"Big Week" 1944: Operation Argument and the breaking of the Jagdwaffe by Douglas C. Dildy
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
A rigorous new analysis of America's legendary 'Big Week' air campaign which enabled the Allies to gain air superiority before D-Day.The USAAF's mighty World War II bomber forces were designed for unescorted, precision daylight bombing, but no-one foresaw the devastation that German radar-directed inter ...Show more
Naval Battle of Crete 1941 - The Royal Navy at Breaking Point by Angus Konstam; Adam Tooby (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Campaign Ser.
Accounts of history's greatest conflicts, detailing the command strategies, tactics and battle experiences of the opposing forces throughout the crucial stages of each campaign, In April 1941, following the Axis invasion of Greece, the British Mediterranean Fleet was ordered to evacuate Allied survivors ...Show more
Vehicles of the Long Range Desert Group 1940-45 by Gavin Mortimer; Henry Morshead (Illustrator); Irene Cano Rodríguez (Illustrator)
27.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The Long Range Desert Group was one of the most famous special units of World War II, operating heavily modified vehicles deep behind enemy lines to gather intelligence and support the raids of David Stirling's new Special Air Service.When war broke out, a pre-war explorer and army officer, Ralph Bagnol ...Show more
Typhoon by Charles Cumming
26.00 NZD
Category: Military
The thrilling account of the Typhoon FGR4s in the war against ISIS, from the RAF Wing Commander who led them into combat'Adrenaline-fuelled. A rare insight into the high-pressure, high-stakes world of an RAF fighter squadron at war' JOHN NICHOL________'Dragon, we've got reports of a mortar firing team t ...Show more
Stalingrad Airlift 1942-43 - The Luftwaffe's Broken Promise to Sixth Army by William E. Hiestand; Adam Tooby (Illustrator)
39.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
The story of what really led to Germany losing the battle of Stalingrad - the inability of the Luftwaffe to keep Sixth Army supplied throughout the winter of 1942-43 - and why this crucial airlift failed.Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goering's failure to deliver his promise to keep Sixth Army supplied at Stal ...Show more
Leyte Gulf 1944 (1) - The Battles of the Sibuyan Sea and Samar by Mark Stille; Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
37.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Campaign Ser.
In October 1944, the US prepared to invade the Philippines to cut Japan off from its resource areas in Southeast Asia. The Japanese correctly predicted this, and prepared a complex operation to use the remaining strength of its navy to defend its possessions. This is the first in a two-part study of the ...Show more
Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' Units by Mark Chambers; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Mark Postlethwaite (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
A fully illustrated guide to one of the finest dive-bombers produced during World War 2, the Yokosuka D4Y "Judy." In 1938, the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal, acting under the requirements issued by the Kaigun Koku Hombu for a Navy Experimental 13-Shi Carrier Borne specification for a dive-bomber ...Show more
The Tank Book: The Definitive Visual History of Armoured Vehicles by DK
65.00 NZD
Category: Military
Get up close to more than 400 of the most important tanks and armoured vehicles ever built. In 1916, the British built a machine that was impervious to enemy fire, and could dominate the battlefield, crushing obstacles and barbed wire in its path. The first tank, or "Mother" as it was known, had arrived ...Show more
Gallipoli: from the author of The Opera House, Batavia and Mutiny on the Bounty by Peter FitzSimons
30.00 NZD
Category: Military
On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east. After eight months of terrible fighting, they would fail.Turkey regards the victory to this day as a defining moment in its histo ...Show more
Battle of Britain - A Day-To-day Chronicle, 10 July-31 October 1940 by Patrick Bishop
30.00 NZD
Category: Military
From the bestselling author of Fighter Boys and Bomber Boys, this is a magisterial chronicle of a defining episode in British history: the epic struggle of the Royal Air Force with the Luftwaffe. Patrick Bishop's Battle of Britain is a compelling account of Britain's fight for national survival, from t ...Show more
We Were Blackwater: Life, death and madness in the killing fields of Iraq - an SAS veteran's explosive true story by Barrie "Baz" Rice
50.00 NZD
Category: Military
This is the untold story of the security industry and its private war in Iraq, recounted by a man who witnessed it first hand. His visceral, no-holds-barred account of his time with Blackwater is brought to life in scenes that lead to a reckoning with both the war and himself. The aftermath of the 200 ...Show more
Tanks in the Battle of the Bulge by Steven J. Zaloga; Felipe Rodríguez (Illustrator)
27.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
A new analysis of exactly how Allied and German tanks fought the Battle of the Bulge, one of the great tank battles of World War II. The Battle of the Bulge raises many questions which, until now, have not been adequately answered: How did the major tank types perform during the battle? What were the s ...Show more