D-day 1944 : Voices from Normandy by Robin Neillands
9.95 AUD
Category: MILITARY | Reading Level: very good
At fifteen minutes after midnight on June 6 1944, Operation 'Overlord', the Allied invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe, became reality. In this penetrating account of D-Day and the period which followed, Robin Neillands and Roderick de Normann weave objective narration with personal accounts from those ...Show more
Fighter Pilot by PAUL RICHEY
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Category: MILITARY
"The first and finest story of a fighter pilot in World War Two." Thus Group Captain Peter Townsend described Paul Richey's classic account of his part in the desperate battles over France in May of 1940. Fighter Pilot grew out of a journal which the then 23-year-old Flying Officer Richey began the day ...Show more
The American Civil War by DORLING KINDERSLEY
49.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
The definitive visual history of the Civil War Visually arresting and comprehensive, "The American Civil War" covers the history, causes and consequences of the conflict, providing first-person accounts by soldiers and civilians, key profiles of military leaders and clear timelines that give an instant ...Show more
Commanders by GRANT R G
49.95 AUD
Category: MILITARY
This is a visual guide to the tactics, campaigns, and genius of the greatest military commanders in history. From Alexander the Great's conquest of the known world right up to the generals leading today's campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, "Commanders" casts new light on the leaders who have forged hist ...Show more
War Horse (Film Cover) by Michael Morpurgo
16.95 AUD
Category: MILITARY
This is a stunning wartime classic. In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times ...Show more
On Radji Beach: The Story of the Australian Nurses After the Fall of Singapore by Ian W. Shaw
34.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
When Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942, amongst the evacuees who scrambled to leave were 65 Australian nurses. They boarded a coastal freighter named the Vyner Brooke, which was sunk by the Japanese. The shipwreck survivors marooned on Radji Beach, including 22 nurses, voted to surrender, but were ...Show more
Gallipoli: The Final Battles and Evacuation of Anzac by David W. Cameron
34.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY | Series: Big Sky Publishing Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
This book is the first book since Charles Bean's Official History to provide a detailed narrative of the bloody and tragic battle for Hill 60, along with the other engagements that went on until the very last days at Anzac - viewed from both sides of the trenches. It also examines in detail the planning ...Show more
The Battle of Fromelles 1916 (#8 Australian Army Campaigns) by Roger Lee
19.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY | Series: Australian Army Campaigns
The Battle of Fromelles remains the single bloodiest day in terms of soldiers killed, wounded or missing, in Australia's military history. Remains of soldiers were recently discovered in mass graves in northern France and the final soldier will be laid to rest when a new cemetery officially opens on 19t ...Show more
Born Fearless: From Kids' Home to SAS to Pirate Hunter - My Life as a Shadow Warrior by Phil Campion
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Category: MILITARY
'Hard eyes stare out of massive beards, their faces marked by the scars of battle. With these guys their webbing looks like it belongs to them, rather than it's been hung on a pair of reluctant shoulders. There's not a word been said to us, but the ante has clearly been upped. There's a dark and siniste ...Show more
Nelson's Battles by Oliver Warner
21.95 AUD
Category: MILITARY
Horatio Nelson was the greatest naval commander of his age. In this masterly analysis of his fighting career, the acclaimed naval historian Oliver Warner examines every battle in which he participated, but concentrates on the three in which his command as an admiral was crucial. The first was the Battle ...Show more