Secondhand WWII Military History Bargain Book Box SP3010

Secondhand WWII Military History Bargain Book Box SP3010

Fifteen illustrated and reference books of military history — Jane's Fighting Ships, the Battle of Britain, the RAF's U-boat war, women in uniform, the SAS, the Mitchell Bomber Boys over Darwin, and the Royal Australian Navy. A box for the serious military history reader.

1. The Galloping Guns of Rupertswood and Werribee Park — Lindsay C. Cox — The forgotten story of the mounted artillery trained on Victoria's great pastoral estates.
2. Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II — Foreword by Antony Preston — The comprehensive encyclopedia of every warship that fought the Second World War, with more than 1,000 illustrations. The definitive naval reference.
3. Marching to War 1933–1939 — The Illustrated London News, introduction by Martin Gilbert — The road to war in pictures: the weekly news photographs that recorded the six years of crisis from Hitler's rise to the outbreak of war.
4. Up in Darwin with the Dutch: A Tribute to the Mitchell Bomber Boys — Gordon Wallace — The story of the RAAF and Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force operating together from Darwin: the allied air war over Australia's north.
5. Preparing for War: The Royal Australian Navy Leading into WWII — The ships, the men, and the decisions that shaped Australia's naval response to the coming war.
6. Great Land, Sea and Air Battles of World War II — Simon Goodenough — Fully illustrated with 270 colour maps and over 150 photographs: the decisive engagements of the Second World War from North Africa to the Pacific.
7. Emerging Powers (Illustrated History of the World, Volume 7) — J.M. Roberts — The story of the great powers from 1848 to 1914: the industrialisation, nationalism, and imperial competition that made the 20th century inevitable.
8. Unexplained Mysteries of World War II — Robert Jackson — The baffling incidents, strange coincidences, and unresolved questions of the Second World War: the things that official histories leave out.
9. Air Disaster Volume 1 — Macarthur Job — The meticulously researched stories of the airline accidents that shaped the modern age of aviation safety.
10. War Games: The Story of Sport in World War Two — Tony McCarthy — How organised sport continued — and mattered — during the Second World War: the tournaments, the players, and the games that kept morale alive.
11. Search, Find and Kill: The RAF's U-Boat Successes in World War Two — Norman Franks — The Coastal Command campaign against the U-boats: the aircraft, the crews, and the long battle to close the Atlantic gap.
12. Battle of Britain Sketchbook — Dennis Knight — The Battle of Britain in drawings and illustrations: an artist's record of the summer of 1940.
13. Women in Uniform 1939–45 — Jane Waller & Michael Vaughan-Rees — The women who served in the armed forces and auxiliary services: the ATS, the WRAF, the WRNS, and their counterparts across the Allied nations.
14. Northrop F-5/F-20 (Modern Combat Aircraft 25) — Jerry Scutts — The complete story of Northrop's lightweight fighter family: design, development, and operations.
15. Ghosts: The Illustrated Story of the SAS — Ken Connor — One of the SAS's longest-serving soldiers tells the illustrated history of the regiment: the operations, the selection, and the legend.