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.
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West by Laurence Rees
$10.00 NZD
$20.00 (50% off)
Category: Second World War
When do you think the Second World War ended? If the end of the war was supposed to have brought 'freedom' to countries that suffered under Nazi occupation, then for millions it did not really end until the fall of Communism. In the summer of 1945 many of the countries in Eastern Europe simply swapped t ...Show more
Masters and Commanders by Andrew Roberts
$18.00 NZD
$20.00 (10% off)
Category: Second World War
"Masters and Commanders" describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. Each was exceptionally tough-willed and strong minded, and each was certain that he knew best how to win the war. Yet each knew that he had to win at least two of the others ove ...Show more
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
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
The Mosquito Log by Alexander McKee
$15.00 NZD
$20.00 (25% off)
Category: Aircraft & Air Forces
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.
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
Invading Australia : Japan and the battle for Australia 1942 by Peter Stanley
$25.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
1942 was a key year in Australia's history. For the first time, it seemed that young White Australia, an outpost of empire clinging to the edge of the world, was about to be invaded by the Japanese. In that one year, Darwin was bombed, submarines torpedoed ships in Sydney Harbour and brave Militiamen di ...Show more
The Long Road to Changi by Peter Ewer
$10.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
In the 1930s while war raged in Europe, Australians were assured by politicians that the country was safe as long as the Union Jack fluttered over 'Fortress Singapore'. The reality was so different: Britain, over-stretched and under threat, skimped on the forces it needed to hold the base. When Japanese ...Show more
A HELL OF A LICKING : THE RETREAT FROM BURMA 1941-2 by JAMES LUNT
$10.00 NZD
Category: Second World War