Bomber Command: Reflections of War: v. 5: Armageddon (27 September 1944 - May 1945) by Martin W. Bowman
$89.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
This is the fifth and final volume of a five part work that provides a comprehensive insight into all aspects of RAF Bomber Command in World War Two. It begins in late September 1944 when the Allied Bomber Offensive was at its height. The crews' personal narrative puts you in the centre of each intense ...Show more
Spitfire Vs Bf 109 by Holmes Tony
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Duel
This book will explain what it felt like to be a fighter pilot during those crucial moments of the Battle of Britain flying some of the most iconic planes to have ever graced the skies during a combat when both man and machine were tested to the limit. This volume details the pilots' training, British a ...Show more
Midget Ninja and Tactical Laxatives: Bizarre Warfare Through the Ages by Philip Sidnell
$34.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Which army used camels disguised as war elephants? Which illustrious warlord was killed by a midget ninja hidden in his latrine? How was a Japanese vessel sunk by live cows dropped by the Soviet air force? And just what kind of weapon was the Bohemian Ear Spoon? These are just a few of the important qu ...Show more
Men of Valour: New Zealand & the Battle for Crete by Ron Palenski
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: Very Good
For a time in the Second World War, Crete was the prize both sides wanted. The Allies had it and the Germans wanted it. The Germans won. The man in charge of hanging on to it was Bernard (Tiny) Freyberg, the New Zealand Divison commander who was made the Greek island s intended saviour. With him was a r ...Show more
The Red Line: The Gripping Account of the RAF's Bloodiest Raid on Hitler's Germany by John Nicol
$34.99 NZD
Category: Military History
A gripping account of the disastrous 10,000 bomber raid on Hitler's lair, told for the first and final time. In March 1944 - as part of Bomber Command's 'Battle of Berlin' to decimate Hitler's capital city - the RAF attacked the spiritual home of the Nazi Party - Nuremberg. The raid that began on the ev ...Show more
The Second World War by Ammonite Press
$24.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: In Pictures
This book looks at WWII from a largely British perspective, based upon approximately 350 photographs from the archives of Mirrorpix. It takes a look at the legacies of the war, including the establishment of the United Nations and the European Union. The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in hu ...Show more
Carriers at War 1939-1945 by Adrian Stewart
$69.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The Author begins this fascinating book by tracing aircraft carrier development between the Wars. Eschewed by the Germans and Italians and with Britain squandering her early lead, the Americans and Japanese became front runners. The Royal Navy learnt the hard way in the early stages of WW2 with the lo ...Show more
The Goldfish Club by Danny Danziger
$27.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday ...Every member of the Goldfish Club has been forced to broadcast these terrifying words from a stricken aircraft, making them one of the most unusual fellowships in the world. Formed during the Second World War to foster comradeship among pilots who had been forced to bail out ov ...Show more
England and the Aeroplane: Militarism, Modernity and Machines by David Edgerton
$30.00 NZD
Category: Military History
The story of the strange mixture of romanticism, militarism and technology that has made planes so important to England, from the brilliant author of "Britain's War Machine". The history of England and the aeroplane is one tangled with myths - of 'the Few' and the Blitz, of boffins, flying machines, ama ...Show more
On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War by Bernard Wasserstein
$24.99 NZD
Category: Military History
It is a major history examining the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. This is the portrait of a world on the eve of its destruction. Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi ons ...Show more
The Double-cross System: The Classic Account of World War Two Spy-masters by J. C. Masterman
$27.99 NZD
Category: Military History
J.C. Masterman was chairman of the Double-Cross Committee at the height of World War Two. This is his account of the double agents, deception and counter-espionage which were key to the victory of D-Day. Written as an official report for MI5 in 1945, originally published with the permission of the Briti ...Show more
Imperial Airways: The Birth of the British Airline Industry 1914-1940 by Robert Bluffield
$74.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Imperial Airways is a name redolent of the excitement and glamor of the pioneering years of flight. Founded in the 1920s, Imperial Airways flew to destinations all over the world. This beautiful and evocative book on the 'golden age' of passenger flight is the result of years of research, and the text i ...Show more