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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.
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
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.
New Zealand Army Involvement - Special Operations Australia: South West Pacific World War II by Francis Alexander Wigzell
$40.00 NZD
$45.00 (11% off)
Category: Second World War
US Marine Corps Handbook, 1941-1945 by George Forty
$40.00 NZD
$60.00 (33% off)
Category: Second World War | Series: Sutton Ser.
Employing a range of archive black & white photographs, this book examines the US Marine Corps' organisation & command structure, strategy, tactics & amphibious assault doctrine. Providing biographies of its most influential figures, it also surveys insignia, uniforms & equipment to prov ...Show more
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
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
$10.00 NZD
$20.00 (50% off)
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