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Arctic Convoys 1942 - The Luftwaffe Cuts Russia's Lifeline by Mark Lardas; Adam Tooby (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
A new history of the most crucial few months of the Arctic Convoys, when Germany's air power forced the Allies to retreat to the cover of winter. Between spring and autumn 1942, Germany was winning the battle of the Arctic Convoys. Half of PQ-15 was sunk in May, PQ-17 was virtually obliterated in July, ...Show more
Barents Sea 1942 - The Battle for Russia's Arctic Lifeline by Angus Konstam; Adam Tooby (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Campaign Ser.
A gripping examination of the Battle of the Barents Sea, fought in the near darkness and icy cold of the northern winter, in which the Kriegsmarine sought to sever the crucial Allied Arctic Convoy route once and for all. The Arctic convoys that passed through the cold, dangerous waters of the Barents Se ...Show more
Battle of Berlin 1943-44 - Bomber Harris' Gamble to End the War by Richard Worrall; Graham Turner (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
This illustrated study explores, in detail, the controversial Battle of Berlin -- RAF Bomber Command's costly, brutal attempt to prove that strategic bombing alone could bring an end to World War II. Throughout late-1943 into early-1944, an epic struggle raged over the skies of Germany between RAF Bomb ...Show more
Battle of Malta - June 1940-November 1942 by Anthony Rogers; Graham Turner (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Campaign Ser.
A detailed exploration of the land, sea and air units that defended Malta, and the repeated Axis attempts to bring the crucial Allied island fortress to its knees. On 11 June 1940, the British crown colony of Malta - which dominated the central Mediterranean and all-important sea routes to and from Nort ...Show more
"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
Bloody April 1917 - The Birth of Modern Air Power by James S. Corum; Graham Turner (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
The air campaign that supported the Anglo-French 1917 spring offensive became known as 'Bloody April' for its human cost. But it was also a turning point in air power history: not only was it the first air campaign to be fought in a modern, integrated style, but the Allies' death toll spurred dramatic c ...Show more
D-Day 1944 - The Deadly Failure of Allied Heavy Bombing on June 6 by Stephen A. Bourque; Edouard A. Groult (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
An illustrated study of the little-known history of the failed Allied bombing campaign designed to shatter German defenses on D-Day. D-Day is one of the most written-about events in military history. One aspect of the invasion, however, continues to be ignored: the massive pre-assault bombardment by the ...Show more
East China Sea 1945 - Climax of the Kamikaze by Brian Lane Herder; Adam Tooby (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Campaign Ser.
This study describes the air-sea offensive supporting the ground-force invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in February and April 1945, which led to the sinking of the Yamato and the onslaught of the Japanese kamikaze.During the Pacific War, the island invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa were the last two ma ...Show more
Eastern Front 1945 - Triumph of the Soviet Air Force by William E. Hiestand; Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
38.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
A detailed, illustrated account of the air campaign that accompanied the Red Army's final push towards Berlin, in which massed Soviet air power defeated the Luftwaffe's high-tech Me 262 jets and Mistel exploding drones. The last months of World War II on the Eastern Front saw a ferocious fight between t ...Show more
Holland 1940 - The Luftwaffe's First Setback in the West by Ryan K. Noppen; Adam Tooby (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
The German invasion of the Netherlands was meant to be a lightning-fast surgical strike, aimed at shoring up the right flank of the assault on France and Belgium. With a bold plan based largely on Luftwaffe air power, air-landing troops, and the biggest airborne assault yet seen, a Dutch surrender was e ...Show more
Japanese Conquest of Burma 1942 - The Advance to the Gates of India by Tim Moreman; Johnny Shumate (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Campaign Ser.
This book provides a fascinating exploration of the Japanese conquest of Burma, as the Allied forces were forced back in disarray to India and China. The Japanese invasion of Burma in January 1942 marked the beginning of the single longest campaign of World War II. In the Burmese jungles, the battle-har ...Show more
Japan's Indian Ocean Raid 1942 - The Allies' Lowest Ebb by Mark Stille; Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
38.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Campaign Ser.
An detailed illustrated exploration of the Japanese raid into the Indian Ocean in April 1942 - one of the largest operations conducted by the Imperial Navy during the war. In the wake of Japan's conquest of Burma in early 1942, plans were formed by the Imperial high command to capture Ceylon (modern Sri ...Show more