North American XB-70 Valkyrie by Peter E. Davies
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Category: Military History | Series: X-Planes
Of the many futuristic military aircraft concepts created in the 1950s the North American XB-70 still stands out as the most awe-inspiring. With its huge, white partially-folding delta wing, its fuselage resembling a striking cobra and its extraordinary performance, it was one of the foremost technologi ...Show more
Enigma: The Battle For The Code by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military History
The complete story of how the German Enigma codes were broken. Perfect for fans of THE IMITATION GAME, the new film on Alan Turing's Enigma code, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park. There is another ...Show more
Bomber Boys by Marianne van Velzen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military History
The unknown story of a unique RAAF squadron, its men and its mission to halt the Japanese advance in the Pacific
The Rag Tag Fleet by Ian W. Shaw
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military History
The unknown story of how a fleet of Australian fishing boats, trawlers and schooners supplied US and Australian forces in the Pacific - and helped turn the course of World War II. Mid-1942: from China to New Guinea, the Pacific belonged to the Japanese. In this desperate situation, a fleet of hundreds ...Show more
Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History by Saul David
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Category: Military History
'Totally thrilling, totally poignant. Bringing the greatest special forces operation of modern times blazingly to life' Simon Sebag Montefiore At 15.40 hours on 3 July 1976, four Hercules C-130 transport planes carrying a secret Israeli special forces unit take off from an air force base in the Sinai De ...Show more
Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden
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Category: Military History
Secondhand. A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in History Winner of the 2018 Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Greene Award for a distinguished work of nonfiction. The first battle book from Mark Bowden since his #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down, Hue 1968, "an instantly recognizable c ...Show more
Cold War Games by Harry Blutstein
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Category: Military History
Cold War Games shows vividly how the USSR and US exploited the Melbourne Olympic Games for propaganda, turning athletic fields, swimming pools and other sporting venues into battlefields in which each fought for supremacy.The 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games have become known as the 'friendly games', but Ea ...Show more
The Killing School: Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program by Brandon Webb
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Category: Military History
The Killing School brings readers inside the U.S. Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper Course-the gruelling three-month training program that produces the world's deadliest snipers. As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Brandon Webb was tasked with revamping the U.S. Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Sco ...Show more
Scorched Earth: Australia's Secret Plan for Total War Under Japanese Invasion in World War II by Sue Rosen
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Category: Military History
In 1942 the threat of Japanese invasion hung over Australia. The men were away overseas, fighting on other fronts, and civilians were left unprotected at home. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Japanese advance south, Prime Minister Curtin ordered state governments to prepare. From January 19 ...Show more
Fair Dinkums by Glenn McFarlane
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Category: Military History
FAIR DINKUM (def.): honesty, guts, directness, fortitude, courage, truth. You had to be fair dinkum to enlist after the hell of Gallipoli hit home. A new breed of warrior and patriot stepped up as Anzac's second wave. Among them were 152 men of the 7th Battalion - fruit pickers and farmers, bootmakers a ...Show more
First Day of the Somme : the Complete Account of Britain's Worst-Ever Military Disaster by Andrew Macdonald
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Category: Military History
The complete account of Britain's worst-ever military disaster. It took several million bullets and roughly an hour to effectively destroy General Sir Douglas Haig's grand plans for the first day of the Somme, 1 July 1916. By day's end, 19,240 British soldiers were dead, crumpled khaki bundles scattered ...Show more
The Battle of Long Tan by David W. Cameron
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military History
On the afternoon of 18 August 1966, a rubber plantation near Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, became the stage for one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War involving Australian troops - and one of the most significant battles during the Vietnam War for the Australian Task Force. Th ...Show more