After the War: The RSA in New Zealand by Clarke Stephen
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary | Reading Level: near fine
AVAILABLE FROM 30/9/16 "The story of an iconic institution - the RSA - from its beginnings during the First World War through to the twenty-first century. A highly illustrated look at a threatened icon of New Zealand culture u the RSA. The book will appeal to general readers interested in this readily i ...Show more
Air Marshal Sir Keith Park - Victor of the Battle of Britain, Defender of Malta by Murray Rowlands
$49.99 NZD
Category: Overseas Military
The Battle of Britain from July to September 1940 is one of the finest moments in our Nation's history. While credit rightly goes to 'The Few', victory could never have happened without the inspirational command and leadership of New Zealander Keith Park.He and Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding ensured ...Show more
Air War Market Garden: Shrinking Perimeter by Martin Bowman
$19.99 NZD
$89.99 (77% off)
Category: Overseas Military
The third volume of this four-part series on Operation 'Market-Garden' in September 1944 draws on many individual soldiers and airmen's narratives to tell the story of the ongoing fight to keep the Hell's Highway' open to relieve 1st Airborne at Arnhem, and the brave attempts to re-supply them from the ...Show more
Air War 'Market Garden' So Near and Yet So Far by Martin W. Bowman
$19.99 NZD
$89.99 (77% off)
Category: Overseas Military
This is the second volume in a meticulously researched four-part series that provides a comprehensive insight into the aerial exploits at Operation 'Market Garden' in September 1944. In an interesting method of presenting the information, the author's arrangement of British, American, Dutch and German p ...Show more
Air Wars 1920-1939: The Development and Evolution of Fighter Tactics by Philip MacDougall
$59.99 NZD
Category: Overseas Military
Spain (1936-9), China (1937 onwards), Mongolia (1939), Finland (1939-40) and France (1939-40) were a testing ground for a new approach to air tactics with western democracies and totalitarian states analyzing the resulting lessons. Attention in Air Wars 1920-1939: The Development and Evolution of Fighte ...Show more
Ake Ake Kia Kaha E! Forever Brave!: B Company 28th Maori Battalion 1939-1945 by Wira Gardiner
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
A truly unique insight into the impact the Second World War had on the iwi of the central North Island and Bay of Plenty districts (including Te Arawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Tuhoe, Whanau-a-Apanui, Ngati Maru and Ngati Paoa) focusing on the region's war effort not only overseas, but also at home and in gove ...Show more
Allied Tanks at el Alamein 1942 by William E. Hiestand (Contribution by)
$26.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
When Eighth Army retired into its defensive line at El Alamein in mid-1942, it was tired, dispirited and had lost almost all its tanks during a string of defeats. After savage defensive fighting at First Alamein, the reinforced Desert Rats defeated Rommel's last offensive in a tank-to-tank clash at Alam ...Show more
Allied Warships vs the Atlantic Wall - Normandy 1944 by Steven J. Zaloga; Adam Hook (Illustrator)
$36.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Duel Ser.
A fascinating exploration of the often-overlooked gunnery duels between the formidable artillery weapons in the Atlantic Wall defences and the mighty US and Royal Navy battleships. Amphibious landings were an essential tool of Allied military strategy in World War II. The Royal Navy and the US Navy prov ...Show more
Anzac Nations: The legacy of Gallipoli in New Zealand and Australia 1965-2015 by Rowan Light
$50.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
In Anzac Nations: The legacy of Gallipoli in New Zealand and Australia, 1965 - 2015, author Rowan Light examines the myth-making around Anzac and how commemoration has evolved. Anzac Nations examines three key aspects: the changing and contested meanings of Anzac from the 1960s to the 1980s; the expande ...Show more
Armoured Fighting Vehicles of World Wars 1 and 2 by Jack Livesey
$26.99 NZD
Category: Military
In 1900 a British motoring enthusiast, F. R. Simms, had the idea of mounting a machine-gun on the front of a quadricycle and installing a small petrol engine at the rear. His machine spurred on others to design similar "war cars", and the armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) was born. This book is the story ...Show more
Australians at War in New Zealand: New Zealand Land Wars, 1860-1867 by Frank Glen
$80.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary | Reading Level: New
There are many memorials to Australia’s war dead; among them are two permanent reminders to the Australian participation in the New Zealand Wars. The entrance to the Anglesey Barracks in Hobart is dominated by a tall column memorial to the members of the 99th Regiment that sailed from Hobart to take par ...Show more
Avro Lancaster by Jarrod Cotter; Paul Blackah
$29.99 NZD
Category: Overseas Military | Series: Haynes Icons Ser.
During the Second World War, RAF Lancaster bombers took the conflict into the very heart of Hitler's Third Reich, and flew some of the most daring operations of the war. Surprisingly, of the 7,377 Lancasters built, only two survive today, one in Britain and one in Canada. Produced with the full coopera ...Show more