Books about WWII

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: price clipped dj. Set against the brutal backdrop of the Yugoslav Partisan resistance during World War II, Season in...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedWhat happens when the sins of one generation reach across decades to consume the next? A Family Madness is a haunting,...

Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in American military history inspire as much awe, controversy, and fascination as General Douglas MacArthur —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn the storm-lashed waters of the North Atlantic during the Second World War,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the grand tradition of wartime absurdity, Spike Milligan chronicles the Italian campaign of World War II through...

Edition: Second 1955 reprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew missions in the annals of aerial warfare have captured the imagination quite like Operation Chastise —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most harrowing and unflinching memoirs to emerge from the Second World War, The...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe final chapter of one of the twentieth century's most luminous wartime sagas, Friends and Heroes brings Olivia...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the sun-drenched yet shadow-filled landscape of Nazi-occupied southern France, one man dared to stand against the full might of the Third Reich —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodSet against the brutal backdrop of the South Pacific during World War II, A Very Private War thrusts readers into a conflict far removed...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the summer of 1942, one man was handed a mission so secret and so improbable that its success would alter the entire trajectory...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; prominent crease on the front cover. What does war look like from the losing side? The Other...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew phrases carry the weight of Winston Churchill's immortal words — Never was so much owed by so many to so few — and this...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew forces in the history of aerial warfare have captured the imagination quite like the Luftwaffe, and Luftwaffe Aircraft presents this formidable machine of the...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThree legendary aircraft — the Bristol Beaufort, Bristol Beaufighter, and de Havilland Mosquito — defined Australia's aerial...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of barbed wire and human suffering, Geoffrey C. Bingham's The Concentration Camp and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the dying days of World War II, a desperate voyage across the Atlantic becomes a crucible of survival, courage,...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingOne of the most celebrated airmen of the Second World War, Wing Commander Guy Gibson...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew survival accounts capture the full horror and resilience of the human spirit quite like...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingIn the steaming jungles and island chains stretching from New Guinea to the Philippines, one of the most gruelling and strategically...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFew names in the canon of twentieth-century adventure writing command as much authority as Alistair MacLean, and this omnibus edition brings together...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhen the threat of Japanese invasion loomed over Australia's northern shores, North Queensland became one of the most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the morning of 3rd March 1942, the remote pearling town of Broome, Western Australia, was shattered by...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerOne of the most harrowing and ultimately triumphant accounts of survival to emerge from the Second World War, White Coolies is the...

Edition: bceCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedSet against the scorched and unforgiving landscape of wartime Burma, The Purple Plain is a masterwork of psychological survival...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Dj: edgeworn with glue residue. On the morning of 19 February 1942, the skies above Darwin erupted...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the shadow of the Great War's uneasy peace, the seeds of an even greater catastrophe were being sown across Europe — and Roger...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind the medals and the rank insignia of one of Australia's most consequential military figures lies a man...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Ex-RSL stamps in front end pages - otherwise clean copyAcross the towns, suburbs, and landscapes of Victoria, stone soldiers stand sentinel,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA nation's gratitude is etched into every page of Australia Remembers, a commemorative publication that honours the courage, sacrifice, and enduring spirit of Australian...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew theatres of the Second World War captured the imagination quite like the scorching sands of North Africa, where Allied and Axis forces clashed...

Edition: First UK EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed,Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards: Rubbed edges; binding remains tight. Pages: light foxing on the book block. Markings: penned inscription to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhen the world was once again plunged into global conflict in 1939, Australia answered the call with resolute determination, sending its sons and daughters...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,SignedWhen the drums of war sounded across the twentieth century, Australian women answered the call — not from the sidelines,...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of the most harrowing chapters of the Second World War, the Sandakan...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor fifty years, thousands of Australians served their country not as full-time soldiers of the sky, but as weekend warriors —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the silence of survival comes a voice that refuses to be extinguished — Lily Brett's The Auschwitz...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Minor tears to spineIn the darkest years of the Second World War, a small community in Sandakan, British...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the darkest hours of the Second World War, when the Japanese Imperial forces swept southward with terrifying momentum, Australia stood as the last great...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew conflicts have reshaped the course of human civilization as profoundly as the Second World War, and this sweeping volume brings that cataclysmic struggle to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew experiences in warfare are as harrowing and profoundly human as captivity — and Prisoners of War brings those experiences into vivid, unflinching focus. This...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of the Second World War's most daring and desperate campaigns, Return to Greece:...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodStanding as one of Australia's most sacred institutions, the Australian War Memorial in Canberra serves as both a museum and a shrine to the men and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA cornerstone of aviation history literature, German Aircraft of the Second World War stands as the definitive reference work on the Luftwaffe's formidable aerial...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBaba Nonnie Goes to War stands as a powerful first-hand account of one man's ordeal during...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew warships have captured the imagination quite like the German battleship Bismarck, and fewer still...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the scorching deserts of North Africa, where the fate of nations hung in the balance, To Benghazi chronicles Australia's pivotal role in one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew military commanders have captured the American imagination quite like General George S. Patton — a warrior of...