Back from Hell by Laurie Woods
$29.95 AUD
Category: Military
The adrenaline that pumps through the veins of men flying Lancaster bombers over Germany while ack-ack explodes around them is only matched by the gut-wrenching nervousness in their stomach. "Will I be the next statistic?" Shortly after the war the memories keep flooding back through nightmares that are ...Show more
Three in Thirteen - A Mosquito Night Fighter Pilot in WWII by Roger Dunsford; Geoff Coughlin (As told to)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Military
The story of Joe Singleton, a Mosquito night fighter pilot in World War II, who shot down three German Junkers planes over Hull in 1944. Joe Singleton was an unlikely hero. A junior manager at a paints and varnish company at the outbreak of war, he was surprised to discover he had a hidden talent for fl ...Show more
Gallipoli: 100 Years by Julian et al Thompson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
From 25 April 1915 to 9 January 1916, troops from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Turkey engaged in a bitter struggle for the Gallipoli peninsula. The Allied forces wanted to forge a passage through the Dardanelles in order to create a sea route to Russia and capture the Ottoman capital of Constantin ...Show more
A Greater Sum of Sorrow: The Battles of Bullecourt by David Coombes (Professor of European Studies, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
In April-May 1917 the sleepy hamlet of Bullecourt in northern France became the focus of two battles involving Australian and British troops. Given the unique place in this nation's military history that both battles occupy, surprisingly little has been written on the AIF's achievements at Bullecourt. A ...Show more
The Mascot - The Extraordinary Story of a Jewish Boy and an SS Extermination Squad by Mark Kurzem
$27.99 AUD
$32.00 (12% off)
Category: Military
Part thriller, part psychological drama, part puzzle with a strange twist, The Mascot is one of the most astonishing stories to emerge from the Second World War. It tells the remarkable true story of how Alex Kurzem unravelled the shocking secrets of his wartime past. With the support of Mark, his son, ...Show more
Australian Light Horse: The campaign in the Middle East, 1916-1918 by Phillip Bradley
$39.99 AUD
Category: Military
Throughout history, mounted troops have been known as elite men of arms and the Australian Light Horse is a part of that legendary tradition. Part cavalry and part infantry and often recognised by the emu feathers in their slouch hats, the light horsemen were described by the official historian, H.S. Gu ...Show more
Great War Britain Birmingham - Remembering, 1914-18 by Sian Roberts
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Great War Britain Ser.
The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. This volume offers an intimate portrayal of Birmingham and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'.
Menus, Munitions and Keeping the Peace by Avalon Weston
$59.99 AUD
Category: Military
When Gabrielle West wrote diaries about her war to send to her much missed favorite brother in India she had no idea that a hundred years later they would be of interest to anyone. Soon after the outbreak of the First World War, Vicar's daughter Gabrielle joined the Red Cross and worked as a volunteer c ...Show more
Wellington in the Great War by Christopher W. A. Owen
$39.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Your Towns and Cities in the Great War Ser.
How the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German Kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Wellington were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. A record ...Show more
The Battle of Long Tan by David W. Cameron
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military
On the afternoon of 18 August 1966, a rubber plantation near Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, became the stage for one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War involving Australian troops - and one of the most significant battles during the Vietnam War for the Australian Task Force. Th ...Show more
The Shot by Gary Ramage
$27.99 AUD
Category: Military
The heart-stoppingly adrenalin-charged - and often dangerous - life and times of Australian war photographer, Gary Ramage. He goes where the troops go - but with a camera, not a gun. As Australia's premier war photographer - and as a former soldier - Gary Ramage has been in and out of just about every c ...Show more