D-Day Diary: Life on the Front Line in the Second World War by CAROL HARRIS
$27.99 AUD
Category: Military
First-hand accounts of what D-Day was really like for those who took part in Operation Overlord. 6 June 1944 is one of the most memorable dates of the Second World War. It marked the beginning of the end of the conflict as Allied forces invaded Normandy and fought their way into Nazi occupied Europe. Op ...Show more
Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle by Ben Macintyre
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military
In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany, an unlikely band of British officers spent the Second World War plotting daring escapes from their German captors. Or so the story of Colditz has gone, unchallenged for 70 years. But that tale contains only part of the truth.The as ...Show more
Gallipoli: Reckless Valour by Nicolas Brasch
$17.99 AUD
Category: Military
25th of April, 1915. Gallipoli was the first time Australians and New Zealanders fought in their own uniforms alongside their mates. The campaign showed how bold, how loyal, how innovative, and most of all how brave the young Anzacs
1918 How the First World War was Won by JULIAN THOMPSON
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military
The war in 1918 changed character radically, and nowhere more so than on the Western Front. Over three years of stalemate, what had effectively become siege warfare conducted along a line of trenches from Switzerland to the sea was 'unlocked' by the German March 1918 offensive. Suddenly it was a war o ...Show more
ANZAC Sniper: the Untold Story of One of Australia's Greatest Soldiers by Roland Perry
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
The extraordinary story of Stan Savige - from Gallipoli marksman to WWII General and the founder of Legacy 'Stan Savige had been on Gallipoli for just two weeks, in the trenches firing at Turks less than 20 metres away. But Sniper's Ridge was a different proposition. Killing took on another dimension. ...Show more
The Mighty Krait by Ian McPhedran
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military | Series: WWII
Over many years, thousands of people have walked past a modest black timber fishing boat bobbing in the waters of Sydney's Darling Harbour, paying it little attention. But appearances can be deceptive.The humble little Japanese-built trawler called the Krait played a crucial role in one of World War II' ...Show more
Fromelles and Pozieres: In the Trenches of Hell by Peter FitzSimons
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military
In the Trenches of HellOn 19 July 1916, 7000 Australian soldiers - in the first major action of the AIF on the Western Front - attacked entrenched German positions at Fromelles in northern France. By the next day, there were over 5500 casualties, including nearly 2000 dead - a bloodbath that the Austral ...Show more
The Man Inside... the Bloodiest Outbreak by Graham Apthorpe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
The War in the Pacific has turned; thousands of the previously invincible Japanese soldiers are now being captured in New Guinea and interned at the Cowra Prisoner of War Camp. Unlike other POWs, the traditional Japanese Bushido Code and their fanaticism leaves them ill-equipped for surrender and impris ...Show more
The Vietnam War - An Intimate History by Geoffrey C. Ward; Ken Burns
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military
**The New York Times Bestseller****The book of the landmark documentary, The Vietnam War, by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick**The definitive work on the Vietnam War, the conflict that came to define a generation, told from all sides by those who were there.More than forty years after the Vietnam War ended, it ...Show more
HMAS Sydney: Australia's Greatest Naval Tragedy by Tom Frame
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
The complete and authoritative account of the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, and the finding of her wreck in 2008. On 19 November 1941, the pride of the Australian Navy, the light cruiser Sydney, fought a close-quarters battle with the German armed raider HSK Kormoran off Carnarvon on the West Australian ...Show more
Loud and Proud by Tea Uglow
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military
Loud and Proud is an inspirational collection of speeches from the LGBTQ+ community that have changed our world, and the conversation. "Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start." --Jason Collins, first openly gay athlete in US pro sportsA sister volume to So Here I Am ...Show more
Operation Hurricane by Paul Grace
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
'I remember seeing a flash, I turned around and heard a roar like a train approaching in a tunnel. Then a tremendous crack like a whiplash passed directly overhead. I saw a mushroom cloud ... There was black and white smoke, orange and red flames ascending through the centre of the mushroom.' RAN Able S ...Show more