Ian Fleming's Commandos : The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII by Nicholas Rankin
$49.99 NZD
Category: Military History
In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and s ...Show more
The Guinea Pig Club by E. R. Mayhew
$45.00 NZD
Category: Military History
• Authoritative account of New Zealand plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe and his pioneering work in the Second World War • Celebrates the legendary Guinea Pig Club he formed • Inspiring, moving story with new foreword by Prince Harry “Mayhew is to be commended on an outstanding addition to expanding ou ...Show more
Western Front by Ian McGibbon
$25.00 NZD
Category: Military History
Secondhand. The Western Front, where New Zealand fought its deadliest military campaign, contains some of the most significant sites in the story of New Zealand's First World War - the Somme, Messines, Passchendaele and Le Quesnoy. The Western Front- A Guide to New Zealand Battlefields and Memorialsis ...Show more
The Real Great Escape by Guy Walters
$29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
In early 1942 the Germans opened a top-security prisoner-of-war camp in occupied Poland for captured Allied airmen. Called Stalag Luft III, the camp soon came to contain some of the most inventive escapers ever known. They were led by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, code-named 'Big X', who masterminded a ...Show more
The Cactus Air Force: Air War over Guadalcanal by Thomas Eric; McKelvey Cleaver Hammel
$34.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Across a period of 40 years, the late Eric Hammel interviewed more than 150 American participants in the air campaign at Guadalcanal - perhaps the most important air battle of the Pacific Theater. The Cactus Air Force sees aviation expert Thomas McKelvey Cleaver build on Hammel's unmatched collection of ...Show more
Jagdpanzer by Thomas Anderson
$110.00 NZD
Category: Military History
This highly illustrated title details the history of the Jagdpanzer, the self-propelled German tank destroyers introduced in the second half of World War II. Throughout World War II all sides grappled with how to deal with the threat of enemy armour. The German Army had adopted the 3.7cm anti-tank gun i ...Show more
Bomber Command - Churchill's Greatest Triumph by Roddy MacKenzie
$85.00 NZD
Category: Military History
Roddy MacKenzie's father served in Bomber Command during the Second World War, but like so many brave veterans who had survived the war, he spoke little of his exploits. So, when Roddy started on his personal journey to discover something of what his father had achieved, he uncovered a great deal about ...Show more
The Women Who Flew for Hitler: The True Story of Hitler's Valkyries by Clare Mulley
$49.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg were talented, courageous and strikingly attractive women who fought convention to make their names in the male-dominated field of flight in 1930s Germany. With the war, both became pioneering test pilots and both were awarded the Iron Cross for service to the ...Show more
Apache Dawn - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned by Damien Lewis
$29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee ChildIn the summer of 2007 the British Army's 662 Squadron deployed its most potent weapons system in combat for the very first time - the iconic Apache attack helicopter. This is the definitive story of the aircraft and of the cre ...Show more
Operation Fortitude: The True Story of the Key Spy Operation of WWII That Saved D-Day by Joshua Levine
$49.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Operation Fortitude was the ingenious web of deception spun by the Allies to mislead the Nazis as to how and where the D-Day landings were to be mounted. 'One of the most creative intelligence operations of all time' - Kim Philby The story of how this web was woven is one of intrigue, personal drama, ...Show more
Shattered Glory: The New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front by Matthew Wright
$45.00 NZD
$47.00 (4% off)
Category: New Zealand Historical
The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 destroyed New Zealand's fantasies of war as a glorious schoolboy adventure on behalf of a beloved Empire. The Western Front campaign that followed in 1916-18 gave shape to the emotional impact. It was a horror world of death and mud that destroyed the souls of the young me ...Show more