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Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC and Bar by Tom Scott
$49.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham is the only combat soldier ever to win the Victoria Cross twice. His acts of bravery in World War II meant he probably deserved six more. The mystery of how a reserved, modest, slightly built farm valuer from New Zealand, could be so ferocious and fearless in battle has ...Show more
Le Quesnoy 1918 by Christopher Pugsley
$40.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
The New Zealand Division's capture of the French town of Le Quesnoy was its last and most successful action in the First World War. Breaking through defensive lines and scaling the town walls by ladder, the New Zealanders overwhelmed the defenders, freeing the town after years of German occupation. It w ...Show more
Ake Ake Kia Kaha E! Forever Brave!: B Company 28th Maori Battalion 1939-1945 by Wira Gardiner
$50.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
A truly unique insight into the impact the Second World War had on the iwi of the central North Island and Bay of Plenty districts (including Te Arawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Tuhoe, Whanau-a-Apanui, Ngati Maru and Ngati Paoa) focusing on the region's war effort not only overseas, but also at home and in gove ...Show more
Le Quesnoy: The Story of the Town New Zealand Saved by Glyn Harper
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children's
Le Quesnoy (pronounced Leck con wah) is a town in northern France. It is surrounded by high walls and deep trenches. In World War I it was occupied by the German army for four long years. In November 1918 the town was liberated by soldiers from far-away New Zealand. Because these men used a bit of kiwi ...Show more
Two Peoples, One Land : The New Zealand Wars by Matthew Wright
$70.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Wars
The New Zealand Wars - at one time called the Land Wars and the Maori Wars - represent one of the most misunderstood (and misreported) 30 years in this country's history. This is the first highly illustrated volume to comprehensively detail the events and personalities who gave shape to the conflict, co ...Show more
Tiger Moths & Butterflies by P. Norman
$25.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Tiger Moths and Butterflies: With the Airforce in War and Peace is the fascinating story of a schoolboy and his contemporaries during WWII. In 1942, Peter Norman and his friends were excited at the thought of escaping boyhood and getting into uniform to serve their country in the war. Desperate to take ...Show more
To Find a PathThe Life and Times of the Royal Pacific Islands Regiment Vols one and two by James Sinclair
$270.00 NZD
Category: Other Wars
Fallout by Lesley Blume
$40.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
New York Times bestselling author Lesley Blume reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century -- the true effects of the atom bomb -- potentially saving millions of lives. In the days following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the J ...Show more
Sea Kings of Britain : Keppel to Nelson and Albemarle to Hawke
$20.00 NZD
Category: Naval History
The Sword and the Pen - Selections from the World's Greatest Military Writings by Basil H. Liddell-Hart; Adrian Liddell Hart
$30.00 NZD
Category: Other Wars
General Giap : The General Headquarters in the Spring of Brilliant Victory
$135.00 NZD
Category: Vietnam War
New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy
$120.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs., Wellington., 1956. Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. xv + 721pp, photos, maps, charts. Volume of the official history of New Zealand in the second world war. Jacket is chipped and creased