RAF Centenary Experience by James Holland
54.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
RAF 100 celebrates and commemorates 100 years of the Royal Air Force. With unique access to the RAF's historic archives, James Holland uses photographs and documents to bring the story of the people, planes and missions to life as never before. From its genesis in the horrors of the First World War, whe ...Show more
Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent
32.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A human drama unlike any other--the riveting and definitive full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history. "ENTHRALLING." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) - "OUTSTANDING...A MUST-READ." --Booklist (starred review) - "GRIPPING." --Publishers Weekly ...Show more
The Escape Artists - A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Breakout of WWI by Neal Bascomb
32.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
Summer, 1918: twenty-nine officers crawled into a 16 inch high, 55 metre tunnel dug only with spoons. This was the culmination of 9 months gruelling toil in oxygen-starved darkness. Of the twenty-nine escapees, just ten would make their way back to Britain. When captured Royal Flying Corps pilots Captai ...Show more
HMAS Sydney: Australia's Greatest Naval Tragedy by Tom Frame
22.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
The complete and authoritative account of the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, and the finding of her wreck in 2008. On 19 November 1941, the pride of the Australian Navy, the light cruiser Sydney, fought a close-quarters battle with the German armed raider HSK Kormoran off Carnarvon on the West Australian ...Show more
Battles That Changed History (HB) by DK
39.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
From the fury of the Punic Wars to the icy waters of Dunkirk, relive 5,000 years of world-changing combat with this guide to the most famous battles in history, including a foreword from TV presenter and historian Tony Robinson.This military history book takes you on a journey through the battlefields o ...Show more
Australians on the Western Front 1918 Volume II: Spearheading the Great British Offensive by David W. Cameron
34.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
Following on from volume 1 of Australians on the Western Front 1918- The Great German Offensive, volume 2, The Battle for the Hindenburg Line, concludes with a detailed account of the final battles of World War I and the defeat of German armed forces on the Western Front. In compelling detail, David W. ...Show more
The Last 100 Days - The Australian Road to Victory in the First World War by Will Davies
34.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
In March 1918, with the fear of a one-million-man American army landing in France, the Germans attacked. In response, Australian soldiers were involved in a number of engagements, culminating in the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux and the saving of Amiens, and Paris, from German occupation.Then came ...Show more
Pandora's Box: A History of the First World War by Jö Leonhard; Patrick Camiller
74.99 AUD
99.99 (25% off)
Category: Warfare
"This is probably the meatiest and most comprehensive WWI book yet published... It is consistently intelligent and thoughtful." --Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution In this monumental history of the First World War, Germany's leading historian of the twentieth century's first great catastrophe explains t ...Show more
A Grave Too Far Away: A Tribute to the Men of Bomber Command by Kathryn Spurling
29.95 AUD
Category: Warfare
A Grave Too Far Away illuminates the war experiences of the men of Bomber Command and the terrible effects the war had on their families - an estimated 11,000 Australians lost a loved one for the Bomber Command cause. The Spitfires and Hurricanes of RAF Fighter Command defended the United Kingdom agains ...Show more
COMPLETE DAMBUSTERS: THE 133 MEN WHO FLEW ON THE DAMS RAID by FOSTER CHARLES
49.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
The Battle of Waterloo by Peter Snow; Dan Snow
41.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
A visually stunning examination of the battle that changed Europe forever: Napoleon's last stand at Waterloo. In 1814, with Napoleon in exile, it looked as if his career was over. Then the Emperor escaped and made a last stand, which climaxed on June 18, 1815, at Waterloo. This compelling and richly il ...Show more
Smoky the Brave by Damien Lewis
32.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
The World's Smallest Dog with the World's Biggest Heart Smoky the Brave is the extraordinary, touching and true story of a heroic dog and her adoptive masters in the jungles of the Pacific War. In February 1944, as Japanese military advances threatened to engulf Australasia, a tiny, four-pound Yorkshir ...Show more