World War 2

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 sweeping backdrop of France during the tumultuous years of the Second World War, A Farewell to France chronicles the tragic love...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodDeep in the remote jungles of Cape York Peninsula, one of the most audacious construction projects of the Second World War took shape — a fully...

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...

"I have read few autobiographies more extraordinary . . . Astonishing" OBSERVER "A classic. I preferred it to Primo Levi's If This is a Man " EDWARD WILSON "A child's...

No warship name in British naval history has more battle honours than Warspite. While this book looks at the lives of all eight vessels to bear the name (between 1596...

Many thousands of different types of vehicles were used by the armies during the Second World War for various roles, including the fighting vehicles such as armoured cars and tanks....

A detailed and fully illustrated account of United States aircraft carriers during World War II. This extensively illustrated volume tells the dramatic yet successful story of US aircraft carriers in...

'This book's power lies in its depiction of civilians trying to lead ordinary lives during the horror of war . . . It is shattering stuff, but Rothmann is tender...

'A superbly revealing account of a dreadful and profoundly sad war' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL 'T his extraordinary book gives us a unique insight into why and how Japan fought such an...

'A fascinating, superbly researched and revelatory book - told with tremendous pace and excitement' William Boyd 'Rick Stroud writes brilliantly about war ... an astonishing book ... a wonderful story'...

At 8:15 a.m. on August 6th, 1945, the Japanese port city of Hiroshima was struck by the world's first atomic bomb. Built in the US by the top-secret Manhattan Project...

A powerful, moving collection of first-person accounts of the Second World War. Contributors include a rear gunner who took part in sixty bombing raids, a Jewish woman who played in...

The classic! This new edition of Paul Carrell's eastern front study picks up where Hitler Moves East left off. Beginning with the battle of Kursk in July 1943, Carell traverses...

A pictorial history of USS California, a battleship that was sunk in Pearl Harbor, raised, repaired, and returned to duty during the Second World War. USS California (BB-44) was commissioned...

Battleship Nevada holds the unique distinction of having survived Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa and being the target of atomic bomb testing during Operation Crossroads. Both USS Nevada...

In late summer 1940, Hitler told his army to prepare to invade England. The nation waited, breathless with tension, for the Nazi threat to become real. Acclaimed author Midge Gillies...

The thrilling, untold story of one of the greatest heists in history: the clandestine capture of a Nazi U-boat at the climax of World War II, an incredible feat that...

The uplifting true story of a London children's home dispatched to rural England during the Blitz, the Lady in Waiting who opened up her home, and the matron who changed...

Wry, off-beat and subversive - a Jewish family memoir like no other, from the author of the cult classic novel Submarine Joe Dunthorne's great-grandfather was a family legend: the eccentric...

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,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the morning of 3 March 1942, Japanese Zero fighters swept over the remote pearling port of Broome,...

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 imageAt the heart of every great air force lies a vast and often invisible machinery — the technical...

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...