Ambon: The Truth About One of the Most Brutal POW Camps in World War II and the Triumph of the Aussie Spirit by Roger Maynard
$16.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Hachette Military Collec Ser.
'a compelling account of one of World War II's most brutal prisoner of war camps' DAILY TELEGRAPH In February 1942 the Indonesian island of Ambon fell to the might of the advancing Japanese war machine. Among the captured Allied forces was a unit of 1150 Australian soldiers known as Gull Force, who had ...Show more
True Story of the Great Escape: A Young Australian POW in the Most Audacious Breakout of WWII by Louise Williams
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
Shot down in 1942, young Australian fighter pilot John Williams DFC became a POW in the notorious Stalag Luft III camp in Germany. John had joined the air force shortly before the outbreak of war and, in the larrikin tradition, led his squadron into air combat over the deserts of Libya and Egypt dressed ...Show more
100 Years of Warfare by Paul Brewer
$39.95 AUD
Category: Military
Combining journalistic insight with historical hindsight, 100 Years of Warfare is an authoritative record of world military history from 1914 to the current day. Presented in a dramatic newspaper style and covering all major battles, from the First World War to the Global War on Terror, the book is pack ...Show more
A Vietnam Vet's Remarkable Life by John Thompson
$26.99 AUD
Category: Military
It's 1967 and Jethro is a 20-year-old Aussie lad who is about to take up his new posting in Vietnam. Five months later Jethro is on his way home in a medic chopper with a third of his body blown away: one leg is amputated, his right hand and half of his left hand - gone. And so begins Jethro's journey b ...Show more
Pompey Elliott - SIGNED by Ross McMullin
$39.99 AUD
Category: Military
Pompey Elliottwas a remarkable Australian. During the Great War he was a charismatic, controversial, and outstandingly successful military leader. An accomplished tactician and 'the bravest of the brave', he was renowned for never sending anyone anywhere he was not prepared to go himself. As a result, n ...Show more
Gallipoli: Reckless Valour by Nicolas Brasch
$17.95 AUD
Category: Military
25th of April, 1915. Gallipoli was the first time Australians and New Zealanders fought in their own uniforms alongside their mates. The campaign showed how bold, how loyal, how innovative, and most of all how brave the young Anzacs
Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse
$44.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: American Empire Project Ser.
Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were "isolated incidents" in the Vietnam War, carried out by a few "bad apples." However, as award-winning journalist and historian Nick Turse demonstrates in this pioneering investigation, violence against Vietnamese civi ...Show more
Glock: The World's Handgun by Chris McNab
$19.99 AUD
Category: Military
The Glock series of handguns represents one of the greatest steps forward in pistol design since the introduction of Colt M1911. Inspired by the Austrian Army's 1980 request for a new sidearm, the Glock Ges.m.b.H. company set to work designing and developing a revolutionary new weapon that combined reli ...Show more