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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.
Hess : a Kiwi Malta Ace by SUTHERLAND James
$20.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
This biography concerns the life of one of New Zealand's top fighter aces of World War Two. Ray Hesselyn, "Hess" to his friends, was one of the first pilots to ferry Spitfires on to the besieged island of Malta. He became the only New Zealander to be awarded the D.F.M. and Bar. This is the story of cour ...Show more
Kriegsmarine - The Illustrated History of the German Navy in WW II by Robert Jackson (Editor)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Naval History
Covering all classes of vessel, and all theatres of war, from the sorties into the Atlantic by the capital ships Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, to the actions of the E-boats in the English Channel and the Mediterranean.
Freyberg's Circus - Reminiscences of a Kiwi Soldier in the North African Campaign of World War II by Noel (Wig) Gardiner
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies and memoirs
Tells of courageous acts by ordinary soldiers in inhuman conditions, moving with Freyberg's Circus from Alamein to Tunisia, North Africa. Illustrated with b&w photos.
Mark Of The Lion: The Story of Capt. Charles Upham V.C. & Bar
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies and memoirs
A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945 by Vasily Grossman
$15.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Vasily Grossman's masterpiece "Life and Fate" is rated by many as the greatest Russian novel of the twentieth century. Among its admirers is Antony Beevor, the bestselling author of Stalingrad and Berlin. "A Writer at War" is based on the notebooks in which Grossman gathered his raw material. It depicts ...Show more
A War at Home: a Comprehensive Guide to the First Japanese Attacks on Darwin by Tom Lewis
$20.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
A comprehensive guide to the first Japanese attacks on Darwin on 19th February 1942, written by Dr Tom Lewis, OAM. An essential reference work on this controversial subject that includes a full list of those killed as well as other detailed appendices. It also includes fascinating information on what wa ...Show more
Hitler Youth : Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
$30.00 NZD
$45.00 (33% off)
Category: Third Reich
What was it like to grow up in the dark times of Nazi Germany? This gripping narrative paints a picture of life for a teenager during Hitler's reign in Germany. Drawing on oral histories, diaries, letters and the author's own interviews with those recruited into Hitler Youth, resisters, Holocaust surviv ...Show more
Berlin 1933-1945 Between Propaganda and Terror by Claudia Steur
$45.00 NZD
Category: Third Reich
The SS - Hitler's Instrument of Terror - The Full Story from Street Fighters to the Waffen-SS by Gordon Williamson
$45.00 NZD
Category: Third Reich
An account of Hitler's infamous elite army examines every aspect of the SS--its origins, its units and their battles, the foreign legions and various non-military departments, and its leaders.
Young Hitler - The making of the fuhrer by Paul Ham
$20.00 NZD
Category: Third Reich
WHEN ADOLF HITLER went to war in 1914, aged 25, he lived through what he would later call the 'most stupendous experience of my life'. Twice decorated for bravery, the future dictator thrilled to battle, relished violence and was willing to give everything for his beloved Fatherland.He heard of Germany' ...Show more