Viking Boys: Beaufighters, Bravery and Lost Airmen by John Quaife
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
An Australian attack aircraft flies into a ship with guns blazing. Both crewmen are killed, but does anyone notice? At the entrance to Orsta fjord, down an overgrown path, a granite stone stands on a rocky outcrop at the water’s edge. Roughly inscribed in English, it records the loss of two yo ...Show more
Royal Australian Air Force History Box Set: 1921 to 2021 by Air Force History Branch
$69.99 AUD
Category: Military
Commemorating the 100 Year Anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force. The Official History Box Set includes two full colour hardback books: • The Aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force • The Units of the Royal Australian Air Force The Royal Australian Air Force History Box Set ...Show more
SAS Nazi Hunters by Damien Lewis
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military | Reading Level: near fine
'A humbling, inspiring account of some of the real founders of modern day Special Forces soldiering' Bear Grylls SAS Nazi Hunters is the incredible, hitherto untold story of the most secret chapter in the SAS's history. Officially, the world's most elite special forces unit was dissolved at the end of t ...Show more
The Battle of Arnhem - The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II by Antony Beevor
$24.99 AUD
$45.00 (44% off)
Category: Military
The prizewinning historian and internationally bestselling author of D-Day reconstructs the devastating airborne battle of Arnhem in this gripping new account. On September 17, 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the groaning roar of airplane engines. He ...Show more
HMAS Sydney: Australia's Greatest Naval Tragedy by Tom Frame
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
The complete and authoritative account of the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, and the finding of her wreck in 2008. On 19 November 1941, the pride of the Australian Navy, the light cruiser Sydney, fought a close-quarters battle with the German armed raider HSK Kormoran off Carnarvon on the West Australian ...Show more
Where are Our Boys ?: How Newsmaps Won the Great War by Martin Woods
$24.99 AUD
$49.99 (50% off)
Category: Military
In 1914, the newspaper map or newsmap began to supply readers with the geographical backdrop to the Great War, an important tool in explaining the progress of the war to the public at home. Day by day, for every campaign and battle, readers across the nation were deluged with maps, both in the pages of ...Show more
Hell On Earth: Sandakan - Australia's Greatest War Tragedy by Michele Cunningham
$19.99 AUD
$35.00 (42% off)
Category: Military
In mid-1942, after the fall of Singapore, almost three thousand Allied prisoners of war were taken by the Japanese from Changi to Sandakan. Of those, 2500 lost their lives. Men died at Sandakan and Kuching, and on the infamous 'death marches': they died from sickness and starvation, torture and appallin ...Show more
Charles Family's War by Alan Fewster
$19.99 AUD
$29.99 (33% off)
Category: Military
Edwin Llewellyn Charles was a slim, handsome youth, but Terence John, his brother, was beautiful and he knew it. Technically, the boys were twins, but their personalities could not have been more different.So begins this sweeping true story of a fractured but close-knit Australian family during World Wa ...Show more
Masters of War: A Visual History of Military Personnel from Commanders to Frontline Fighters by DK
$49.99 AUD
Category: Military
A comprehensive guide to the most inspirational and influential military leaders and fighting forces of all timeExplore the lives and achievements of history's most important military figures with this illustrated guide to military men and women.Featuring more than 100 key generals and military leaders ...Show more
Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege by Marcus Luttrell
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al-Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less than twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy ...Show more
Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace by HASTINGS MAX
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
‘A fascinating collection of military stories … The sort of book that can be picked up at intervals … [but] once tasted, is hard to put down' - Washington Post. From bestselling author Max Hastings, a collection of the most extraordinary stories of war, courage, tragedy, strategy and survival. Soldiers ...Show more