Great-Uncle Harry - A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
$36.99 AUD
Category: World Wars | Reading Level: near fine
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. ...Show more
Never Forget Your Name: The Children of Auschwitz by Alwin Meyer
$51.95 AUD
Category: World Wars
The children of Auschwitz: this is the darkest spot in the ocean of suffering that was the Holocaust. They were deported to the concentration camp with their families, with most being murdered in the gas chambers upon their arrival, or were born there under unimaginable circumstances. While 232,000 chil ...Show more
Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler by Lynne Olson
$45.00 AUD
Category: World Wars
In 1941, a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour, became the leader of a vast Resistance organisation - the only woman to hold such a role. Brave, independent, and a lifelong rebel against her country's conservative, patriarchal society, ...Show more
The Second World War by Antony Beevor
$26.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria and ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China. The war in Europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the Pacific and China, and yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effects. ...Show more
The World War I Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
$42.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
An accessible guide to the major events and turning points of the First World War, and the nations and individuals involved Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies and turning points of the First World War - the epic conflict that was supposed to be "the war to end all wars". Combining authori ...Show more
The Real X-Men: The Heroic Story of the Underwater War 1942-1945 by Lyman, Robert
$23.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
The Complete History of the SAS by Nigel McCreary
$56.00 AUD
Category: World Wars
Tells the story of SAS, from its formation in the sand dunes of Africa in World War II to action in the Middle East in 2007.
Lancaster Men : The Aussie Heroes of Bomber Command by Peter Rees
$32.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
Over 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, a highly trained band of elite flyers who undertook some of the most dangerous operations of World War II. They flew mission after mission over France and Germany knowing that the odds were against them. Stretched to breaking point, nearly 3500 died in ...Show more
Twilight of the Few by Geoffrey Wellum
$29.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
75 years ago Geoffrey Wellum was an eighteen-year-old pilot, about to take part in one of the most important battles of World War Two - the Battle of Britain. He and his other Spitfire pilots helped halt the progress of the Germans and took part in the first aerial battle to have strategic significant i ...Show more
The Decisive Duel: Spitfire vs 109 by David Isby
$22.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
London, 15 September 1940. The air battle over Britain on that day saw two of the most advanced fighter planes, the British Supermarine Spitfire and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109, battle for supremacy of the skies. The Decisive Duel tells the stories of these iconic, classic aircraft and the people th ...Show more
The Lost Legions of Fromelles by Peter Barton
$32.99 AUD
Category: World Wars | Series: '
The Battle of Fromelles was the worst-ever military disaster in Australian history. With the recent discovery of a mass grave and the disinterment of many diggers, it has now entered Australian national consciousness in the same way as Gallipoli. Raging for 14 hours, this was the worst day in Australia' ...Show more