Passchendaele: The Story of the Third Battle of Ypres 1917 by Lyn Macdonald
24.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
The Classic Account of Passchendaele - Reissued for the First World War Centenary. The third battle of Ypres, culminating in a desperate struggle for the ridge and little village of Passchendaele, was one of the most appalling campaigns in the First World War. A million Tommies, Canadians and Anzacs ass ...Show more
Handguns: The Definitive Guide to Pistols and Revolvers by John Walter
44.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
Handguns is a comprehensive visual directory of over 350 guns. Divided into five chapters, with each covering a category of pistol or revolver, the book begins with an introduction to the history of handguns and then examines the different types of firearm in chronological order. Each selected weapon fe ...Show more
The Crossroad by Mark Donaldson
39.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
When Mark Donaldson was awarded the Victoria Cross in 2009, he was the first Australian to receive our highest award for bravery since Keith Payne's medal in 1969. Mark showed extraordinary courage when he rescued an Afghan interpreter under heavy fire during a bloody ambush in Afghanistan. Something ab ...Show more
Horrie the War Dog by Roland Perry
29.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
In the harsh Libyan desert in the middle of the second world war, Private Jim Moody, a signaller with the First Australian Machine Gun Battalion, found a starving puppy on a sand dune. Moody called the dog Horrie. Much more than a mascot, Horrie's exceptional hearing picked up the whine of enemy aircraf ...Show more
Broken Nation by Joan Beaumont
34.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
The Great War was, for the majority of Australians, one that was fought at home. As casualties of this monstrous war mounted, they triggered a political crisis of unprecedented ferocity in Australian history. Faultlines emerged in the ensuing years that would forever change the political landscape, rend ...Show more
The Unknown ANZACs by Michael Caulfield
50.00 AUD
Category: MILITARY
'We have been told of the impossible task before us, of probable annihilation; yet we are eager to get to it; we joke with each other about getting cold feet, but deep down in our hearts we know when we get to it we will not be found wanting ...for the last time in this world many of us stand shoulder t ...Show more
The Battle for Australia by Bob Wurth
32.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
The Battle for Australia stemmed the unprecedented Japanese advance from the north. The battle became a precarious fighting comeback at a time when Australia was naked to invasion. It loosened subservient ties to Britain and strengthened co-operation and dependence on the US. It was fought in Malaya, Si ...Show more
Mapping the First World War: The Great War Through Maps from 1914-1918 by Peter Chasseaud
55.00 AUD
Category: MILITARY
Follow the conflict of the World War 1 from 1914-1918 through a unique collection of historical maps, expert commentary and photographs. Published in association and including mapping from the archives of the Imperial War Museums. Over 150 maps demonstrating how the Great War was fought around the world ...Show more
Vietnam Australia's Ten Year War by Richard Pelvin
39.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
Over 300 rarely seen photographs, pamphlets, letters, newspaper excerpts and diary entries bring the story of the Vietnam War to life including the famous Battle of Long Tan. An intimate portrayal of the very human side of battle, it covers the debate over National Service, the television media coverage ...Show more
The Illustrated History of Weaponry from Flint Axes to Automatic Weapons by Chuck Willis
39.95 AUD
Category: MILITARY
"The Illustrated History of Weaponry: From Flint Axes to Automatic Weapons" is a comprehensive look at the often deadly, sometimes surprising, always fascinating tools of battle. Extraordinary weapons from around the world, some never before photographed, are collected in this one-of-a-kind volume. Ther ...Show more
Boer War, The by Winston Churchill
49.95 AUD
Category: MILITARY
The first shots of the Boer War were fired at Kraaipan on 12 October 1899. Winston Churchill, though he had left his regiment, the 4th Hussars, in the previous March, was eager as ever to be within the sound of guns and wasted no time in getting himself accredited to the Morning post as war corresponden ...Show more
First Victory: 1914 - HMAS Sydney's Hunt for the German Raider Emden by Mike Carlton
45.00 AUD
Category: MILITARY
HMAS Sydney's hunt for the German raider, Emden. In the opening months of the First World War, Emden's trail of destruction was tremendous. This one small ship and her skilled and gallant captain wrought havoc on the maritime trade of the British Empire, capturing and sinking ships at will. Australia, s ...Show more