Great and Glorious Adventure, A: A Military History of the Hundred Years War by Gordon Corrigan
$49.99 AUD
Category: Military
In this succinct history of a conflict that raged for over a century, Gordon Corrigan reveals the horrors of battle and the machinations of power that have shaped a millennium of Anglo-French relationships. "The Hundred Years War was fought between 1337 and 1453 over English claims to both the throne o ...Show more
A Grave Too Far Away: A Tribute to the Men of Bomber Command by Kathryn Spurling
$29.95 AUD
Category: Military
A Grave Too Far Away illuminates the war experiences of the men of Bomber Command and the terrible effects the war had on their families - an estimated 11,000 Australians lost a loved one for the Bomber Command cause. The Spitfires and Hurricanes of RAF Fighter Command defended the United Kingdom agains ...Show more
A Brief History of the First World War: Eyewitness Accounts of the War to End All Wars, 1914-18 by Jon E. Lewis
$14.99 AUD
Category: Military
Even 100 years on from the First World War it haunts us still. No other conflict has revealed so dramatically the senselessness of war, and none has shaped the modern world to the same extent, from its impact on the Russian Revolution and the rise of Hitler to the final break-up of the British Empire an ...Show more
A Bastard of a Place by Peter Brune
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military
The story of the five battles that changed Australia forever, this compelling narrative incorporates hundreds of interviews with the soldiers who fought at Kokoda, Milne Bay, Gona, Buna, and Sanananda in 1942 and 1943. Revealed are the very real and engaging experiences of Generals MacArthur and Blamey ...Show more
44 Days: 75 Squadron and the Fight for Australia by Michael Veitch
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
'Brilliantly researched and sympathetically told, 44 DAYS is more than just a fitting tribute to brave but overlooked heroes. It's also a top read.' ****ADELAIDE ADVERTISERThe epic World War II story of the heroes of Australia's 75 Squadron - and the 44 days when these brave and barely trained pilots fo ...Show more
44 Days: 75 Squadron and the Fight for Australia by Michael Veitch
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
In March and April 1942, RAAF 75 Squadron bravely defended Port Moresby for 44 days when Australia truly stood alone against the Japanese. This group of raw young recruits scrambled ceaselessly in their Kittyhawk fighters to an extraordinary and heroic battle, the story of which has been left largely un ...Show more
617: Going to War with Today's Dambusters by Tim Bouquet
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
In May 1943, 617 Squadron RAF executed one of the most daring operations in military history. Flying barely 50 feet above black marble waters, Wing Commander Guy Gibson and his bombers mounted a raid against hydro-electric dams in Germany. Bold, courageous and precise - 617 Squadron became a World War I ...Show more
Tales of War by W.B. Marsh
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military
This is the latest 365 - a powerful collection of historical stories of military endeavour from the Romans to the bloody twentieth century. From Julius Caesar's victory at the Battle of Zela in 47 BC, to the first V2 rockets falling on London, Tales of War is a unique tour of the many faces of armed con ...Show more
36 Days by Hugh Dolan
$19.99 AUD
Category: Military
When Australian troops stormed Z Beach in the pre-dawn darkness of 25 April 1915, it was the culmination of one of the most complex and daunting operations in the history of warfare - a seaborne assault on a heavily fortified shore, defended by a well-prepared and forewarned army. To add to the difficul ...Show more
1946: The Making of the Modern World by Victor Sebestyen
$12.99 AUD
Category: Military
With the end of the Second World War, a new world was born. The peace agreements that brought the conflict to an end implemented decisions that not only shaped the second half of the twentieth century, but continue to affect our world today and impact on its future. In 1946 the Cold War began, the state ...Show more
1942: Australia's Greatest Peril by Bob Wurth
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military
This is the real story of the genuine and terrifying threat the Imperial Japanese Navy posed to Australia in 1942. It is a story of desperate bravery and criminal stupidity. Most of all, it is the story of Australians left high and dry, expecting attack, and the steps that an inexperienced leader, John ...Show more