The Second World War by Antony Beevor
$60.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria and ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China. The war in Europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the Pacific and China, and yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effects. ...Show more
Britain's War Machine: Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War by David Edgerton
$30.00 NZD
Category: Military History
This title was selected for "Guardian" books of the year. The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Edgerton's bold, compelling new history shows the conflict in a new light, with Britain as a very wealthy country, formidable i ...Show more
Enemy Coast Ahead by Guy Gibson
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Bomber crews
In this book, Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC writes affectionately about his beloved aircrews, describing in great detail the nightly drama of the bomber squadrons searching out their targets in the dangerous skies over Nazi Germany.'
The Hurricane Story by Peter R. March
$29.99 NZD
Category: Aviation
The Hawker Hurricane won lasting fame in the service of the RAF during the Battle of Britain. Over 11,700 examples were eventually built of this versatile and deadly combat aircraft, fulfilling an incredible number of contrasting roles. Its design, development and production are described in detail, as ...Show more
Sweating the Metal: Flying Under Fire. A Chinook Pilot's Blistering Account of Life, Death and Dust in Afghanistan by Alex Duncan
$29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
With bullets flying, wounded soldiers scream out in pain as the Chinook comes in to land in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. At the machine's controls is one man and if he doesn't stay calm then everyone could die. That man is Flt Lt Alex 'Frenchie' Duncan and he's been involved in some o ...Show more
Kursk: The Greatest Battle by Lloyd Clark
$29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
A monumental, enthralling work charting the greatest land battle of all time which changed the course of World War Two, by a highly regarded military expert 5th July 1943: the greatest land battle of all time began around the town of Kursk in Russia. This epic confrontation between German and Soviet fo ...Show more
Lancaster Down! by Steve Darlow
$29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
During WWII, on one raid alone, Nuremburg March 1944, more Bomber Command airmen lost their lives than were lost in the Battle of Britain. These were ordinary men who became part of extraordinary events. One such was Arthur Darlow, the author's grandfather. A pilot of a Lancaster crew in 405 RCAF crew, ...Show more
Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
$36.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The American Government invested millions in Helmand, Afghanistan in the 1950s and 1960s to transform the barren desert into a veritable oasis. It became the largest international development effort after the Marshall Plan. 'Little America' was the name for this specific region, first used in the 1940s ...Show more
Assignment to Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle by Timothy M Gay
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
They worked on the front lines—so they could write the headlines. In 1943, a group of journalists—including a young correspondent named Walter Cronkite and cub reporter Andy Rooney—received an invitation to fly along on a bombing run over Germany. Of the sixty-six that took off the next day, only fifty ...Show more
Citizen Sailors: The Royal Navy in the Second World War by Glyn Prysor
$26.00 NZD
Category: Military History
During the Second World War the Royal Navy was the most powerful of Britain's armed forces. Its sailors fought across the globe in vast battleships and claustrophobic corvettes, makeshift minesweepers and silent submarines. They endured nerve-wracking convoys, fought epic gun battles, carried out deadly ...Show more
Target Tirpitz: X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters - the Epic Quest to Destroy Hitler's Mightiest Warship by Patrick Bishop
$24.99 NZD
Category: Military History
A gripping account of the epic hunt for Hitler,s most terrifying battleship - the legendary Tirpitz - and the brave men who risked their lives to attack and destroy this most potent symbol of the Nazi,s fearsome war machine. Tirpitz was the pride of Hitler,s navy, the largest and most powerful battleshi ...Show more
Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr by James Holland
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
It is the night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the industri ...Show more