Battle of Kursk 1943 by Hans Seidler
$54.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The greatest tank battle in world history, known as Operation CITADEL, opened during the early hours of 5 July 1943, and its outcome was to decide the eventual outcome of the war on the Eastern Front. Images of War - Battle of Kursk 1943, is an illustrated account of this pivotal battle of the war on th ...Show more
Gallipoli by John Masefield
$34.99 NZD
Category: Military History
This book heralded the beginnings of a federalised Australia, who turned to the legends of the ANZACS and their heroic and also laconic attitude, to redefine their nation. When World War I began, poet John Masefield had joined the staff of a British hospital for French soldiers, serving briefly in 1915 ...Show more
The Road to Victory: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa by Dale A. Dye
$59.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: General Military
On December 7, 1941, as the Japanese dived out of the clouds above Pearl Harbor, America's future was fundamentally altered. Ever since the first world conflict, the United States had resisted the temptation to be drawn into wars outside of its borders. But with this one surprise attack America was inev ...Show more
Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards and the Defining Story of Britain's War in Afghanistan by Toby Harnden
$24.99 NZD
Category: Military History
This is the gripping story of the men of the Welsh Guards and their bloody battle for survival in Afghanistan in 2009. Underequipped and overstretched, they found themselves in the most intense fighting the British had experienced in a generation. They were led into battle by Lieutenant Colonel Rupert T ...Show more
A History of Bombing by Sven Lindqvist
$28.99 NZD
Category: Military History
An unconventional history of aerial bombing and the profound and terrible effects of its aftermath on the modern world.
Holy Wars: 3000 Years of Battles in the Holy Land by Gary L. Rashba
$69.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The key battles fought over 3000 years of turbulent history in the Holyland, from ancient times to today's Arab-Israeli conflict Today's Arab-Israeli conflict, ever-present in the news, is merely the latest episode in an unending history of violence in the Holyland, a region that is unsurpassed as witn ...Show more
Sweating the Metal: Flying Under Fire. A Chinook Pilot's Blistering Account of Life, Death and Dust in Afghanistan by Alex Duncan
$29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
With bullets flying, wounded soldiers scream out in pain as the Chinook comes in to land in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. At the machine's controls is one man and if he doesn't stay calm then everyone could die. That man is Flt Lt Alex 'Frenchie' Duncan and he's been involved in some o ...Show more
Lancaster Down! by Steve Darlow
$29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
During WWII, on one raid alone, Nuremburg March 1944, more Bomber Command airmen lost their lives than were lost in the Battle of Britain. These were ordinary men who became part of extraordinary events. One such was Arthur Darlow, the author's grandfather. A pilot of a Lancaster crew in 405 RCAF crew, ...Show more
Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
$36.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The American Government invested millions in Helmand, Afghanistan in the 1950s and 1960s to transform the barren desert into a veritable oasis. It became the largest international development effort after the Marshall Plan. 'Little America' was the name for this specific region, first used in the 1940s ...Show more
Assignment to Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle by Timothy M Gay
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
They worked on the front lines—so they could write the headlines. In 1943, a group of journalists—including a young correspondent named Walter Cronkite and cub reporter Andy Rooney—received an invitation to fly along on a bombing run over Germany. Of the sixty-six that took off the next day, only fifty ...Show more
Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr by James Holland
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
It is the night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the industri ...Show more