The Greatest Escape: A gripping story of wartime courage and adventure by Neil Churches
39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The gripping, vividly told story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War - organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy In August 1944 the most successful POW escape of the Second World War took place - 106 Allied prisoners were freed from Maribor camp, in ...Show more
At Close Range: Life and Death in an Artillery Regiment, 1939-45 by Peter Hart
27.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The South Notts Hussars fought at most British battles of the Second World War, from the Siege of Tobruk to the Battle of El Alamein and the D-Day Landings. Here, Peter Hart draws on detailed interviews conducted with members of the regiment to provide both a comprehensive account of the conflict and re ...Show more
Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West by Katie Hickman
38.00 NZD
Category: Military History
"Myth and misunderstanding spring from the American frontier as readily as rye grass from sod, and - like the wiry grass - seem as difficult to weed out and discard."The true-life story of women's experiences in the 'Wild West' is more gripping, more heart-rending, and more stirring than all the movies, ...Show more
SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Gripping True Story by Damien Lewis, Des Powell
27.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Jimmy Mullen Newcastle C Ser.
'An incredible story, and so well told' Bear Grylls'A must read. Honesty, integrity and real experience that puts you in the thick of the action.' Billy BillinghamThere were three patrols that fateful January 1991 morning: Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zero and Bravo Three Zero. It was the opening hours of ...Show more
Goose Green by Nigel Ely
36.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Published to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Falklands War, April-June 1982
Voices of Snipers: Eyewitness Accounts from the World Wars by John Walter
37.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Based on an incredible breadth of first-hand testimony, this is a unique collection of eyewitness accounts from World War I and II. John Walter draws on meticulous research and the reminiscences of more than fifty snipers, tracing their journeys from recruitment and selection through training, combat an ...Show more
The Princess Spy: The True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones by Larry Loftis
37.99 NZD
Category: Military History
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER “As exciting as any spy novel” (Daily News, New York), The Princess Spy follows the hidden history of an ordinary American girl who became one of the OSS’s most daring World War II spies before marrying into European nobility. Perfect ...Show more
Spies, Saboteurs and Secret Missions of World War II by Tony Matthews
37.99 NZD
Category: Military History
What kind of courage does it take for an ordinary married couple to confront the Nazi regime of Hitler’s vicious Third Reich? And why did two men betray their fellow secret agents after landing on American shores with the intention of carrying out sabotage attacks on a massive scale? Why did the Germans ...Show more
Son of the Morning Star by Evan S. Connell
32.90 NZD
Category: Military History
On a scorching June Sunday in 1876, thousands of Indian warriors - Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho - converged on a grassy ridge above the valley of Montana's Little Bighorn River. On the ridge five companies of United States cavalry - 262 soldiers, comprising officers and troopers - fought desperate ...Show more
Gallipoli by Pugsley Christopher
49.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The definitive account of New Zealand's role in the disastrous 1915 Gallipoli campaign, when a British-led expeditionary force met the Turkish army in an attempt to wrest control of the Dardanelles, comes alive in an updated edition, well illustrated and brilliantly analysed by the doyen of Kiwi militar ...Show more
Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II by Ben Macintyre
24.99 NZD
Category: Military History
**Soon to be a major film, starring Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilson, Johnny Flynn and Jason Isaacs**A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTIONA SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER'Astonishing ... Sheds riveting new light on this breathtaking plan' Daily Mail'A rollicking read' Max ...Show more