Sicily '43: A Times Book of the Year by James Holland
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military History
This is the story of the biggest seaborne landing in history.Codenamed Operation HUSKY, the Allied assault on Sicily on 10 July 1943 remains the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted in world history, landing more men in a single day than at any other time. That day, over 160,000 British, American an ...Show more
Soldiers' Tales: Volumes 1 and 2 by Denny Neave
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military History
A collection of stories that are entertaining, emotional and humorous, Soldiers’ Tale is a wonderful tribute to the Aussie digger. Australian soldiers share their stories and anecdotes from World War One to the modern day conflict, the stories that are usually saved for Anzac Day or a catch-up ...Show more
Gurkha: Better to Die Than Live a Coward: My Life in the Gurkhas by Colour-Sergeant Kailash Khebang
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military History
For the first time in its 200 year history, a soldier of the Brigade of Gurkhas has been given permission to tell his story in his own words Colour Sergeant Kailash Limbu was born in one of the most remote hill villages of Nepal. His family had no running water or electricity. The nearest town was sever ...Show more
Fighting Isis by Tim Locks
$19.99 AUD
Category: Military History
In February 2015, Tim Locks headed to Kurdistan to fight ISIS. After watching images of the Yazidi people being slaughtered, he couldn't sit back and do nothing. Having worked as a prison officer and a bouncer, he knew how to handle himself - and had a huge protective streak. He sold his house to raise ...Show more
Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Churchill's Mavericks: Plotting Hitler's Defeat by Giles Milton
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military History
Six gentlemen, one goal - the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top secret organisation was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was to prove every bit as e ...Show more
Barney Greatrex by Michael Veitch
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military History
The incredible untold World War II story of Australian hero BARNEY GREATREX - from Bomber Command to French Resistance fighter. A school and university cadet in Sydney, Barney Greatrex signed up for RAF Bomber Command in 1941, eager to get straight into the very centre of the Allied counterattack. Bombi ...Show more
Glass Soldier: Not All of Him Shall Die by Don Farrands
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military History
This is the true story of a young Australian soldier whose life of opportunity was challenged by trauma and salvaged by strength. Nelson Ferguson, from Ballarat, was a stretcher-bearer on the Western Front in France in World War I. He survived the dangers of stretcher-bearing in some of Australias most ...Show more
True Story of the Great Escape: A Young Australian POW in the Most Audacious Breakout of WWII by Louise Williams
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military History
Shot down in 1942, young Australian fighter pilot John Williams DFC became a POW in the notorious Stalag Luft III camp in Germany. John had joined the air force shortly before the outbreak of war and, in the larrikin tradition, led his squadron into air combat over the deserts of Libya and Egypt dressed ...Show more
Friendly Fire: How Israel Became Its Own Worst Enemy by Ami Ayalon; Anthony David (As told to); Dennis Ross (Foreword by)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military History
A highly decorated Israeli military officer, leader, and former director of the internal security service, Shin Bet, sees the light on what his country must do to achieve a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians. In this deeply personal journey of discovery, Ami Ayalon seeks input and perspe ...Show more
War Dog : The No-Man's Land Puppy Who Took to the Skies by Damien Lewis
$19.99 AUD
Category: Military History
After getting shot down in the skies over France during a daring mission over the trenches in the winter of 1939, airman Robert Bozdech stumbled across a tiny German Shepherd puppy while engaged in his own nail-biting escape from no-mans-land. He hid the dog, who he named Ant, inside his jacket, and fro ...Show more
Tomorrow We Escape by Tom Trumble
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military History
A boy's own adventure that traverses some of the great battlefields of WWII - a story of breathtaking gallantry, resilience and friendship, but also of violence, hatred and cruelty. When 22-year-old sapper Ian Busst boarded the RMS Mauretania bound for Glasgow, it was the beginning of an extraordinary m ...Show more
The Spy and the Traitor - The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: good
*Shortlisted for the 2018 Ballie Gifford Prize* 'THE BEST TRUE SPY STORY I HAVE EVER READ' JOHN LE CARRÉ A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the heart of M ...Show more