The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse: From the Australian Bush to the Battle of Beersheba - An Epic Story of Courage, Resilience and Derring-Do by Peter FitzSimons
49.99 AUD
Category: Military
On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable town of Beersheba. What happened ...Show more
The Only Woman at Gallipoli by John Howell
39.99 AUD
Category: Military
In November, 1915 a woman appeared amid the fighting at Gallipoli. She laid a wreath on a grave and then disappeared. It was the grave of a hero, a man killed at the landings and awarded the Victoria Cross. There were two women who truly loved this man. Was the visitor a dedicated nurse and hospital fou ...Show more
Gona's Gone!: The Battle for the Beachhead New Guinea 1942 by David W. Cameron
34.99 AUD
Category: Military
With the Australian troops crossing of the Kumusi River in mid-November 1942, after pushing the Japanese back along the Kokoda Track to the north coast of Papua New Guinea, the time had come to face the entrenched Japanese at their beachheads at Gona, Sanananda and Buna. The Japanese were determined to ...Show more
Vanquished: Battles of Annihilation from Ancient Rome to the 21st Century by Mir Bahmanyar
39.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: General Military
Throughout time, violent battles have changed the course of history and shaped nations or empires. This title examines battles of annihilation throughout history to discover what sets these engagements apart, whether they achieve a decisive strategic advantage in war, and why there are fewer battles of ...Show more
A Military Atlas of the First World War by Arthur Banks
49.99 AUD
Category: Military
This is a unique study of the conflict of 1914-18 on land, sea and in the air, through maps, diagrams and illustrations. Within the scope of some 250 maps, Arthur Banks has presented both broad general surveys of political and military strategy, and the most closely researched details of major individua ...Show more
Australian Code Breakers: Our Top-Secret War with the Kaiser's Reich by James Phelps
35.00 AUD
Category: Military
The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich. On 11 August 1914, just days after war had been declared, Australian Captain J.T. Richardson boarded a German merchant vessel fleeing Melbourne's Port Phillip and audaciously seized a top-secret ...Show more
What is War? (PB) by Eduard Altarriba
27.99 AUD
Category: Military
What is War? is a book designed to offer a simple answer to all the questions kids might ask when hearing about war and conflict. Why do countries or different ideological groups fight? What are the key points between different types of conflict? Is there such a thing as a just war? What are the tools u ...Show more
World War I (DK Eyewitness) by .
16.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: DK Eyewitness
This is an engaging and entertaining reference guide to World War I. From disaster to victory, Eyewitness World War I captivates readers and gives an insight into life in the muddy trenches, and what it was like to be a soldier, along with a broader picture of the world-changing events that led to the s ...Show more
World War II by DK
22.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: DK Eyewitness
In collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, go back in time and experience history with this picture-led guide to the Second World War. This book tells the story of the second devastating conflict of the 20th century that tore the world apart by - divided by international alliances and growing tensio ...Show more
Battles That Changed History (HB) by DK
55.00 AUD
Category: Military
From the fury of the Punic Wars to the icy waters of Dunkirk, relive 5,000 years of world-changing combat with this guide to the most famous battles in history, including a foreword from TV presenter and historian Tony Robinson.This military history book takes you on a journey through the battlefields o ...Show more
The Australian Army: A History by Jeffrey Grey
39.95 AUD
Category: Military
The Australian Army is the first history of the army which seeks to explain its development. It is a portrait of the Australian Army with its shortcomings and failures, its triumphs and successes. The business of armies is war, and war is a wretched business. There is much in the story of the Australian ...Show more
Hell in the Pacific: The Battle for Iwo Jima by Derrick Wright
49.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: General Military
The battle of Iwo Jima was extraordinary for its ferocity. US Marine Corps casualties exceeded by thousands the number of Japanese defenders, who fought almost to the last man over those five desperate weeks. The strategic justification for the mission has been challenged and the iconic photograph of th ...Show more