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Secondhand books covering World War 2 (1939-1945). Includes NZ's involvement in World War 2, Eastern Front, the Fall of France, D-Day, the war in Asia and so on.
Forged in War - Churchill, Roosevelt and the Second World War by Warren F. Kimball
$10.00 NZD
$20.00 (50% off)
Category: Second World War
My dear Churchill, it is because you and I occupied similar positions in the World War that I want you to know how glad I am that you are back again in the Admiralty... wrote Franklin D. Roosevelt to Winston Churchill in September 1939, opening what would become one of modern history's most significant ...Show more
Gestapo - Instrument of Tyranny by Edward Crankshaw
$20.00 NZD
$25.00 (20% off)
Category: Third Reich | Series: Greenhill Military Paperback Ser.
-- The sinister world of the Gestapo-- An indictment of the Nazi reign
Blitzkrieg - The Unpublished Photographs, 1939-1942 by Ian A. Baxter
$20.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
This work brings together a collection of previously unseen photographs which feature the years of German success as the Blitzkrieg methods conquered mainland Europe.
Berlin - The Downfall 1945 by Antony Beevor
$15.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945. Political instructors rammed home the message of Wehrmacht and SS brutality. The result was the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known, with tanks crushing refugee columns under their tracks ...Show more
First Blitz: The Never-Before-Told Story of the German Plan to Raze London to the Ground in 1918 by Neil Hanson
$15.00 NZD
$20.00 (25% off)
Category: Second World War
The 'First Blitz' firstly tells the story of the first London Blitz - six raids by German bombers in eight nights in 1917. It then focuses on the events of August 1918 and the countdown to the planned incendiary raids on London and Paris.
World War II by Robin Cross; Michael Paul (Contribution by); David Welch (Contribution by); H. P. Willmott; Charles Messenger; Richard Overy (Illustrator); Michael Barrett (Contribution by); Mark R. Grandstaff (Contribution by)
$15.00 NZD
$20.00 (25% off)
Category: Second World War
Decades on from when the last shot was fired, the battles may be fading from living memory, but the shock waves of WWII still resonate. This comprehensive history examines not just the many theatres of operations, but also provides a challenging analysis of the war's causes and momentous consequences - ...Show more
Beyond the Battlefield : New Zealand and Its Allies 1939-1945 by Gerald Hensley
$20.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
The dramatic unknown story of New Zealand's involvement in World War II told for the first time here in an accessible, popular and enjoyable read.
Cockleshell Heroes by C. E. Lucas Phillips
$20.00 NZD
Category: Naval History | Series: Pan Grand Strategy Ser.
In December 1942, 10 Royal Marines lauched a daring canoe attack on German ships lying in Bordeaux harbour - a harzardous and successful offensive, in which only two survived. This book tells the story of those cockleshell heroes.
Yesterday's Drums. Echoes From the Wasteland of War by Tony Vercoe
$20.00 NZD
$25.00 (20% off)
Category: Second World War
Good and bad sides of war experience told by veterans. The Sidi Azeiz story... breakout at Minqar Qaim... the Benghazi nightmare... escape from a POW camp in Italy and sanctuary with Italian civilians... betrayal to the Germans and Stalags in Nazi Germany... the resourcefulness of POWs. Tony Vercoe's st ...Show more
The Hunting of Force Z by Richard Hough
$10.00 NZD
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Category: Second World War | Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks
Force Z was the name given to the British battlefleet that sailed to Singapore in the autumn of 1941. Churchill himself described it as "the best deterrent" and "the one key weapon" that would prevent the Japanese gaining a foothold in the South Pacific. But behind the impressive name lay a less impress ...Show more
Wings over the Pacific: the Rnzaf in the Pacific War by Alex Horn
$50.00 NZD
$60.00 (16% off)
Category: Aircraft & Air Forces
Behind Enemy Lines : Kiwi Freedom Fighters in WWII by Matthew Wright
$15.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
'The cloak and dagger, secretive, mercurial, exceedingly hazardous life behind enemy lines . . . ' (Allan Yeoman) Between 1941 and 1945 a fair number of young Kiwi combatants found themselves loose behind enemy lines in occupied southern Europe - mostly Greece, Yugoslavia and Italy. Most were escaped pr ...Show more