The Ferret: Sergeant Eric Batchelor DCM and Bar, M.I.D. by Tom O'Connor
$19.99 NZD
$75.00 (73% off)
Category: Military History
I interviewed Eric Batchelor several times during the years I worked as a journalist in Timaru, usually in the lead up to Anzac Day or some other military commemoration. Sitting in his homely kitchen he shared stories of his exploits during World War Two in his quietly spoken manner. He was always frank ...Show more
Those Who Have the Courage - The History of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps by Matthew Wright
$95.00 NZD
Category: Military History
'Those Who Have the Courage will be a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in the military and social history of New Zealand. It is a comprehensive history of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps, the Mounted Rifles and predecessor units ¿' - Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro, from the Foreword ...Show more
Guerilla Surgeon by Lindsay Rogers
$65.00 NZD
Category: Military History
WAR BRINGS strange fates to many men but to none more than Lindsay Rogers, a New Zealand surgeon who had been serving with the Eighth Army in the desert. He volunteered for special service in S.O.E. and then found himself set down on one dark night on the Isle of Vis, off the Dalmation coast.His job was ...Show more
Searching For Charlie - In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC & Bar by Tom Scott
$49.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
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 int ...Show more
The Silent Division & Concerning One Man's War 1914-1919 by Ormond E Burton
$59.99 NZD
$75.00 (20% off)
Category: Military History
The book is in three parts. Part One: a re-issue, unaltered, of the acclaimed The Silent Division - New Zealanders at the Front 1914 - 1919, first published in 1935, but now including maps and illustrations. Part Two: issued for the first time; that part of Ormond Burton's hitherto unpublished autobiogr ...Show more
Vietnam ANZACS 1965-1971 by Tony Howell
$86.00 NZD
Category: Military History
This book is a commentary on the ANZAC forces involvement in the second Indo-China (Vietnam) War during the period 1965 to 1971. Their actual involvement as ANZACs in Vietnam, started in 1965 with the deployment of 1 RAR (Australia) and 161 Battery (New Zealand) to Vietnam in support of the 173rd Airbor ...Show more
Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission by Rowland White
$40.00 NZD
Category: Military History
The incredible story of one of WW2's most iconic aircraft told through one impossible mission by the master of the aviation thriller Built of lightweight wood, powered by two growling Rolls Royce engines, impossibly aerodynamic, headspinningly fast, armed to the teeth, the DeHavilland Mosquito was the ...Show more
Convoy Peewit 1940: The First Day of the Battle of Britain by Andy Saunders
$29.99 NZD
$55.00 (45% off)
Category: Military History
During the morning of 7 August 1940 over twenty merchant ships set sail in Convoy CW9 Peewit and edged past Dover, hugging the shore, slowly heading westwards as daylight faded. Under the watchful eyes of the Germans, the large convoy had been seen from Cap Gris Nez and warning messages flashed to the K ...Show more
Tally Ho!: From the Battle of Britain to the Defence of Darwin by R.W. Foster
$29.99 NZD
$69.99 (57% off)
Category: Military History
Bob Foster is a well known figure at book and print signings in many parts of the UK. Although recognized as a Battle of Britain veteran, little is known of his life, or the details of his war service with the RAF. Persuaded to tell his story to air historian and well established aviation author Norman ...Show more
Cinderella Boys The Forgotten RAF Force That Won the Battle of the Atlantic by Leo McKinstry
$37.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The remarkable story of the unsung RAF wing who rescued Britain from Hitler's U-boats and made Allied victory possible.In early 1943 Britain was engaged in an epic struggle for survival. As the deadly wolf packs of German U-boats roamed the Atlantic, supply lines and shipping losses fell victim to the c ...Show more
Where the Flaming Hell Are We?: The story of young Australians and New Zealanders fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete by Craig Collie
$37.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The gripping story of Australia and New Zealand in the fight for the Aegean - through the eyes of the soldiers. 'We used our knees and our rifle butts and our blades. For a while we stopped being ordinary blokes and became blood-lusted creatures.' March, 1941: 40,000 Australian and New Zealand troops a ...Show more
1945: Victory in the West by Peter Caddick-Adams
$37.00 NZD
Category: Military History
'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to come.' TELEGRAPHMarch 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany. Victory is at last within their grasp. But if they believe this victory can be easily won, they face swift ...Show more