A Soldier's Soldier : A Biography of Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Daly by Jeffrey Grey
$59.95 AUD
Category: New Military History | Series: Australian Army History Series
Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Daly was a renowned soldier and one of the most influential figures in Australia's military history. As Chief of the General Staff during the Vietnam War, he oversaw a significant re-organisation of the Army as he fought a war under political and resource restrictions. In t ...Show more
ANZAC Treasures: The Gallipoli Collection of the Australian War Memorial by Peter Pedersen
$69.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
This landmark publication commemorates the centenary of the Great War's Gallipoli campaign, 25 April 1915 to 9 January 1916. ANZAC Treasures approaches the subject of Gallipoli not only from a military perspective but also in terms of its social impact and its role in commemoration and nation building. ...Show more
Should We Fall to Ruin - New Guinea, 1942. The untold true story of a remote garrison and their battle against extraordinary odds. by Harrison Christian
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Military History | Reading Level: near fine
When the Japanese invade in 1942, the Australian men and women stationed at the New Guinea port of Rabaul flee into the jungle. Written off by their government as ‘hostages to fortune’, the little-known garrison on Australia’s tropic frontier has been left with no modern equipment, no lifeline to the ou ...Show more
Special Operations Group by Christophe Glasl
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
The Special Operations Group are ultra-fit, highly trained officers brought in to do the jobs other police cannot. Since he was a nineteen-year-old recruit with Victoria Police, Chris Glasl aspired to join this elite group - the SOG were untouchable, indestructible and bonded so closely together they we ...Show more
Whispering Death : Australian Airmen in the Pacific War by Mark Johnston
$35.00 AUD
Category: New Military History
In Whispering Death, Mark Johnston, one of Australia's leading experts on World War II, explains vividly how more than 130,000 Australian airmen fought Japan from the Pacific War's first hours in 1941 to its last in 1945. They clashed over a vast area, from India to Noumea, Bass Strait to the Philippine ...Show more
Running Deep: An Australian Submarine Life by Commodore Peter Scott
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
Described by the Honourable Kim Beazley AC as a 'beautifully written memoir', this is the rare and extraordinary story of an Australian submariner.From conducting top-secret missions to making Australian submarine history, Commodore Peter Scott depicts what it takes to be a Submariner.Over a decorated 3 ...Show more
Back to Bangka: Searching for the Truth About a Wartime Massacre by Georgina Banks
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
Georgina Banks searches for the truth of what happened to her Great Aunt 'Bud', killed in the Second World War.Bangka Strait, Indonesia, 1942. Allied ships are evacuating thousands in flight from Singapore, the island having fallen to Japanese Imperial forces. Facing terrifying assaults by fighter plane ...Show more
The Chipilly Six: Unsung Heroes of the Great War by Lucas Jordan
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
On 9 August 1918, on high ground overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen, for no gain.Meanwhile, two Australian sergeants, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews, go absent without ...Show more
The Passion of Private White by Don Watson
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
From the bestselling author of The Bush, the story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and a remote Aboriginal tribe: a miniature epic of human adaptation, suffering and resilience. The Passion of Private White describes the meeting of two worlds: the world of the fiercely driven bio ...Show more
Royal Australian Air Force History Box Set: 1921 to 2021 by Air Force History Branch
$69.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
Commemorating the 100 Year Anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force. The Official History Box Set includes two full colour hardback books: • The Aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force • The Units of the Royal Australian Air Force The Royal Australian Air Force History Box Set ...Show more