D-Day - The Air and Sea Invasion of Normandy in Photos by Nicholas A. Veronico
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Category: Warfare
Defending the Rock - How Gibraltar Defeated Hitler by Nicholas Rankin
24.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
Two months before he shot himself, Adolf Hitler saw where it had all gone wrong. By failing to seize Gibraltar in the summer of 1940, he lost the war. The Rock of Gibraltar, a pillar of British sea-power since 1704, looked formidable but was extraordinarily vulnerable. Though menaced on all sides by Na ...Show more
Places and Names: Dispatches of War by Elliot Ackerman
39.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
'A superb, unique, and unforgettable story of war and death, fear and cruelty, above all the horrors and allure of combat' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'One of the most profound books I have ever read about the real nature of war and the abstract allure of the ideas and the bloodshed that fuels it' Jon Lee A ...Show more
Honourable Exit: How a Few Brave Americans Risked All to Save Their Vietnamese Allies at the End of the War by Thurston Clarke
49.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
In 1973 U.S. participation in the Vietnam War ended in a cease-fire and a withdrawal that included promises by President Nixon to assist the South in the event of invasion by the North. But in early 1975, when North Vietnamese forces began a full-scale assault, Congress refused to send arms or aid. By e ...Show more
D-Day - The Soldiers' Story by Giles Milton
22.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
'Vivid, graphic and moving' Mail on Sunday Book of the Year 'It has a wonderful immediacy and vitality - living history in every sense' Anthony Horowitz 'Fantastic' Dan Snow 'Compellingly authentic, revelatory and beautifully written. A gripping tour de force' Damien Lewis 'Stirring and unsettling i ...Show more
Spitfire Leader by Dennis Newton
49.95 AUD
Category: Warfare
Robert Wilton Bungey was unquestionably an RAF hero. From the very beginning of the Second World War he was patrolling Germany's border with the AASF. In the retreat from France he survived frantic day and night bombing missions flying obsolete, outclassed Fairey Battles against overwhelming odds. Many ...Show more
Defeat of the Luftwaffe by Trigg Jonathan
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Category: Warfare
In 1939 and 1940 the Nazi blitzkrieg crushed Poland and the Low Countries and France. This was a new type of warfare with air and ground forces working hand-in-glove and sweeping away all resistance. On the ground the new panzer divisions symbolised this combat revolution, and in the air its symbol was ...Show more
The Catastrophe of 8 August 1918 (HB) by Thilo von Bose
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Category: Warfare
Thilo von Bose's 1930 book The Catastrophe of 8 August 1918 was the 36th and last volume in a series of popular semi-official German histories of the First World War. It documents in great detail the 'black day of the German Army' at the Battle of Amiens in August 1918, a turning point that set the Alli ...Show more
Vietnam: An Epic History of a Tragic War by Max Hastings
24.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'His masterpiece' Antony Beevor, Spectator'A masterful performance' Sunday Times'By far the best book on the Vietnam War' Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the Year Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for ...Show more
Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent
22.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
'Extraordinary...serious naval history and a detective story, told with passion.' The Times 'Vividly detailed...compelling yet comprehensive.' Los Angeles Times 'Simply outstanding.' Booklist (starred review) 'Gripping... This yarn has it all.' USA Today The sinking of the USS Indianapolis is still the ...Show more
Jungle Cavalry - Australian Independent Companies and Commandos 1941-1945 by Gregory Blake
75.00 AUD
Category: Warfare
The Australian Independent Companies and the Commandos into which they evolved were unique sub-units of the Australian Army during the Second World War. The very concept of such units was a radical one for the deeply conservative Australian Army and came about because of the personal intervention from t ...Show more
The Deadly Trade by Iain Ballantyne
24.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
Originally a puny craft, derided as being of no worth, the submarine evolved to become an assassin of the deep, capable of sinking mighty battleships and gigantic aircraft carriers. The cast of colourful and courageous characters includes a former monk who created submersible boats to assist the cause o ...Show more