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Secondhand books covering World War 2 (1939-1945). Includes NZ's involvement in World War 2, Eastern Front, the Fall of France, D-Day, the war in Asia and so on.
German Airborne Troops 1939-45 by Bruce Quarrie
$22.00 NZD
$25.00 (12% off)
Category: Second World War | Series: Men-at-arms
Airborne operations have often been called a vertical envelopment, and therein lies one of the best descriptions of their value. The essence of an envelopment is to pin the enemy in place so that it can be destroyed. A strong enemy force to one's rear disrupts supplies and communications and makes one m ...Show more
Stalin's Folly : The Secret History of the German Invasion of Russia by Constantine Pleshakov
$20.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Hitler came very close to winning the Second World War in June 1941. Despite obvious preparations, his invasion of Russia caught the Red Army by surprise and almost destroyed it in the first ten days. The catastrophe has often been laid at Stalin's door but the true story is only emerging now as secret ...Show more
Peter McIntyre - War Artist by Peter McIntyre
$55.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Secondhand. This collection of 44 paintings and more than 75 pencil sketches thus represents the fulfilment both of a dream and a commitment. It is war as one man saw and experienced it- the despair and the tragedy, the felowship and the hope. That it is also the story of a unique chapter in New Zealand ...Show more
Journey of Remembrance by Jamieson, Shirley
$15.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Advance information only, full description to be advised.
A Volunteer for the Duration - The Story of a Volunteer Infantryman in the Second World War by Allan A. Jones; Carol Ellis (Editor)
$15.00 NZD
$20.00 (25% off)
Category: Second World War
Crete 1941 Eyewitnessed by C. N. Hadjipateras and M. S. Fafalios
$20.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Singapore: The Battle that Changed the World by James Leasor
$20.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
Germany's Eastern Front Allies 1941-45 by Peter Abbott; Mike Chappell (Illustrator); Nigel Thomas
$22.00 NZD
$25.00 (12% off)
Category: Second World War | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
The 1930s were a time of growing tension for the smaller states of Eastern Europe. Since the end of the First World War they had enjoyed an independence which most of them had not known for centuries, but this was now threatened by the growing power of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. Instead of combinin ...Show more
Unauthorized Action - Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid by Brian Loring Villa
$30.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
On 19 August 1942 a mainly Canadian force left England in an attempt to seize the German-occupied French port of Dieppe, on a mission that has been described as the largest raid in history. The result was a complete disaster. That some 4,000 Canadian soliders and marines should wait over 2 1/2 years for ...Show more
Uniforms and Insignia of the Navies of World War Two - As Seen by U. S. Naval Intelligence by U. S. Naval Intelligence Staff
$30.00 NZD
Category: Naval History
Unexplained Mysteries of World War II by William B. Breuer
$20.00 NZD
$25.00 (20% off)
Category: Second World War
As combat veterans and high commanders know, logic is often a stranger in wartime. --William B. Breuer, in The annals of World War II are mined with captivating cases of strange coincidences, ominous premonitions, and baffling mysteries. Now, William Breuer's painstaking research has yielded over 10 ...Show more