Battle on 42nd Street: The Anzacs' Gruesome Last Stand in Crete by Peter Monteath
39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
At what point does the will to survive on the battlefield give way to bloodlust? The Battle of Crete was one of the most spectacular military campaigns of the twentieth century. For the first time in history, German forces carried out an invasion entirely from the air while poorly equipped Anzac and Bri ...Show more
Hell's Bells and Mademoiselles by Joe Maxwell
29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Hell's Bells and Mademoiselles is the rollicking eyewitness account of the role of 18th Battalion AIF in the First World War by one of its most decorated soldiers, the irrepressible Joe Maxwell. Maxwell served at Gallipoli before being transferred to the Western Front. In just twelve months during 1917- ...Show more
Time: Special Ops: The Untold Story of America's Secret Military Units by Jim Frederick
16.99 NZD
29.99 (43% off)
Category: Military History
When a commando team of U.S. Navy Seals breached a fortified compound in Pakistan and dispatched Osama bin Laden, the world's attention focused on America's special forces. Yet it is the nature of their form of war that the names of these heroes may never be known. Now TIME shines a spotlight on the sec ...Show more
The Blue Arena by Bob Spurdle
46.00 NZD
Category: Military History
As one of Sailor Malan's Tigers, a Spitfire dominated Bob Spurdle's WWII flying career with 74 Squadron. Impatient to fly and a rebel against blind officialdom, he wangled one operational posting after another, and was still in action in August 1945. In the meantime he had destroyed eight enemy aircraft ...Show more
Crucible of Hell: Okinawa - Stalingrad of the Pacific by Saul David
39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
'Excellent' Antony BeevorFrom award-winning historian Saul David, an action-packed and powerful new narrative of the Battle of Okinawa - the last great clash of the Second World War, and one that had profound consequences for the modern world. For eighty-three blood-soaked days, the fighting on the isl ...Show more
War: The Definitive Visual History by David, Saul
70.00 NZD
Category: Military History
Follow the epic 5,000-year story of warfare - from the earliest battles to the War on Terror with War - with this guided tour of every major conflict. Combining a clear and compelling historical narrative with a wealth of fascinating eyewitness accounts and photography throughout, this is the ultimate g ...Show more
The FG42 Fallschirmjägergewehr by Guus de Vries
82.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: The\Propaganda Photo Ser.
The FG42 Fallschirmj gergewehr is Vol. VIII in the Propaganda Photo Series, a unique series of books on German small arms of World War II. This book gives a detailed description of the origin and history of the enigmatic Fallschirmj gergewehr (paratrooper's rifle), Germany's most famous, but also most m ...Show more
The Martini-Henry Rifle by Stephen Manning; Peter Dennis
34.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Weapon Ser.
The breech-loading, single-shot .458in Martini-Henry rifle has become a symbol of both the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the numerous battles in Egypt and the Sudan in 1884-85, but continued to be used by both British and colonial troops well into the 20th century. Its invention and introduction into Briti ...Show more
SAS Action in Africa - terrorists, Poachers & Civil War - C Squadron Operations 1968-1980 by Michael Graham
11.99 NZD
36.99 (67% off)
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
This gripping action-packed book is the eagerly awaited sequel to the best-selling Secret SAS Missions in Africa. C Squadron SAS, comprising dedicated battle-hardened veterans, operated against ruthless terrorist groups, trained and equipped by the Chinese and Russians between 1968 and 1980. The Author, ...Show more
German Anzacs and the First World War by John Williams
47.99 NZD
Category: Military History
By 1914, Australia's German immigrants were well-regarded in their communities and made up (after Irish and Scots) the fourth-largest white ethnic community in Australia. This history traces the experience of the immigrants who enlisted for service in World War I and the difficulties they faced.
Nightmare at Scapa Flow: The Truth About the Sinking of HMS "Royal Oak" by H.J. Weaver
24.00 NZD
Category: Military History
Sinking the battleship HMS Royal Oak in the Royal Navy's home anchorage, with the loss of more than 800 of her crew, was Germany's first shattering blow against Britain in the 1939-45 war. Within six weeks the long-standing German dream of breaching the defences of Scapa Flow had been achieved. Germany ...Show more