The Emperor's Grace: Untold Stories of the Australians Enslaved in Japan during World War II by Mark Baker
$34.95 AUD
Category: World Wars | Series: Australian History Ser.
The Emperor's Grace is the story of the men of "C" Force – the first contingent of Australian, British and Dutch POWs shipped from Singapore to Japan in November 1942 – who worked in the Kawasaki Shipyard in Kobe before the American firebombing campaign razed the city, and then the infamous Fukuoka coal ...Show more
Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy by Ben Macintyre
$24.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
In a quiet English village in 1942, an elegant housewife emerged from her cottage to go on her usual bike ride. A devoted wife and mother-of-three, the woman known to her neighbours as Mrs Burton seemed to epitomise rural British domesticity.However, rather than pedalling towards the shops with her rati ...Show more
World War II The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
$49.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
World War II is captured in hundreds of compelling images, presenting the people, places, and politics involved in the epic conflict. Inside this complete visual guide is chronological coverage of the lead up to war, major military battles around the globe, and the aftermath that still influences and im ...Show more
World War II by DK
$19.99 AUD
Category: World Wars | Series: DK Eyewitness
In collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, go back in time and experience history with this picture-led guide to the Second World War. This book tells the story of the second devastating conflict of the 20th century that tore the world apart by - divided by international alliances and growing tensio ...Show more
Last Witnesses: Unchildlike Stories by Svetlana Alexievich; Richard Pevear (Translator); Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
Stunning stories about what it was like to be a Soviet child during the upheaval and horror of the Second World War, from Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich I finished first grade in May of 41, and my parents took me for the summer to the Pioneer camp. I came there, went for a swim once, and two days la ...Show more
World War I: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
$49.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
Learn everything you need to know about the first war to shake the world and change the course of history.World War I- The Definitive Visual Guide takes you from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Treaty of Versailles, through beautifully illustrated and easy to understand timelines. R ...Show more
1914: The Year the World Ended by Paul Ham
$49.99 AUD
Category: World Wars | Reading Level: very good
Few years can justly be said to have transformed the earth, yet 1914 did. The story of the outbreak of World War I.In July of 1914, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Britain, and France were poised to plunge the world into a war that would kill or wound 37 million people, tear down the fabric of society ...Show more
Women to the Front by Heather Sheard; Ruth Lee
$34.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
At the outbreak of World War I, 129 women were registered as medical practitioners in Australia, and many of them were eager to contribute their skills and expertise to the war effort. For the military establishment, however, the notion of women doctors serving on the battlefield was unthinkable. Undau ...Show more
First Victory: The Hunt for the German Raider Emden by Mike Carlton
$34.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
When the ships of the new Royal Australian Navy made their grand entry into Sydney Harbour in October 1913, a young nation was at peace. Under a year later Australia had gone to war in what was seen as a noble fight for king, country, and Empire. Thousands of young men joined up for the adventure of hav ...Show more
Ian Fleming's Commandos : The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WWII by Nicholas Rankin
$39.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'. Here, Fleming had a brilliant idea: why not set up a unit of authorised looters, men who would go in hard with the front-line troops and s ...Show more
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich by Harald Jähner
$35.00 AUD
Category: World Wars
How does a nation recover from fascism?1945 to 1955 was a raw, wild decade poised between two eras that proved decisive for Germany's future - and one starkly different to how most of us imagine it today. Post-war Germany found itself occupied over four zones by the victorious Allied forces. More than h ...Show more
Spitfire VC vs A6M2 Zero-Sen: Darwin 1943 by Peter Ingman; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Cover Design by, Illustrator)
$32.99 AUD
Category: World Wars | Series: Duel Ser.
The little-known yet fascinating story of when two of the most iconic aircraft of World War II dueled in the skies above Australia. Fully illustrated with detailed full-color artwork, this is the gripping story of two iconic aircraft facing off against each other above Australia. Just weeks after Pear ...Show more