did the tensions between the principal commanders on both sides.
Meanwhile, French civilians caught in the middle of these battlefields or under Allied bombing endured terrible suffering. Even the joys of Liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation but the whole of the post-war world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe.
Making use of overlooked and new material from over thirty archives in half a dozen countries, D-Day is the most vivid and well-researched account yet of the battle of Normandy.
As with Stalingrad and ... more
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Park : The biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park order quantity
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Author: Vincent Orange (Lecturer in History, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Published by: Grub Street
In Stock: 2
Dop 2001, Uk
234x156mm / 320pp

"If ever any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did. I don't believe it is realized how much that one man, with his leadership, his calm judgement and his skill, did to save not only this country, but the world". So wrote Marshal of the RAF Lord Tedder in 1947. As commander of No. 11 Group, Fighter Command and responsible for the air defence of London and South-East England, Keith Park took charge of the day-to-day direction of the battle. In spotlighting his thoughts and actions during the crisis, the author reveals a man whose unfailing energy, courage and cool resourcefulness won not only supreme praise from Churchill but the lasting respect and admiration of all who served under him. However, few officers in any of the services packed more action into their lives, and this book covers the whole of his career - youth in New Zealand, success as an ace fighter pilot in
World War I, postings to ... more
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9781906502294
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Hardback
Author: Ralph Barker
Published by: Grub Street Publishing
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Low-level strikes against enemy shipping by torpedo-carrying aircraft were perhaps the most dangerous forms of air attack developed during WWII, and few isolated actions had such a direct impact on naval and military actions. This book tells the story of the RAF men involved, from the early attacks by single Beauforts off the Dutch and Norwegian coasts to the massed assaults of later years by the famous 'strike-wings'. The author, who joined the RAF in 1940 as a wireless operator/ air gunner, and served in the UK, Middle East and West Africa, and whose career on torpedo work ended in a crash in which his pilot and navigator were killed, is eminently qualified to write this book. He includes many historic actions; the lone moonlight attack by a 22-year-old flight sergeant on the pocket-battleship Lutzow; the torpedoing of the Gneisena in Brest harbour; the Channel Dash of the Scharnhorst, Gneisena and Prinz Eugen and the heroic ... more
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9781408702659
Task Force Black: The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq order quantity
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NZ$ 38.99 each
Paperback
Author: Mark Urban
Published by: Virago Press Ltd
In Stock: 2
When British and American forces invaded Iraq in April 2003, their intelligence operations got to work looking for the WMD their governments had promised us were there. They quickly realised no such weapons existed. Instead they become faced with an ever-increasing spiral of extremism and violence that was almost impossible to understand, let alone contain. This book tells the story of what happened next, one of the most dramatic and sustained operations in our recent military history. Up against the wall, under the aegis of the joint forces commanded by Major General McChrystal, our men moved into action using the wide variety of aircraft and weaponry at their disposal. Combining intelligence with brute force, the SAS went on the attack, night after night targeting Al-Qaeda and other insurgent groups with an intensity never before practiced by the service, destroying the terrorist threat and saving lives.
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The War Chronicles : From flintlocks to machine guns - new perspectives on the modern era of warfare order quantity
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Author: Joseph Cummins
Published by: Allen & Unwin
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The War Chronicles: From Flintlocks to Machine Guns adopts the innovative and accessible format of its predecessor, which spanned the period from 500 BC to the American Revolution, to chart the astonishingly rapid evolution of modern warfare. In doing so, it traces the transformation of battle tactics, from the pre-arranged set-piece encounters of the Napoleonic Wars to the massive naval landings and aerial bombardments of World War II, explains the scientific innovations that yielded the machine gun, the tank, and the atom bomb, and vividly renders the key victories that turned the tide of war, from Waterloo to Gettysburg to D-Day. At the same time, it reiterates the constants of conflict: the slaughters and massacres, including the Holocaust and the little-known Taiping Rebellion, which killed up to 40 million Chinese; the personal sacrifices made by those battling tyranny, among them the rebels of revolutionary France, Greece and ... more
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A Guide to Battles order quantity
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Author: Richard Holmes & Martin Marix Evans
Published by: Oxford University Press
In Stock: 1
This fascinating book tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history, from Agincourt, Lepanto, and Trafalgar, to Gettysburg, Stalingrad, and the Somme. It begins with the battle of Megiddo fought by the ancient Egyptians and takes the reader through to the Second Gulf War of 2003. On the way it encompasses almost 300 battles from around the world - from the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, to Europe and the Americas. All the battles are grouped within chapters which tell the wider story of a particular era or region, for instance the ancient world or the Americas. Each chapter includes an informative introduction that sets out the historical, tactical, and technological context, and looks at current debates. Individual battles are placed clearly within the wars and campaigns of which they formed a part, making it possible for the reader to follow the details of the battle, and at the same time ... more
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9781847373779

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Author: Doug Beattie
Published by: Simon & Schuster
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On 11th September 2006 - exactly five years after the attacks on the Twin Towers - a modern day Rorke's Drift was played out in the town of Garmsir, known as the Taliban gateway to Helmand Province. 40-year-old Capt. Doug Beattie of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment was charged with the mission to help retake Garmsir from the Taliban. His commanders said it would take two days; it actually took two weeks of exhausting, bloody conflict in which at times he would be one of only a small unit up against a ferocious enemy in impossible conditions. For his repeated bravery Doug Beattie was decorated with the Military Cross.
An Ordinary Soldier offers an extraordinary insight into the mission in Afghanistan and, crucially, the relationship between British troops and the Afghans they serve alongside. Above all, it's Beattie's personal story of being what he modestly calls 'an ordinary soldier' - someone who balances being a ... more
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9780743429900
Band Of Brothers (TV Tie-In) order quantity
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Author: Stephen E Ambrose
Published by: Simon & Schuster
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In Band of Brothers, Stephen E. Ambrose pays tribute to the men of Easy Company, a crack rifle company in the US Army. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the dangerous parachute landings on D-Day and their triumphant capture of Hitler's 'Eagle's Nest' in Berchtesgarden, Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company. Repeatedly sent on the toughest missions, these brave men fought, went hungry, froze and died in the service of their country.
A tale of heroic adventures and soul-shattering confrontations, it brings to life, as only Stephen E. Ambrose can, the profound ties of brotherhood forged in the barracks and on the battlefields.
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9780719568312
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Author: Antony Beevor
Published by: Hachette
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The Germans expected their airborne attack on Crete in 1941 - a unique event in the history of warfare - to be a textbook victory based on tactical surprise. They had no idea that the British, using Ultra intercepts, knew their plans and had laid a carefully-planned trap. It should have been the first German defeat of the war, but a fatal misunderstanding turned the battle round. Nor did the conflict end there. Ferocious Cretan freedom fighters mounted a heroic resistance, aided by a dramatic cast of British officers from Special Operations Executive.
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9781906502140
Dowding of Fighter Command order quantity
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Author: Vincent Orange
Published by: Grub Street Publishing
In Stock: 1
DoP - September 2008, United Kingdom
Making full use of archival sources, studies by other scholars, and information provided by family members, Vincent Orange has completed the first biography of Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding to cover his entire life. Soldier, pilot, wireless pioneer, squadron commander, spiritualist, champion skier, 'Stuffy' Dowding is perhaps best known as the creator of the first radar-based air defence system and his no less remarkable management of such throughout the Battle of Britain. Dowding served in 'delightful and dangerous Iraq', helped to pacify unrest in the Holy Land, was involved in the R.101 airship disaster and oversaw the creation of Britain's first eight-gun monoplanes, the Hurricane and Spitfire.Controversially dismissed from Fighter Command and refused the RAF's highest rank, he nevertheless became the first airman elevated to the peerage since Trenchard. Westminster Abbey was packed for his ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780330437967
Dunkirk : Retreat to Victory order quantity
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Author: Julian Thompson
Published by: Picador
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In May 1940, the small British Expeditionary Force was sent to help the Belgians and French hold back the German army. Ill-equipped and under-trained, they fought hard for three weeks, from the German invasion of France to the rescue of the last British troops from the beaches at Dunkirk. Remarkably, they conducted a successful fighting withdrawal in the face of a formidable foe.
Drawing on previously unpublished and rare material, Major-General Julian Thompson recreates the action from the misunderstandings between the British and French generals to the experiences of the ordinary soldier. Unlike other books on the subject he gives full weight to the fighting inland as the BEF found itself in mortal danger thanks to the collapse of the Belgian army on one flank and the failure of the French on the other, and corrects popular myths about the evacuation.
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9781846056673
Fight to Win order quantity
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NZ$ 39.99 each
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Author: Chris Ryan
Published by: Random House Business Books
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The mysterious world of elite combat units blown wide open…
Find out how elite teams prepare for Close Quarter Battle.
Discover how they launch assaults against pirate boats.
Learn the secrets to directing air attack against a key intelligence target.
Read how units manage to enter hostile territory undetected, and carry out long-ranges reconnaissance
mission deep behind enemy lines?
In his new book, former SAS hero Chris Ryan delves into the secretive world of elite warfare, revealing the
nuts and bolts of some of the toughest, sharpest and most legendary fighting units in existence around the
world today.
Drawing on his experience as a soldier in the Regiment for a decade, as well as his recent unique access to
some of the world’s hardest and most sophisticated special police units for his TV show Elite World Cops,
Chris Ryan explores the secrets of the trade. From the HALO insertion technique to mounting ambushes ... more
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9781741667523
Gallipoli: Untold Stories order quantity
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Paperback
Author: Jonathan King
Published by: Vintage (Australia)
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9780733623141
Kokoda - Illustrated Edition order quantity
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Author: Fitzsimons Peter
Published by: Hachette Australia
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9781742370002
Over the Top : A Digger's Story of the Western Front order quantity
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Author: H, G. Hartnett (ed Chris Bryett)
Published by: Allen & Unwin
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Australia's diggers didn't go 'over the top' for King and Country, they did it for their mates and their battalion. Extraordinary deeds performed by ordinary men. Henry George Hartnett, known as 'Harry', joined the Australian Imperial Force on 13 September 1915 at the age of 23. He saw action on the Western Front at Fromelles and on the Somme receiving his first 'blighty', a wounding serious enough to require him to be sent back to Britain for treatment, in the Battle of Pozieres. On recovery he returned to 'tour' the Western Front with his battalion in what must have seemed like endless circles of fighting in the frontline in many battles and resting behind the lines. In this book Harry recalls the battles, the long marches, and the recoveries with many amusing anecdotes of events which kept the men smiling and eased the tiredness of the daily grind and routine. He describes the close friendships and unshakeable bonds between men and ... more
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Pacific Fury : How Australia and Her Allies Defeated the Japanese order quantity
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Author: Peter Thompson
Published by: Vintage (Australia)
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Pearl Harbour. Kokoda. The fall of Singapore. Curtin's fight with Churchill. The bombing of Darwin. The Battle of Midway. POWs. Kamikaze. Hiroshima. These words alone are enough to convey the terror, courage and drama of the Pacific War, when the balance of power stood on a knife-edge and when the future of Australia herself was on the brink - threatened by Japanese aggression on one hand and British apathy on the other. Until now the history of the Pacific War has largely been written from the American perspective. Now, for the first time, Peter Thompson places Australian voices and action at the heart of a struggle that took an unimaginable number of lives and only ended with the unleashing of the most powerful weapon the world had ever seen. Drawing on original research and written with all the pace and verve you would expect of a master storyteller, Thompson brings both the people and the battles to life in a sensational history ... more
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Author: Andy McNab
Published by: Bantam Press
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Spoken from the Front will tell the stories of what Andy McNab describes as ‘modern-day heroes fighting modern-day wars’. It will recount the courage and hardship of British servicemen and support staff as they have faced the unique difficulties posed by the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan.

Andy will introduce and edit the book, but the interwoven stories will be told by those serving on the front line, in their own words. Their action-packed, dramatic, moving and often humorous testimonies will be told through interviews and diaries, and letters and emails written to family, friends and loved ones.

Spoken from the Front will be styled loosely on the Imperial War Museum's highly-successful Forgotten Voices series, but will focus on a smaller number of central characters who turn up repeatedly throughout the narrative.
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9780340923498
Tank Men order quantity
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Author: Robert J. Kershaw
Published by: Hodder Paperback
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The First World War saw the birth of an extraordinary fighting machine that has fascinated three generations: the tank. In Tank Men, ex-soldier and military historian Robert Kershaw brings to life the grime, the grease and the fury of a tank battle through the voices of ordinary men and women who lived and fought in those fearsome machines.
Drawing on vivid, newly researched personal testimony from the crucial battles of the First and Second World Wars, this is military history at its very best.
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9780753826324
The Spitfire: Icon of a nation order quantity
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Author: Ivan Rendall
Published by: Gollancz
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Designed to be the best fighter in the world the creators of the Spitfire married science, technology and art to create both 'a thing of beauty' and a deadly weapon that changed the course of the war. 'You don't just strap yourself in, you buckle the Spitfire on, like girding on armour...'Squadron Leader William Duncan Smith The Spitfire is part of popular culture and from the Battle of Britain to the present day it has remained a national celebrity. As a focus of appeals, for scrap aluminium - 'turn your saucepans into Spitfires' - for the 'Spitfire Fund' and 'Wings for Victory Week' the British people had a stake in the Spitfire. Working People contributed through their companies to present Spitfires to the RAF in return for letters from the pilots. After the war, no victory flypast was complete without a Spitfire, and today no air show is over until the roar of the Merlin engine has been heard overhead. This book, with its wealth of ... more
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9780733623660
Tiger Man of Vietnam order quantity
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Author: Frank Walker
Published by: Hachette Australia
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The Vietnamese hill tribes made him a demi-god.
The CIA wanted to kill him.
This is the remarkable true story of Australian war hero Barry Petersen.

In 1963, the 28-year-old Barry was sent to Vietnam as part of the 30-man Australian Training Team, two years before the first official Australian troops arrived. Seconded to the CIA, he was sent to the remote Central Highlands to build an anti-communist guerrilla force among the indigenous Montagnard people. He was sent off with bag loads of cash and a vague instruction to 'get to know the natives'. Petersen took over the running of the paramilitary force that had been started by the local police chief and started to earn the Montagnards' respect. He lived, drank and ate with the Montagnards, learned their language and respected their skills. The Vietcong dubbed Petersen's force 'Tiger Men'. When Petersen heard this, he had special badges made for their berets and supplied ... more

 
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