Second Hand Military History Books > Military History > Second World War
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.
Love And War In The Apennines by Eric Newby
$7.00 NZD
$20.00 (65% off)
Category: Second World War | Series: Picador Bks.
After the Italian Armistice in 1943, Eric Newby left the prison camp in which he'd been held for a year and evaded the advancing Germans by going to ground high in the mountains and forests south of the River Po. In strange isolation he was sheltered and protected for over three months by an informal ne ...Show more
Operation Northwind - The Unknown Battle of the Bulge by Charles Whiting
$15.00 NZD
$20.00 (25% off)
Category: Second World War
Bastard Behind the Lines: The Extraordinary Story of Jock Mclaren's Escape from Sandakan and His Guerrilla War Against the Japanese by Tom Gilling
$15.00 NZD
$20.00 (25% off)
Category: Second World War
He escaped from Singapore's Changi prisoner of war camp to become one of Australia's greatest World War II guerrilla fighters. 'The way I look at it is this...When you're behind the line and get yourself into trouble, you've got to get your bloody self out irrespective of anybody else. That's why I like ...Show more
Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks - German Army and Waffen-SS the Last Battles in the East 1945 by Dennis Oliver
$55.00 NZD
Category: War Gaming | Series: Tank Craft Ser.
By the first weeks of 1945, the Eastern Front had been pushed back to the Carpathian mountain passes in the south and Warsaw on the Vistula River in the center, while in the north, the German army was fighting in East Prussia. The Wehrmacht's armored and mobile formations were now employed exclusively a ...Show more
The Mosquito Log by Alexander McKee
$15.00 NZD
$20.00 (25% off)
Category: Aircraft & Air Forces
Japan's Greatest Victory, Britain's Worst Defeat - From the Japanese Perspective - The Capture of Singapore, 1942 by Masanobu Tsuji; Margaret E. Lake (Translator)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
A military account of the capture of Singapore in 1942 by the 25th Japanese Army, Malaya, this study is written by the mastermind behind the planning and execution of the operation itself. Presenting an authentic perspective, this work delves into the methods utilized in seizing a nation.
The Blitzkrieg Myth by John Mosier
$15.00 NZD
$20.00 (25% off)
Category: Second World War
A reassessment of the military strategies of World War II presents arguments that such events as the Polish campaign of 1939 and the fall of France in 1940 were not blitzkrieg victories.
Detour The Story of Oflag IVC by Edited by Lieut. J E R Wood
$80.00 NZD
$100.00 (20% off)
Category: Second World War
Bomber Boys by Kevin Wilson
$15.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
A comprehensive account of the historical military campaign.
Desert Rats by Robin Neillands
$10.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Enabling power: Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, s. 1 (1) (2) (4). Issued: 25.03.2014. Made: 18.03.2014. Laid: 20.03.2014. Coming into force: 21.03.2014. Effect: None. Territorial extent & classification: E. General
With Wings Like Eagles: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain by Michael Korda
$20.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
"[With Wings Like Eagles is] bold and refreshing... Korda writes with great elegance and flair."--Wall Street Journal From the New York Times bestselling author of Ike and Horse People, Michael Korda, comes With Wings Like Eagles, the harrowing story of The Battle of Britain, one of the most important b ...Show more