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
British Airfields WWII by Stuart Hadaway
20.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Shire Library
An illustrated introduction to the military airfields of Britain and the essential roles they played in the Second World War. The Second World War airfields peppered around Britain are among the most visible and widespread reminders of this devastating conflict. Some are now almost forgotten or built o ...Show more
Death Among Good Men by Nathalie Philippe
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
Lindsay Merritt Inglis was a young man who found a talent for soldiering with the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force, commanding a Machine Gun company and rising to the rank of Major. From Egypt to the Somme, Messines and Le Quesnoy, he was driven to harness the tactical use of machine guns, the kill ...Show more
Tales of World War II by Hattie Hearn; Neon Squid; Margarida Esteves (Illustrator)
30.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference | Series: Tales Of Ser.
It's the Second World War as you've never seen it before - discover the hidden stories of incredible human spirit during the world's darkest hour.Everyone knows what Adolf Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill were doing during World War II, but what about ordinary people? In this beautif ...Show more
At Close Range: Life and Death in an Artillery Regiment, 1939-45 by Peter Hart
28.00 NZD
Category: Military
The South Notts Hussars fought at most British battles of the Second World War, from the Siege of Tobruk to the Battle of El Alamein and the D-Day Landings. Here, Peter Hart draws on detailed interviews conducted with members of the regiment to provide both a comprehensive account of the conflict and re ...Show more
Operation Jericho - Freeing the French Resistance from Gestapo Jail, Amiens 1944 by Robert Lyman; Adam Tooby (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Raid Ser.
This is the story of Operation Jericho, the spectacular prison break staged by an elite group of British, Australian and New Zealand bomber pilots, who flew a daring low-level mission to blow holes in the walls of Amiens jail and free French Resistance prisoners under the sentence of death during World ...Show more
Going with the Boys: Six Extraordinary Women Writing from the Front Line by Judith Mackrell
25.00 NZD
Category: Military
'They were not just reporters; they were also pioneers, and Judith Mackrell has done them proud.' Spectator'This is a book that manages to be thoughtful and edge-of-your-seat thrilling.' Mail on Sunday'Like the copy filed by her subjects, it is an essential read.' BBC History MagazineOn the front lines ...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
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
40.00 NZD
Category: Military
We could have an uninhabitable earth in a century. It could take 26 minutes and 40 seconds. An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller that has to be read to be believed. Up to now, no one outside of official circles has known exactly what would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the ...Show more
Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John Nichol
28.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of S ...Show more
Tanks in the Battle of Germany 1945 - Eastern Front by Steven J. Zaloga; Felipe Rodriguez (Illustrator)
25.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The final months of World War II on the Eastern Front saw the Germans fighting with exhausted armored divisions, albeit now armed with the heaviest and most advanced tanks of the war, to slow the Soviet advance. Meanwhile, the Red Army was rolling relentlessly westwards, with its own highly developed ta ...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