163 books (9 pages) in this category
From Jihad to Victory, The Untold Story of the Indian Army in the First World War
by George Morton-Jack
ISBN: 9781408707708
Binding: Paperback
by Richard Hillary
<p>This early work by Richard Hillary was originally published in 1942 and we are now republishing it. 'The Last Enemy' is a work in which the author writes about his experiences as a Supermarine Spitfire pilot in World War II. This is and ...
ISBN: 9781473359642
Binding: Kobo eBook
eBookA Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign, 1863
by Dan Welch & Robert Orrison
<p>"“I thought my men were invincible,” admitted Robert E. Lee. </p> <p>A string of battlefield victories through 1862 had culminated in the spring of 1863 with Lee’s greatest victory yet: the battle of Chancellorsville. Propelled by the ...
ISBN: 9781611212440
Binding: Kobo eBook
eBookThe Cornerstone of Wellington's Strategy in the Peninsular War 1809-12
by John Grehan
<SPAN STYLE= "" >In 1809 French armies controlled almost every province of Spain and only Wellington's small force in Portugal stood between Napoleon and the conquest of Iberia.<BR><BR>The French invaded Portugal in the summer of 1810 but found ...
ISBN: 9781473852754
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eBookThe Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
by Alex Kershaw
<p>A cold winter morning in the Ardennes Forest, 1944, and Hitler launches his last and most audacious attack on the unprepared Allies. Standing between the German forces and the desperately regrouping Allies were just eighteen young Americans, ...
ISBN: 9780141901763
Binding: Kobo eBook
eBookby Jeffrey Paparoa Holman
A unique and beautifully written book – part memoir, part history, part travelogue – The Lost Pilot charts a gripping journey of discovery and reconciliation. I wanted to tell my father's story and call it 'The Lost Pilot'. Not that he was a ...
ISBN: 9781742539201
Binding: Kobo eBook
eBookby Ross Coulthart
<p>‘Lost Tommies’ brings together never-before-seen images of Western Front tommies and their amazing stories in a beautiful collection that is part thriller, part family history and part national archive. For much of the First World War, the ...
ISBN: 9780008110390
Binding: Kobo eBook
eBookThe Bloodiest Outbreak
by Graham Apthorpe
<p><em>Graham Apthorpe?s account of the Cowra outbreak is superb. Narrated in a fresh way, in elegant and original prose, and with a wonderful gift for taking the unexpected angle, it does great service to this astonishing Australian-Japanese ...
ISBN: 9781925520491
Binding: Paperback
The Man Who Returned From The Dead
by John M. Myers
<p><strong>Hugh Glass was left to die.</strong></p> <p><strong>Attacked</strong><br /> Whilst hunting in the fur-rich, Native American-held territory of the Upper Missouri River, Hugh Glass was attacked and mauled by a grizzly ...
ISBN: 9780718184971
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eBookrecovering the missing Anzacs
by Scott Bennett
<p><strong>Few Australians realise that of the 62,000 Anzac soldiers who died in the Great War, over one-third are still listed as ‘missing’. With no marked graves, the only reminders of their sacrifice are the many names inscribed on ageing war
ISBN: 9781925693317
Binding: Kobo eBook
eBook1940: Bomber Command's Forgotten Summer
by Paul Tweddle
<p>WHILE the heroic exploits of ‘The Few’ of Fighter Command are rightly lauded, those of ‘The Many’ of Bomber Command often remain overlooked. Night after night, the bomber crews ranged across Europe seeking out and attacking targets in an ...
ISBN: 9780750989480
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eBookInto War-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders
by Didier Lefevre
ISBN: 9781596433755
Binding: Paperback
by John Hamilton
From the bestselling author of <b><i>Goodbye Cobber</i></b>,<b><i> God Bless You </i></b>and<b><i> Gallipoli Sniper</i></b>. In <b><i>The Price of Valour </i></b>award-winning journalist John Hamilton gives us an extraordinary insight into ...
ISBN: 9781742613369
Binding: Paperback
by Brandon Webb
<p>Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his grueling years of training in Naval Special Operations to his combat tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, <strong><em>The Red ...
ISBN: 9781250021687
Binding: Paperback
The Saboteur: True Adventures Of The Gentleman Commando Who Took On The Nazis
by Paul Kix
<p>In the tradition of ‘Agent Zigzag’ comes a breathtaking biography of WWII’s ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’ as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the best spy thrillers. This celebrates unsung hero Robert de La Rochefoucauld, an aristocrat turned ...
ISBN: 9780007553815
Binding: Kobo eBook
eBookStories from the Men & Ships of the Royal Navy in the Second World War
by Edmund S. Wong
Over 120 first hand stories of life at sea with the Royal Navy from both men and women who served All taken from the Imperial War Museum's audio archive Major UK publicity and marketing campaign ...
ISBN: 9781911604280
Binding: Paperback
The Untold Story of the Escapes Under the Berlin Wall
by Greg Mitchell
<p><strong>'A story with so much inherent drama... a kaleidoscopic cold war story.' The Guardian</strong></p> <p>In the summer of 1962, one year after the rise of the Berlin Wall, a group of daring young West Germans risked prison, Stasi ...
ISBN: 9781473526594
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eBookby Peter Haran
Moving story of combat tracker dogs during the Vietnam WarTrackers is a gritty and moving story that reveals the Australian Army?s little known use of combat tracker dogs during the Vietnam War. A war veteran tells his story with vivid and ...
ISBN: 9781864366051
Binding: Paperback
The British Army's Legendary Front line Fighting Force
by Robin Hunter
<p>Raised in the dark, post-Dunkirk days of 1940 to carry the war to the enemy, in five short and violent years the British Army Commandos established a reputation that has made the name ‘Commando’ the mark of the fighting man.</p> <p>The ...
ISBN: 9780753549513
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eBookThe Life of a Contract Soldier in Iraq
by Lewis Steiner
The true story of operators from a private military contractor working in Iraq shortly after the Gulf War. Steiner had left the British Army to join the gold rush in war-torn Iraq, but grew disillusioned about the declining situation in the ...
ISBN: 9781781552209
Binding: Paperback