The U-Boat War - A Global History 1939-45 by Lawrence Paterson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Military
A unique perspective of the global history of U-boats during the entirety of the Second World War by Lawrence Paterson, one of the world's leading U-boat experts. The accepted historical narrative of the Second World War predominantly assigns U-boats to the so-called Battle of the Atlantic, almost a ...Show more
Turning Point: The Battle for Milne Bay 1942: Japan’s First Land Defeat in World War II by Michael Veitch
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
The Battle for Milne Bay - Japan's first defeat on land in the Second World War - was a defining moment in the evolution of the indomitable Australian fighting spirit. For the men of the AIF, the militia and the RAAF, it was the turning point in the Pacific, and their finest - though now largely forgott ...Show more
Fromelles – Naming the Dead: The Scientists' Story by Margaret Cox, Peter Jones, Louise Loe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
This is the extraordinary story of the engagement between 250 young Australians, who enlisted in 1915 and died in the Battle of Fromelles of 1916, their families, and three British scientists. In 2009, the bodies of these 250 soldiers were excavated by Oxford Archaeology. Among them were the Wilson br ...Show more
Burning Steel: A Tank Regiment at War, 1939-45 by Peter Hart
$49.99 AUD
Category: Military
A close-up at the sharp end of armoured warfare. This is the story of a tank regiment: the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the Second World War. Raw and visceral personal recollections from the men themselves recall some of the most dramatic and horrific scenes imaginable - the sheer nerve-wracking tens ...Show more
Forgotten War: new edition by Henry Reynolds
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
‘We are at war with them,’ wrote a Tasmanian settler in 1831. ‘What we call their crime is what in a white man we should call patriotism.’Australia is dotted with memorials to soldiers who fought in wars overseas. So why are there no official memorials or commemorations of the wars that were fought on A ...Show more
Destination Buchenwald: The astonishing survival story of Australian and New Zealand airmen in a Nazi death camp by Colin Burgess
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
The harrowing story of the Allied airmen who experienced the true horrors of Nazism firsthand. It was the summer of 1944 as liberating Allied forces surged towards Paris following the D-Day landings. For a large group of downed airmen being held in that city’s infamous Fresnes Prison, they were about to ...Show more
The War Game: Australian war leadership from Gallipoli to Iraq by David Horner
$45.00 AUD
Category: Military
Why Australia has gone to war nine times in a century, and how its political and defence force leaders have handled the greatest challenge a nation can face. 'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand why Australia has made the decision to go to war - over and over again.' Professor Peter Sta ...Show more
Dunkirk to D-Day by Jeff Steel
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
From Dunkirk, Dieppe and to D-Day, Bill Adlam's war experience reads like fiction. Secret missions, commando raids and the Military Medal – this is a rip-roaring true story of action, military prowess and courage.
Daring Missions of World War II by William B. Breuer
$19.99 AUD
$29.99 (33% off)
Category: Military
Few World War II stories are more gripping than those fought behind enemy lines by spies, underground members and special forces. In this collection, the author brings to light largely unknown stories of behind the scenes bravery and covert activities that helped the Allies win critical victories both o ...Show more
Australian Light Horse by Roland Perry
$19.99 AUD
$35.00 (42% off)
Category: Military
The Australian Light Horse was a unique force, first raised during the Boer War, and then reformed for World War I. Most of the men were from the outback, had a special bond with their horses (which were all brought from Australia) - and they knew how to survive and fight in the desert. The greatest par ...Show more
Soldiers and Aliens: Men in the Australian Army's Employment Companies during World War II by June Factor
$39.99 AUD
Category: Military
A forgotten history of the remarkable contribution of non-British subjects to Australia in World War II Four thousand Australian soldiers in World War II who signed up for service were never to fire a weapon. Their work was essential for the war effort, but they were 'aliens'-non-British subjects-all b ...Show more
At Close Range: Life and Death in an Artillery Regiment, 1939-45 by Peter Hart
$24.99 AUD
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