The Decisive Duel: Spitfire vs 109 by David Isby
22.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
London, 15 September 1940. The air battle over Britain on that day saw two of the most advanced fighter planes, the British Supermarine Spitfire and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109, battle for supremacy of the skies. The Decisive Duel tells the stories of these iconic, classic aircraft and the people th ...Show more
Ghost Platoon by Frank Walker
22.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
For 39 years the Australian Defense Force strenuously denied a unit called the 2nd Defense and Employment Platoon existed during the Vietnam War. The platoon was a makeshift rapid deployment force of 38 men, all regular troops, based at the Australian Task Force Headquarters at Nui Dat in 1969 from late ...Show more
Sandakan: The Untold Story of the Sandakan Death Marches by Paul Ham
34.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
The untold story of the Sandakan Death Marches of the Second World War.This is the story of the three-year ordeal of the Sandakan prisoners of war - a barely known episode of unimaginable horror. After the fall of Singapore in February 1942, the Japanese conquerors transferred 2500 British and Australia ...Show more
Fusiliers - How the British Army Lost America But Learned to Fight by Mark Urban
24.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
From 1775 to 1781, the Royal Welch Fusiliers fought furiously to uphold British rule in America. With a wealth of previously unused primary accounts, Urban tells the gripping story of one of the most pivotal campaigns in history.
Voices of the Pacific: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II by Adam Makos
29.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
These are the stories from fifteen WWII Marines, compiled by Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton but left unfiltered and in the words of the Marines who were there. Unflinching, brutal, and relentless, " Voices of the Pacific" will leave a reader gasping for air and dumbstruck in awe of the old heroes who ...Show more
A History of Weapons by John O'Bryan
34.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
From butterfly swords to bo staffs, the only history of weapons you'll ever want. John O'Bryan hilariously explains weapons like the Bola, Atlatl, Khopesh, Aspis, Falx, Tomahawk, and Flaming Pigs (for real), while delivering real content about history, uses and badass potential. Stories about Attila the ...Show more
Australian War Memorial: Treasures from a Century of Collecting -SIGNED by Nola Anderson
89.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
A book for the shelf in every Australian home, showcasing the extensive collection of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and telling the story of Australia's involvement in all theatres of war.
Human Game by Simon Read
35.00 AUD
Category: MILITARY
In March 1944, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III. Of the 73 captured, 50 were shot by direct order of Hitler. This is the story of how a British Bobby from Blackpool, Frank McKenna, was sent to post-war Germany on the express orders from Churchill to bring the Gestapo murderers to just ...Show more
Lancaster Men : The Aussie Heroes of Bomber Command by Peter Rees
32.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
Over 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, a highly trained band of elite flyers who undertook some of the most dangerous operations of World War II. They flew mission after mission over France and Germany knowing that the odds were against them. Stretched to breaking point, nearly 3500 died in ...Show more
American Gun: A History of the U.S. in 10 Firearms by Chris Kyle
32.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
In "American Gun", the deadliest sniper in U.S. history tracks down and shoots the most important American firearms, from a flintlock rifle to a Colt revolver to the latest high-tech weapon he used as a SEAL. Chris Kyle uses these guns as a window on United States history, making the sweeping argument t ...Show more
Hornet's Sting by Derek Robinson
19.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
It's 1917, and Captain Stanley Woolley joins an R.F.C. squadron whose pilots are starting to fear the worst: their war over the Western Front may go on for years. A pilot's life is usually short, so while it lasts it is celebrated strenuously. Distractions from the brutality of the air war include Briti ...Show more