Second Hand Military History Books > Military History > Second World War
Secondhand books covering World War 2 (1939-1945). Includes NZ's involvement in World War 2, Eastern Front, the Fall of France, D-Day, the war in Asia and so on.
Stalin's Folly : The Secret History of the German Invasion of Russia by Constantine Pleshakov
$20.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Hitler came very close to winning the Second World War in June 1941. Despite obvious preparations, his invasion of Russia caught the Red Army by surprise and almost destroyed it in the first ten days. The catastrophe has often been laid at Stalin's door but the true story is only emerging now as secret ...Show more
Peter McIntyre - War Artist by Peter McIntyre
$55.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Secondhand. This collection of 44 paintings and more than 75 pencil sketches thus represents the fulfilment both of a dream and a commitment. It is war as one man saw and experienced it- the despair and the tragedy, the felowship and the hope. That it is also the story of a unique chapter in New Zealand ...Show more
Journey of Remembrance by Jamieson, Shirley
$15.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Advance information only, full description to be advised.
A Volunteer for the Duration - The Story of a Volunteer Infantryman in the Second World War by Allan A. Jones; Carol Ellis (Editor)
$15.00 NZD
$20.00 (25% off)
Category: Second World War
Crete 1941 Eyewitnessed by C. N. Hadjipateras and M. S. Fafalios
$20.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Uniforms and Insignia of the Navies of World War Two - As Seen by U. S. Naval Intelligence by U. S. Naval Intelligence Staff
$30.00 NZD
Category: Naval History
Unexplained Mysteries of World War II by William B. Breuer
$20.00 NZD
$25.00 (20% off)
Category: Second World War
As combat veterans and high commanders know, logic is often a stranger in wartime. --William B. Breuer, in The annals of World War II are mined with captivating cases of strange coincidences, ominous premonitions, and baffling mysteries. Now, William Breuer's painstaking research has yielded over 10 ...Show more
Hess : a Kiwi Malta Ace by SUTHERLAND James
$20.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
This biography concerns the life of one of New Zealand's top fighter aces of World War Two. Ray Hesselyn, "Hess" to his friends, was one of the first pilots to ferry Spitfires on to the besieged island of Malta. He became the only New Zealander to be awarded the D.F.M. and Bar. This is the story of cour ...Show more
Kriegsmarine - The Illustrated History of the German Navy in WW II by Robert Jackson (Editor)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Naval History
Covering all classes of vessel, and all theatres of war, from the sorties into the Atlantic by the capital ships Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, to the actions of the E-boats in the English Channel and the Mediterranean.
Freyberg's Circus - Reminiscences of a Kiwi Soldier in the North African Campaign of World War II by Noel (Wig) Gardiner
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies and memoirs
Tells of courageous acts by ordinary soldiers in inhuman conditions, moving with Freyberg's Circus from Alamein to Tunisia, North Africa. Illustrated with b&w photos.