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Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC and Bar by Tom Scott
$49.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: near fine
Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham is the only combat soldier ever to win the Victoria Cross twice. His acts of bravery in World War II meant he probably deserved six more. The mystery of how a reserved, modest, slightly built farm valuer from New Zealand, could be so ferocious and fearless in battle has i ...Show more
Desert War: The Battle of Sidi Rezegh by Peter Cox
$34.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Anzac Battles Series
Sir Geoffrey Cox described Sidi Rezegh, fought during Operation Crusader in Libya over November and December 1941, as 'the forgotten battle of the Desert War'. The objective of Crusader was to retake Cyrenaica, the eastern region of Libya, and ultimately drive the Italians and Germans out of North Afric ...Show more
From Taranto to Trieste by Jennifer Mallinson
$49.50 NZD
Category: Military History
Taranto to Trieste is an account of the author’s fascinating journey to retrace the actual path of the 2nd New Zealand Division in Italy from its arrival in October 1943 until the end of the European war. Although a personal journey with personal reflections, the real story is about the largely off-the- ...Show more
Between Five Eyes: 50 Years of Intelligence Sharing by Anthony R. Wells
$35.00 NZD
Category: Military History
UK-US intelligence and the wider Five Eyes community of Canada, Australia and New Zealand is primarily about one main thing, relationships. In this remarkable book, Anthony Wells charts fifty years of change, turmoil, intense challenges, successes and failures, and never-ending abiding UK-US and Five Ey ...Show more
Quiet Courage: Forgotten Heroes of World War Two by Tony Matthews
$35.00 NZD
Category: Military History
What could induce a young pilot to walk out onto the wing of his burning aircraft at 13,000 feet? Why would a plucky young woman descend into the bowels of a sinking ship knowing that she would almost certainly die there? Why did a family remain on their farm, tending crops while suffering four long yea ...Show more
Aces - True Stories of Victory and Valor in the Skies of World War II by Bill Yenne
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Aces is an illustrated history of the brave World War II fighter pilots who earned the title of ace, with archival and modern photos of their aircraft.
Hitler's Horses: The Incredible True Story of the Detective Who Infiltrated the Nazi Underworld by Arthur Brand
$35.00 NZD
Category: Military History
The true story of a detective, two bronze horses and the dictator who set the world on fire. When detective Arthur Brand is summoned to a meeting with one of the most dangerous men in the art world, he learns that a clue has emerged that could solve one of the Second World War's unexplained mysteries- w ...Show more
Normandy '44: D-Day Battle for France by Holland, James
$24.00 NZD
Category: Military History
'A superb account of the invasion that deserves immense praise. To convey the human drama of Normandy requires great knowledge and sensitivity. Holland has both in spades' The Times Renowned World War Two historian James Holland presents an entirely new perspective on one of the most important moments ...Show more
The Crew: The Story of a Lancaster Bomber Crew by David Price
$55.00 NZD
Category: Military History
The Crewrecounts the intimate, personal testimonies to the author of Wing Commander Ken Cook who served as Bomb Aimer with the Comans crew. The Crewspecifically follows Flying Officer Jim Comans and his crewmen from their enlistment as volunteers, through training and into operational service. The Coman ...Show more
Battle of Berlin 1943-44 - Bomber Harris' Gamble to End the War by Richard Worrall; Graham Turner (Illustrator)
$34.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
This illustrated study explores, in detail, the controversial Battle of Berlin -- RAF Bomber Command's costly, brutal attempt to prove that strategic bombing alone could bring an end to World War II.Throughout late-1943 into early-1944, an epic struggle raged over the skies of Germany between RAF Bomber ...Show more
Artillery at Anzac: Adaptation, Innovation and Education by Chris Roberts
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
This meticulously researched book provides the first comprehensive study of the employment of artillery and naval gunfire support at Anzac. Faced with huge difficulties on inferior ground the Australian, New Zealand, Indian, and British gunners quickly adapted to a hostile environment, employing innovat ...Show more
Devils on Horses : In the Words of Anzacs in the Middle East 1916-19 by Terry Kinloch
$24.99 NZD
$55.00 (54% off)
Category: Military History | Reading Level: Very Good
'Devils on Horses is a very important book for New Zealanders, and for those who read military history. We now have an account of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade in Sinai and Palestine that at last does justice to their story. This was perhaps the finest body of New Zealanders ever to serve overs ...Show more