The War on Paper - 20 Documents That Defined the Second World War by Anthony Richards
$69.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Wars are fought by armies. But they are supported by documents--countless documents--from the first declaration to the final truce. The War on Paper shows just how revealing that rarely considered aspect of warfare can be, telling the story of World War II through close looks at twenty key documents fro ...Show more
Spitfire (The Inside Story) by David Curnock
$14.99 NZD
$19.99 (25% off)
Category: Military History | Series: The Inside Story
The Supermarine Spitfire is the most iconic fighter ever to have worn the markings of the Royal Air Force. This hardback book takes a look atthe role of the aircraft during the Battle of Britain and its service all over the world, throughout the war. Spitfire: The Inside Story features over 70 illustrat ...Show more
Life and Death in the Battle of Britain by Carl Warner
$29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
This book offers an intimate account of the Battle of Britain, related by young pilots in their most unguarded moments, talking with their chaplain. Guy Mayfield was the Station Chaplain at the Royal Air Force's Duxford base in the summer of 1940, and his diary is full of stories told by the pilots in h ...Show more
Seek and Destroy by Harrison Paul
$85.00 NZD
Category: Military History
In 2015 No.3 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force celebrated 50 years of continuous helicopter operations since it reformed in August 1965. Seek and Destroy is the official history of the machines and personnel that make up the colourful and wide-ranging operations of this unique squadron, which was fir ...Show more
Art of the Japanese Sword: the Craft of Swordmaking and Its Appreciation by Yoshindo Yoshihara
$112.00 NZD
Category: Military History
In "The Art of the Japanese Sword," master swordsmith Yoshindo Yoshihara offers a comprehensive view on the making, finishing and appreciation of Japanese blades. The Japanese sword, a unique work of art in steel, can be appreciated from a number of viewpoints. Its functionality as a weapon, the sophist ...Show more
From Battle of Britain Airman to POW Escapee - The Story of Ian Walker RAF by Angela Walker
$59.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
This is the Second World War story of a champion cyclist turned airman who lived to tell the tale against almost impossible odds. A New Zealander in the RAF, Ian Walker took part in the Battle of Britain before transferring to Bomber Command and surviving three plane crashes in his Wellington bomber. Th ...Show more
Target London: Bombing the Capital 1915-2005 by Peter Reese
$19.99 NZD
$69.99 (71% off)
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
London was a target for Zeppelins and bombers during the First World War, for bombers, V1s and rockets in the Second, and for Cold War missiles and for terrorists in more recent times, yet rarely has the history of twentieth-century attacks on the capital been studied as a whole. Peter Reese, in this th ...Show more
Bomber Command : Failed to Return by Steve Bond
$19.99 NZD
$79.99 (75% off)
Category: Military History
With an average age of just twenty-two, the young airmen of the Royal Air Force's Bomber Command, all volunteers, began operating within minutes of the start of the Second World War. Continually, through to May 1945, the aircrews, with the odds heavily against them, fought in defiance of Nazi aggression ...Show more