Sisters in Captivity: Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the courageous story of Australian Army nurses in Sumatra, 1942–1945 by Colin Burgess
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
For readers of Anzac Girls and The Nazis Knew My Name, the incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of hospital ship MV Vyner Brooke in February 1942, and subsequently spent three years in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra. During those perilou ...Show more
The Digger of Kokoda: The Official Biography of Reg Chard by Daniel Lane
$36.99 AUD
Category: Military
Reg Chard endured hell as an 18-year-old Australian soldier who fought in 1942 on the infamous Kokoda Trail. Ironically, Kokoda rescued Reg decades later when he decided to take his own life. After losing Betty, his wife of 66 years, the grief-stricken great-grandfather lost the will to live. But he fo ...Show more
The Eagle in the Mirror by Jesse Fink
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the astonishing untold story of an Australian-born intelligence officer accused by some espionage experts of being the traitor of the century- Charles Howard 'Dick' Ellis. The longest serving ...Show more
The Flame of Resistance: American Beauty. French Hero. British Spy. the untold story of Josephine Baker by Damien Lewis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
During WW2, Josephine Baker, the world's richest and most glamorous entertainer, was an Allied spy in Occupied France. This is the story of her heroic personal resistance to Nazi Germany. Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a music hall diva renowned for her singing and exotic dancing, her beauty ...Show more
The Hunt: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Catch a Taliban Warlord by Andy McNab
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
The first book in a new series telling, for the first time ever, the true stories of Special Forces missions. The Hunt is the story of the secret mission to catch the military commander of the Taliban, Mullah Dadullah.
The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 by James Holland
$36.99 AUD
Category: Military
The astonishing story of one of the most brutal and hard-fought battles of the Second World War told by one of most acclaimed and insightful historians
Where the Flaming Hell Are We?: The story of young Australians and New Zealanders fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete by Craig Collie
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
The gripping story of Australia and New Zealand in the fight for the Aegean - through the eyes of the soldiers. 'We used our knees and our rifle butts and our blades. For a while we stopped being ordinary blokes and became blood-lusted creatures.' March, 1941: 40,000 Australian and New Zealand troops a ...Show more
140 Days to Hiroshima - The Story of Japan's Last Chance to Avert Armageddon (HB) by David Dean Barrett
$49.99 AUD
Category: Military
During the closing months of the Second World War, as America's strategic bombing campaign incinerated Japan's cities, two military giants were locked in a death embrace of cultural differences and diplomatic intransigence. The leaders of the United States called for the 'unconditional surrender' of the ...Show more
A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Secret Game That Won the War by Simon Parkin
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
It's 1941. Imagine you're Winston Churchill. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Supply ships ferrying vital weapons, food and fuel from North America are being torpedoed by the German U-boats. You are concealing from the country the number of ships sunk. You are concealing the number of men kil ...Show more
An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin, February 1942 by Peter Grose
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military
The compelling and very human story of the first foreign assault on Australian soil since settlement--the attack on Darwin by the Japanese in February, 1942 The bombing of Darwin on February 19, 1942, is the battle Australia tries to forget. Although there was much to be proud of that day--courage, ma ...Show more
Anzac Sons: Mateship, Bravery and Sacrifice by Allison Paterson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military
…Well dear Jim it breaks my heart to write this letter. Our dear [brother] was killed yesterday morning at 5.30. The bullet killed him instantly and he never spoke a word. I had just left him and gone down the trench to see the other lads when I was called back. Oh Jim it is awful … Oh I do hope he is t ...Show more
Anzac and Aviator: The Remarkable Story of Sir Ross Smith and the 1919 England to Australia Air Race by Michael Molkentin
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
The story of extraordinary Australian, Ross Smith, who rode to war at Gallipoli on horseback and by the end of the war, was one of the most highly awarded fighter pilots.