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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
Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC and Bar by Tom Scott
$49.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: near fine
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 i ...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
Wartime Experiences - A Collection of Short Stories from Members of the Country Women's Institute by New Zealand Country Women's Institute Staff (Contribution by)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Published by NZ Country Women's Institute, 1996.Fine condition. A5 Soft cover, stitched 116 pages. B&W illustrations.
Sea Kings of Britain : Keppel to Nelson and Albemarle to Hawke
$20.00 NZD
Category: Naval History
Into the Unknown: The Secret WWI Diary of Kiwi Alick Trafford No. 25/469 by Ian Trafford
$38.00 NZD
Category: Second World War | Reading Level: near fine
A personal account of WWI from the diaries of a Gisborne farm boy, shaped into a gripping narrative by the diarist's grandson 100 years later. Follow Alick as he moves from his last night on the farm in early 1916, through enshipment and training, then off to the battle fields of France and Belgium, occ ...Show more
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