Lest: Australian War Myths by Mark Dapin
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
From Simpson's donkey and the Emu War to Vietnam and Ben Roberts-Smith, Australian military history is full of events that didn't happen the way most people think they did. In his inimitable style, award-winning author Mark Dapin sets the record straight.Australia's war tales could be said to be the cl ...Show more
NATO: A New History by Sten Rynning
$41.95 AUD
Category: Military
A wide-ranging new history of NATO, from its origins to the present day--published for the alliance's seventy-fifth anniversary For seven decades, NATO's stated aim has been the achievement of world peace--but playing great power politics always involves conflict. Russia's war on Ukraine and on Euro ...Show more
Deceptions of World War II: From camouflage techniques to deception tactics by Darman
$44.99 AUD
Category: Military
Discover the inner workings of the ingenious and outrageous acts of military subterfuge that took place during WWII. From fictitious spy networks feeding the enemy false information, to disguising an entire wartime industry, these incredible stories shed light on the deceptions – and their masterminds – ...Show more
Secret Heroes of World War II: Spies, scientists and other heroes by Eric Chaline
$44.99 AUD
Category: Military
Look behind the curtain and meet the engineers, resistance fighters, spies, physicists and more who committed incredible acts of heroism amidst the chaos and danger of WWII. From the priest who hid thousands of POWs and Jews in the Vatican, to the Antipodean servicewoman who led a formidable Resistance ...Show more
Death on Bloody Ridge: Chunuk Bair: the battle that decided the fate of the Gallipoli Campaign by David W. Cameron
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: A\Shot of History Ser.
The August Offensive or ‘Anzac Breakout’ at Gallipoli was an attempt to break the stalemate of the campaign. It saw some of the bloodiest fighting since the landing as Commonwealth and Turkish troops fought desperate battles at Lone Pine, German Officers’ Trench, Turkish Quinn’s, The Chessboard, The Ne ...Show more
Red Lead: The legendary Australian ship's cat who survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railway by Roland Perry
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
The legendary Australian ship's cat who survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railway. Just after midnight on the 1st March 1942, Australia's most celebrated cruiser, HMAS Perth, was sunk by Japanese naval forces in the Sunda Strait off the coast of Java. Of the 681 men aboard, 328 survi ...Show more
AUSTRALIAN WAR DOGS by Nigel Allsopp
$26.99 AUD
Category: Military
Australian War Dogs introduces you to man's best friend on the battlefield, the fourlegged digger. Canine troops have served alongside Australia's armed forces for decades. Valued for their loyalty, intelligence and devotion in battle, war dogs have helped relay messages through trenches and laid teleph ...Show more
The Battle of Long Tan by Peter FitzSimons
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle. 4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious. 5.01 pm: Enemy ... penetrating both flanks and to north and south. 5.02: Running short of ammo. Require drop through trees. It was the ...Show more
Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy - How the Allies Won on D-Day by Giles Milton
$25.00 AUD
$49.99 (49% off)
Category: Military
The international bestselling historian and host of the Unknown History podcast presents a ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts of unknown and unheralded members of the Allied--and Axis--forces. More than seventy-five years have pa ...Show more
Operation Thunderbolt - Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History by Saul David
$14.00 AUD
$29.99 (53% off)
Category: Military
*By the historical consultant to the major motion picture Seven Days in Entebbe*The definitive account of one of the greatest Special Forces missions ever, the Raid of Entebbe, by acclaimed military historian Saul David.On June 27, 1976, an Air France flight from Tel Aviv to Paris was hijacked by a grou ...Show more
Defying Hitler - The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule by Gordon Thomas; Greg Lewis
$20.00 AUD
$49.99 (59% off)
Category: Military
An enthralling story that vividly resurrects the web of everyday Germans who resisted Nazi rule "Stirring."--USA Today - "Fascinating."--New York Post - "Important."--Newsday - "Gripping."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - "Engrossing."--Publishers Weekly - "Terrifying and timely."--Alex KershawNazi Germany ...Show more
Disaster in the Far East 1941-1942 by John Grehan
$35.00 AUD
$59.99 (41% off)
Category: Military
Despatches in this volume include that on the Far East between October 1940 and December 1941, by Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham; the despatch on operations in Hong Kong between 8 and 25 December 1941, by Major-General C.M. Maltby, General Officer Commanding British Troops in China; the repo ...Show more