Blazing Star, Setting Sun - The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942-March 1943 by Jeffrey Cox
$32.99 NZD
Category: Military History
A masterful account of a vital four months in the bloody battle for the Pacific, giving fresh insights into the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign, a key turning point in both the Pacific Theater and the wider Second World War. From popular Pacific Theater expert Jeffrey R. Cox comes this insightful ...Show more
Pathfinder by David Blakeley
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
First in - the official motto of the one of the British Army's smallest and most secretive units, 16 Air Assault Brigade's Pathfinder Platoon. Unofficially, they are the bastard son of the SAS. And like their counterparts in Hereford, the job of the Pathfinders is to operate unseen and undetected deep ...Show more
Heroes of Gallipoli by Richard Stowers
$55.00 NZD
$75.00 (26% off)
Category: Military History
With the centenary of the First World War upon us in 2015, Richard Stowers has written this book to increase the awareness of the unpretentious gallantry and service by New Zealanders during the Gallipoli campaign. The book details the bravery and distinguished service of men and women of the 1st echelo ...Show more
The Battle For Lone Pine by David Cameron
$37.00 NZD
Category: Military History
Surprisingly, as we near the 100th anniversary of the legendary Gallipoli campaign, this is the first book solely dedicated to one of its key battles - that at Lone Pine, where Australian and Turkish soldiers fought an ultimately futile battle that claimed thousands of lives in incredibly close quarters ...Show more
D-Day 6.6.44 by Dan Parry
$49.99 NZD
$54.95 (9% off)
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
The story of D-Day, the turning point in World War 2, has been well documented. But this lavishly illustrated book and accompanying epic TV drama will turn all preconceptions of 'Operation Overlord' on their head. June 2004 marks the 60th anniversary of D-Day, the last time official reunions of veterans ...Show more
George Cross Heroes: Incredible True Stories of Bravery Beyond the Battlefield by Michael A. Ashcroft
$29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
In a broadcast to the nation in September 1940 King George VI announced the institution of the George Cross - a civilian equivalent of the Victoria Cross awarded to recognize the many acts of supreme gallantry being performed outside of the battlefield. From Thomas Alderson, the first recipient of the m ...Show more
The Monuments Men - Allied Heroes, Nazi thieves and the greatest treasure hunt in history by Robert M Edsel
$29.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
From 1943 to 1951, 350 or so men and women from thirteen Allied nations served as the men and women of the Monuments, Fine Arts & Archives section (MFAA) of the Allied armed forces, the eyes, ears and hands of the first and most ambitious effort in history to preserve the world's cultural heritage i ...Show more
Berlin: The Downfall 1945: The Number One Bestseller by Antony Beevor
$31.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945. Political instructors rammed home the message of Wehrmacht and SS brutality. The result was the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known, with tanks crushing refugee columns under their tracks ...Show more
Stalingrad 1942-43 (3) - Catastrophe: the Death of Sixth Army by Robert Forczyk; Steve Noon (Illustrator)
$34.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Campaign Ser.
The final part in a three-book series on the Battle of Stalingrad, examining the Soviet encirclement, German relief efforts, and the final surrender of Paulus' 6.Armee. Having fought hard just to reach the outskirts of Stalingrad, the Axis forces found themselves embroiled in a protracted urban battle a ...Show more
The Battle of the Beams: The secret science of radar that turned the tide of the Second World War by Tom Whipple
$40.00 NZD
Category: Military History
Tom Whipple is the science editor at The Times, and a bad loser. His has spent countless hours phoning experts and distilling their knowledge - normally about rather more serious subjects than games. He has also been a feature writer for Times2 - and still writes freelance features for the Economist Int ...Show more
Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945 by Richard Overy
$48.00 NZD
Category: Military History
A bold new approach to the Second World War from one of its foremost historians Richard Overy sets out in Blood and Ruins to recast the way in which we view the Second World War and its origins and aftermath. He argues that this was the 'great imperial war', a violent end to almost a century of global i ...Show more
Hercules by Scott Bateman
$55.00 NZD
Category: Military History
Pre-order the legendary story of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft, told through the eyes of former RAF captain Scott Bateman 'The literary equivalent to injecting pure adrenaline into your brain via your eyeball ... it's a blast from start to finish' AVIATION HISTORIAN Anytime, Anywhere, Anyhow. ...Show more