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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.
The Bomber Mafia - A Story Set in War by Malcolm Gladwell
$15.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
A riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war, from the international bestselling author of Talking to Strangers and host of the award-winning podcast Revisionist History Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. B ...Show more
'Doc' - A Soldier's Life by Max Schwass; Denis Dewe
$15.00 NZD
Category: Biographies and memoirs
Auckland Infantry - The Story of the Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) and North Auckland Regiments and of the Citizen Soldiers who served New Zealand by Peter Cooke, John H Gray & Ken Stead
$50.00 NZD
Category: First World War
The long-awaited history book of the 3rd Battalion, Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) Northland and all of its predecessors is now available. It is the first detailed history of the 'Aucks' and the 'Norths' (also incorporating the Cadet Units) from the formation of the first militia units in the 184 ...Show more
Ike the Soldier - As They Knew Him by Merle Miller
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
From the author of Plain Speaking and Lyndon, the best-selling biographies of Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson, comes an intimate and unconventional portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower, America's most beloved warrior. Bringing together thousands of hours of interviews with the men and women who were ...Show more
The Last Assault - The Battle of the Bulge Reassessed by Charles Whiting
$20.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
The Longest Battle: The War At Sea 1939-1945 by Richard Hough
$20.00 NZD
Category: Naval History
The Walls Have Ears - The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II (HB) by Helen Fry
$20.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
A history of the elaborate and brilliantly sustained World War II intelligence operation by which Hitler's generals were tricked into giving away vital Nazi secretsAt the outbreak of World War II, MI6 spymaster Thomas Kendrick arrived at the Tower of London to set up a top secret operation: German priso ...Show more
Dunkirk by Joshua Levine
$10.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
New York Times Bestseller The epic true story of Dunkirk--now a major motion picture, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, and Mark Rylance In 1940, the Allies had been beaten back by the Nazis across France to the northern port of Dunkirk. In the ultimat ...Show more
Montgomery As Military Commander by Ronald Lewin
$20.00 NZD
$25.00 (20% off)
Category: Biographies and memoirs
During the last century and a half, in fact, there has been no one in the British Army to surpass him for sheer professionalism or sustained success in the field: and that is why, in spite of all his weaknesses and limitations, he has every claim to be accepted, without cavil, as Wellington's heir.Warti ...Show more
Rommel: Desert Fox by Desmond Young
$17.00 NZD
$20.00 (15% off)
Category: Biographies and memoirs
Early in 1941, the famed British Eighth Army was on the route to victory in North Africa. Just a few months later, this same army was on the verge of total defeat, as the Germans had won victory after victory and were threatening to overrun Egypt and the Middle East. Here is the classic biography of th ...Show more
His Finest Hours by Graham Stewart
$25.00 NZD
$30.00 (16% off)
Category: Second World War
The greatest British statesman and a truly outstanding orator, Winston Churchill steered his nation through the bloodiest war in history. His famous speeches raised the morale of an anxious people - but also warned them of the perils ahead. In his honesty and unshakeable belief, he inspired and reassure ...Show more