The Ghosts of Roebuck Bay: The 1942 Bombing of Broome, and its Tragic Aftermath by Ian W. Shaw
$32.99 AUD
Category: Broome History
The Japanese attack on Broome is the second most deadly air raid on Australia soil in our history and yet it's almost entirely overlooked. On 3 March 1942, nine Japanese Zero planes strafed the small town planning to destroy the aerodrome and American planes. With no notice, the townsfolk could only put ...Show more
The Battles for Kokoda Plateau: Three Weeks of Hell Defending the Gateway to the Owen Stanleys by David W. Cameron
$35.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
A powerful new insight into the critical first weeks of fighting to halt the Japanese advance across Papua New Guinea to Port Moresby.
Mosul: Australia's secret war inside the ISIS caliphate by Ben Mckelvey
$36.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General
From the best-selling author of The Commando and Born to Fight comes a fascinating investigation of modern warfare that combines methodical research and the fast-paced action of battle with the personal stories of the combatants on both sides of the line. Taking us from the suburbs of western Sydney ...Show more
Whispering Death : Australian Airmen in the Pacific War by Mark Johnston
$36.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
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
The Mighty Krait by Ian McPhedran
$35.00 AUD
Category: Miltary | Series: WWII
Over many years, thousands of people have walked past a modest black timber fishing boat bobbing in the waters of Sydney's Darling Harbour, paying it little attention. But appearances can be deceptive.The humble little Japanese-built trawler called the Krait played a crucial role in one of World War II' ...Show more
Bill the Bastard: The story of Australia's greatest war horse by Roland Perry
$30.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
An epic yarn based on the true story of a great Australian war horse who rode with bravery and valour at Gallipoli, the desert campaigns of Egypt, and Palestine.
Shadow Men: The leaders who shaped the Australian Army from the Veldt to Vietnam by Craig Stockings
$34.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
There is no question that these famous figures of theAustralian Army are important, but their story is not thestory. There are also the individuals who shaped the historyof the Australian Army in the 20th century, as intellectuals,strategists and administrators, but are largely invisible inpopular memor ...Show more
Flagship: The Cruiser HMAS Australia II and the Pacific War on Japan by Mike Carlton
$49.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
In 1924 the grand old battle cruiser HMAS Australia I, once the pride of the nation, was sunk off Sydney Heads. She had saved Australia from a German attack in the Pacific in World War I, but after the war she was a victim in the race to disarm. There was a day of national mourning when they blew the bo ...Show more
The Kamikaze Hunters: The Men Who Fought for the Pacific, 1945 by Will Iredale
$19.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. In May 1945, with victory in Europe established, the war was all but over. But on the other side of the world, the Allies were still engaged in a bitter struggle to control the Pacific. And it was then that the Japanese unleashed a terrible new form of warfare: the s ...Show more
Gallipoli by Peter FitzSimons
$32.99 AUD
Category: Miltary | Reading Level: very good
On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east. After eight months of terrible fighting, they would fail. Turkey regards the victory to this day as a defining moment in its hist ...Show more
Scorched Earth: Australia's Secret Plan for Total War Under Japanese Invasion in World War II by Sue Rosen
$32.99 AUD
Category: Miltary | Reading Level: General Adult
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
The Charge by David Cameron
$35.00 AUD
Category: Miltary
The Turkish Gaza-Beersheba line extended for 40 kilometres between the Turkish bastion of Gaza and the heavily fortified town of Beersheba, and stopped any Allied advance into Palestine proper. It needed to be breached, and Beersheba - on the eastern flank of this line - became the scene of the historic ...Show more