Crawl to Freedom: Australian POW Escapes of World War One by Darren Prickett
32.99 AUD
Category: Military
During World War One over 4000 Australian servicemen were taken prisoner. Yet the prisoner of war experiences of the Anzacs are frequently forgotten, treated as mere footnotes in the proliferation of the literature of Australian military history. Where individual stories have been told they are often fr ...Show more
Lest: Australian War Myths by Mark Dapin
34.99 AUD
Category: Military
From Simpson's donkey and the Emu War to Vietnam and Ben Roberts-Smith, Australian military history is full of events that didn't happen the way most people think they did. In his inimitable style, award-winning author Mark Dapin sets the record straight.Australia's war tales could be said to be the cl ...Show more
CANBERRA Britain's First Jet Bomber by KEY. PUBLISHING
56.99 AUD
Category: Military
While the history of the jet engine and the development of Britain's first jet fighter are well known, the evolution of a jet-powered bomber is a story that is less well charted, even though its creation was undoubtedly as important as the fighter's - if not more so. English Electric's Canberra bomber ...Show more
Shattered Branches - 12 Stories from a Family in War and Peace by Scott Honeysett
29.95 AUD
Category: Military
War, conflict, sacrifice, heroism ... and what happened when it was all over.The Honeysett families of the NSW Central West and beyond became part of Australian history when twelve of their sons volunteered for service with the Australian Imperial Force.From the original Gallipoli landing, to the desert ...Show more
Yvon's Great Adventure
20.00 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
The story of Yvon Calmus - the boy from Franvillers - and his great adventure from France to Australia. Yvon's great adventure is the extraordinary true story of how a French boy survived the final year of war on the Western Front, and a journey to Australia thanks to the protective care of his 'adopti ...Show more
Forgotten Warriors: A History of Women on the Front Line by Sarah Percy
24.99 AUD
Category: Military
'Ambitious, wide-ranging and learned' Times Literary Supplement 'Vivid and extraordinary' Wall Street Journal From Boudicca to Ukraine, battlefields have always contained a surprising number of female fighters. We have all heard of Joan of Arc, but not the cross-dressing soldiers whose disguises were so ...Show more
Secret Cold War by John Blaxland
34.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Official History of ASIO Ser.
The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Bloc didn't end with detente in 1975: it just went underground. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tensions between the superpowers continued to play out across the world. Until now, few would have known of the surprising extent of clandestine operati ...Show more
Kokoda Legend: Captain Sam Templeton by David Howell
29.99 AUD
Category: Military
One of the finest soldiers and most courageous leaders I have ever known. - Lt Doug McClean, D Coy, 39th Battalion If you have trekked Kokoda, then the campsite of Templeton's Crossing will be familiar. Discover the story of the man behind the name.Captain Sam Templeton was the first Australian officer ...Show more
A Military History of Australia by Jeffrey Grey
23.95 AUD
Category: Military
A Military History of Australia provides a detailed chronological narrative of Australia's wars across more than two hundred years, set in the contexts of defence and strategic policy, the development of society and the impact of war and military service on Australia and Australians. It discusses the de ...Show more
Dark Secrets - The True Story of Murder in HMAS Australia by Robert Hadler
29.99 AUD
Category: Military
The True Story of Murder in HMAS Australia A dark secret lurked aboard HMAS Australia, the flagship of the Royal Australian Navy. In 1942, with a Japanese invasion looming, those aboard the ship were shocked and completely unprepared to deal with the brutal murder of a young sailor by two shipmates who ...Show more
Walking with the Anzacs: An updated guide to Australian battlefields of the Western Front by Mat McLachlan
34.99 AUD
Category: Military
Now fully revised for 2023, this is the essential and comprehensive guide to the Australian battlefields of the Western Front for anyone who wants to walk in the footsteps of the Anzacs. From one of Australia's leading battlefield historians, Mat McLachlan, Walking with the Anzacs covers the fourteen mo ...Show more
The Greatest Escape: A Gripping Story of Wartime Courage and Adventure by Neil Churches
24.99 AUD
Category: Military
The gripping, vividly told story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War - organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy.In August 1944 the most successful POW escape of the Second World War took place - 106 Allied prisoners were freed from a camp in Maribor ...Show more