Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle by Ben Macintyre
30.00 NZD
Category: Military History
In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany, an unlikely band of British officers spent the Second World War plotting daring escapes from their German captors. Or so the story of Colditz has gone, unchallenged for 70 years. But that tale contains only part of the truth.The as ...Show more
The Greatest Escape: A Gripping Story of Wartime Courage and Adventure by Neil Churches
27.99 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 a camp in Maribor ...Show more
SAS Brothers in Arms: Churchill's Desperadoes: Blood-and-Guts Defiance at Britain's Darkest Hour. by Damien Lewis
29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
'Absolutely gripping from the word go' Alexis Conran, Times Radio'A convincing insight into the terror and adrenaline rush of war' Mail on SundayDamien Lewis's new bestseller tells the action-packed, riveting story of the band of mavericks and visionaries who made the SAS. Using hitherto untold stories ...Show more
SAS Great Escapes Two: Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two Heroes by Damien Lewis
37.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Against insurmountable odds, SAS men crossed deserts, evaded revenge and escaped through enemy lands.Lieutenant Bill Fraser and the six SAS men he led were listed as Missing in Action (MIA) after their failure to return from a raid. Nine weeks later they emerged from a death-defying sojourn across the S ...Show more
From the Realm of a Dying Sun. Volume 3 - IV. SS-Panzerkorps from Budapest to Vienna, February-May 1945 by Douglas E. Nash Sr.
128.00 NZD
Category: Military
In the closing months of World War II, with Budapest's fall on 12 February 1945 and the breakout attempt by the IX SS-Gebirgskorps having failed, the only thing the IV. SS-Panzerkorps could do was fall back to a more defensible line and fortify the key city of Stuhlweissenburg. Exhausted after three rel ...Show more
From the Realm of a Dying Sun, Volume 2: IV. SS-Panzerkorps from Budapest to Vienna, January-May 1945 by NASH, DOUGLAS E.
114.00 NZD
Category: Military History
The second part of a new history of IV. SS-Panzerkorps, which fought on the Eastern Front in the last months of World War II.On Christmas Eve 1944, the men of the IV SS-Panzerkorps were preparing to celebrate the occasion as best they could. Taking advantage of the pause in the fighting around Warsaw, t ...Show more
The Tank Book: The Definitive Visual History of Armoured Vehicles by DK
65.00 NZD
Category: Military
Get up close to more than 400 of the most important tanks and armoured vehicles ever built. In 1916, the British built a machine that was impervious to enemy fire, and could dominate the battlefield, crushing obstacles and barbed wire in its path. The first tank, or "Mother" as it was known, had arrived ...Show more
The Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy
40.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
An illuminating account of the war in Ukraine - its historical roots, its course, its possible outcomes - from the bestselling, award-winning author of Chernobyl On 24 February 2022, Russia stunned the world by launching an invasion of Ukraine. In the midst of checking on the family and friends who were ...Show more
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun: IV SS Panzer Corps: From Warsaw to Vienna, 1944-45 by NASH SR, DOUGLAS E.
130.00 NZD
Category: Military History
When the Tempest Gathers - From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War by Andrew Milburn
49.99 NZD
Category: Military History
"This is quite simply the finest war memoir to emerge from the last two decades of constant fighting." - Bing West, New York Times bestselling author of One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War and Call Sign Chaos.These are the combat experiences of the first Marine to command a special operations tas ...Show more
History of War in Maps by Philip Parker
62.99 NZD
Category: Military History
From the moment towns and cities arose, the struggle for land, resources and power has turned to violence. Almost from the start, maps have been an essential part of planning and waging war. History of War in Maps gives a unique visual representation of the development of warfare and the maps that have ...Show more
The Persian Expedition : Anabasis by Xenophon
26.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army – the Ten Thousand – to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When the Greeks were then betrayed b ...Show more