Desert Diggers: Writings From a War Zone 'Somewhere in the Middle East' 1940-1942 by David Mitchelhill-Green
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
"Desert Diggers: Writings from a War Zone ‘Somewhere in the Middle East’ 1940-1942 draws upon hundreds of soldiers’ letters in a fresh and captivating narrative of the war in North Africa. Desert Diggers follows the first men to volunteer after the outbreak of war in 1939, tracing their adventures in ex ...Show more
SAS: Rogue Heroes by Ben MacIntyre
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military
In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, came up with a plan that was radical and entirely against the rules- a small undercover unit that would inflict mayhem behind enemy lines. So began the most celebrated and mysterio ...Show more
Let the Bastards Come: The Battle for Kapyong Korea, 23 – 25 April 1951 by David W. Cameron
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
Anzac Day 2024 represents the 73rd anniversary of the critical battle of Kapyong (23 to 25 April 1951) This book for the first time tells the full story of the Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and American units involved. Fewer than 1,000 Australian and Canadian infantrymen, supported by New Zealand ar ...Show more
Pearl Harbor: Japan's Attack and America's Entry into World War II by Takuma Melber
$41.95 AUD
Category: Military
Hawaii, 7th December 1941, shortly before 8 in the morning: Japanese torpedo bombers launch a surprise attack on the US Pacific fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor. The devastating attack claims the lives of over 2,400 American soldiers, sinks or damages 18 ships and destroys nearly 350 aircraft. The US Cong ...Show more
The Pathfinders: The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of WWII by Will Iredale
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military
The untold story of the elite force that spearheaded almost every British bombing raid over Nazi Germany, by the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Kamikaze Hunters. Perfect for fans of John Nichol's Spitfire, Patrick Bishop's Fighter Boys and Dambusters'Compelling... sensitive, colourful and moving ...Show more
The Scrap Iron Flotilla: Five Valiant Destroyers and the Australian War in the Mediterranean by Mike Carlton
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
The British Admiralty's telegram arrived at Navy Office in Melbourne, the order to go to all-out war. It was coldly succinct- TOTAL GERMANY ... The war at sea had begun.When the Second World War broke out in September 1939, the British asked Australia for help. With some misgivings, the Australian gover ...Show more
Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day by James Holland
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military
Through compelling eye-witness testimony and renowned historian James Holland's expert analysis Brothers In Arms brings to vivid life the final bloody scramble across Europe from the powerful perspective of one of the greatest tank regiments- the Sherwood Rangers.It took a certain type of courage to ser ...Show more
RAAF Black Cats : The Secret History of the Covert Catalina Mine-Laying Operations to Cripple Japan's War Machine by Joseph Cleworth; John Suter Linton
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
The secret and dangerous operations of Australia's Pacific War Catalina crews told for the first time.
The Operator: The Seal Team Operative and the Mission That Changed the World by Robert O'Neill
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
'He is an absolute hero'. Piers Morgan 'A riveting, unvarnished and wholly unforgettable portrait of America's most storied commandos at war.' - Joby Warrick, author of Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction A stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, ...Show more
Should We Fall to Ruin - New Guinea, 1942. The untold true story of a remote garrison and their battle against extraordinary odds. by Harrison Christian
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military | Reading Level: near fine
When the Japanese invade in 1942, the Australian men and women stationed at the New Guinea port of Rabaul flee into the jungle. Written off by their government as ‘hostages to fortune’, the little-known garrison on Australia’s tropic frontier has been left with no modern equipment, no lifeline to the ou ...Show more
Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Untold Secret Origins of the SAS by Tom Petch
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military
Ex-SAS Commander and award-winning filmmaker provides a fascinating, myth-busting story of the REAL origins of the SAS, for fans of Ben MacintyreThe Who Dares Wins Pioneers The origins story of the SAS is a myth. This is the real story of how the world's preeminent Special Forces came into existence. Sp ...Show more
First Nations Aviators by RAAF History and Heritage Branch
$19.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Australian Air Campaign Ser.
The inaugural Royal Australian Air Force Oral Histories series publication, First Nations Aviators, will introduce you to a number of First Nations People who have proudly served the Air Force, in various capacities, from the Second World War through to today. Albeit brief, their stories are particularl ...Show more