A Nasty Little War: The Western Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution by Anna Reid
34.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
In the closing months of WW1, with the world exhausted and depleted by a long a brutal war, fifteen nations cobbled together an army of nearly 200,000 men and embarked on one of the most extraordinary and ambitious military ventures of the twentieth century. The Intervention in Russia's civil war was sp ...Show more
Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service by Tom Petch
24.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
'Awesome!' ANDY McNAB | 'You must read this book' Colonel TIM COLLINS OBE | 'Extraordinary' Sir RANULPH FIENNESForget what you thought you knew. Discover the REAL story of how the SAS was created.From ex-SAS Commander Tom Petch, this is the never-before-told story of how the world's preeminent Special F ...Show more
The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban by Andy McNab
34.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
The story of the SAS and Navy SEALs' attempts to save a group of NGO workers held hostage by the Taliban in 2012 in Northern Afghanistan. Andy McNab draws on classified sources and his own personal insight into the inner-workings of the special forces to tell the story of the rescue mission. The thrilli ...Show more
Where the Flaming Hell Are We?: The story of young Australians and New Zealanders fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete by Craig Collie
34.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
The gripping story of Australia and New Zealand in the fight for the Aegean - through the eyes of the soldiers. 'We used our knees and our rifle butts and our blades. For a while we stopped being ordinary blokes and became blood-lusted creatures.' March, 1941: 40,000 Australian and New Zealand troops a ...Show more
Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy (reissued): The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy (reissued) by Ben Macintyre
22.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY | Reading Level: near fine
One December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort. His name was Eddie Chapman, but he would shortly become MI5's Agent Zigzag. Dashing and louche, courageous and unpredictable, the traitor was a patriot inside, and the villai ...Show more
Double Cross: The True Story of The D-Day Spies: The True Story of The D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre
22.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY | Reading Level: near fine
D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit...At the heart of the deception was the 'Double Cross System', a team of double agents whose bravery, treachery, greed and inspiration succeede ...Show more
Operation Hurricane by Paul Grace
34.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
'I remember seeing a flash, I turned around and heard a roar like a train approaching in a tunnel. Then a tremendous crack like a whiplash passed directly overhead. I saw a mushroom cloud ... There was black and white smoke, orange and red flames ascending through the centre of the mushroom.' RAN Able S ...Show more
Luftwaffe Fighters of World War II by CHRIS GOSS
64.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
This book gives the reader, be they well-versed in Luftwaffe matters or just simply curious to know more, an insight into the main Luftwaffe fighters of World War Two. It details the genesis of many of the well-known types, such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 or Focke Wulf Fw 190 single-engined fighters, a ...Show more
Assassination of the Butcher of Prague: Reinhard Heydrich Hitler's Protégé by David W. Cameron
29.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY | Series: A\Shot of History Ser.
On 4 June 1942, one of the most powerful figurers of the Nazi Third Riech, Reinhard, Heydrich, the ‘Butcher of Prague’ and architect of the ‘Final solution’, died from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt carried out just days before. His death caused shockwaves in the Nazi State, and resulted in ...Show more
Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare From 1945 to Ukraine by David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts
37.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
Two leading authorities – a bestselling historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time – collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating analy ...Show more
The Second World War: An Illustrated History by James Holland
59.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
The Second World War is brought to life with captivating colour and detail, in this illustrated history from renowned historian James Holland and award-winning artist Keith BurnsFrom the internationally acclaimed historian James Holland comes an enthralling and illuminating account of the key battles an ...Show more
Battles that Changed History by DK
55.00 AUD
Category: MILITARY
A visual journey through more than 3,000 years of combat, revisiting some of the biggest battles in historyFrom the fury of the Punic Wars to the onslaught of Operation Desert Storm, relive the most famous battles in history in this gripping guide.This military history book takes you on a journey throug ...Show more