The Last Escape:the Untold Story of Allied Prisoner's of War in Germany 1944-45 by Tony Rennell
$15.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Hundreds of thousands of British and American servicemen were held as POW's in camps across Nazi Germany by time of the Normandy landings in June 1944. As winter settled across Europe and the Allied advance threatened German borders, prisoners were moved away from liberating forces. The POWs were forced ...Show more
The Home Front by Simon Adams; Ann Kramer
$10.00 NZD
Category: Second World War | Series: World War Two Ser.
A detailed examination of one of the most disastrous wars in history, the 'World War Two' series features titles which are packed with information and images, as well as timelines and quotes which help to put the war into context.
Should We Fall to Ruin - New Guinea, 1942. The untold true story of a remote garrison and their battle against extraordinary odds. by Harrison Christian
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Category: Second World War
When the Japanese invade in 1942, the Australian men and women stationed at the New Guinea port of Rabaul flee into the jungle. Written off by their government as ‘hostages to fortune’, the little-known garrison on Australia’s tropic frontier has been left with no modern equipment, no lifeline to the ou ...Show more
Crossing the Lines - The story of three homosexual New Zealand soldiers in world war II by Brent Coutts
$30.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
In Crossing the Lines, Brent Coutts brings to light the previously untold history of New Zealand homosexual soldiers in World War II, drawing on the experiences of ordinary men who lived through extraordinary times. At the centre of the story are New Zealand soldiers Harold Robinson, Ralph Dyer and Doug ...Show more
Abducting a General - The Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete by Patrick Leigh Fermor
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Category: Second World War
One of the greatest feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor's remarkable life was the kidnapping of General Kreipe, the German commander in Crete, on 26 April 1944. He and Captain Billy Moss hatched a daring plan to abduct the general, while ensuring that no reprisals were taken against the Cretan population. Dre ...Show more
Frontline Gallipoli - Diary of C. E. W. Bean by C. E. W. Bean
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$15.00 (33% off)
Category: First World War
This Terrible Sound - The Battle of Chickamauga by Peter Cozzens
$130.00 NZD
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Category: American Civil War | Series: Civil War Ser.
When North and South met among the desolate mountains of northwestern Georgia in 1863, they began one of the bloodiest and most decisive campaigns of the Civil War. The climactic Battle of Chickamauga lasted just two days, yet it was nearly as costly as Gettysburg, with casualties among the highest in t ...Show more
Days of Infamy - MacArthur, Roosevelt, Churchill - the Shocking Truth Revealed by John Costello
$10.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin, February 1942 by Peter Grose
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Category: Second World War
The compelling and very human story of the first foreign assault on Australian soil since settlement - the attack on Darwin by the Japanese in February, 1942.
Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by Callum MacDonald
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Category: Second World War
SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich rose through the ranks from relative obscurity in the 1920s to the pinnacle of power in the Third Reich by 1936. He was considered the most dangerous man in Nazi Germany after Hitler himself. He was Himmler's deputy, yet even Himmler feared him. He operated in secr ...Show more