Sherman Tank Manual: An Insight into the History, Development, Production, Uses and Ownership of the World's Most Iconic Tank by Pat Ware
$49.99 NZD
Category: Military
The US-designed and built Sherman was the most prolific Allied tank of the Second World War and was operated by the armies of the USA, Canada, Britain, the Soviet Union and France. Ease of production, mechanical reliability and durability in use characterised the Sherman, of which more than 49,000 were ...Show more
Shooting From the Shadows - New Zealand Special Air Service - Wings Williams Story by Michael William
$75.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
Between 1956 and 1971 the New Zealand SAS were deployed on active service four times. Michael Wings Williams career in the New Zealand Army, and the New Zealand SAS, spans a significant portion of this period and this book takes the reader through two of those key campaigns; Borneo and South Vietnam.Thi ...Show more
Short Stirling - RAF Heavy Bomber in World War II by Ron Mackay
$45.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Military | Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation Ser.
Introduced in 1941, the Short Stirling was the Royal Air Force's first four-engine heavy bomber of the Second World War. However, early on, the Stirling's performance was compromised by several issues: a reduced wingspan, which resulted in serious limitations on maximum altitude capability; the two-stag ...Show more
Shots from The Front: The British Soldier 1914-1918 by Richard Holmes
$37.99 NZD
$69.99 (45% off)
Category: Military | Reading Level: very good
A handsomely illustrated photographic account, by the bestselling author of 'Tommy' (2003), of the human experience of war as directly witnessed by British soldiers in the First World War. Richard Holmes, one of Britain's best-known military historians (and President of the British Commission of Milita ...Show more
Shots of War by Paul Brewer
$34.99 NZD
$71.99 (51% off)
Category: Military
Photographic technology and modern warfare arrived almost simultaneously. The work of photographers, starting in the 1850s and initially restricted by the cumbersome apparatus of the early camera, has over the succeeding 160 years documented the dramatic changes to warfare during the same period. "Shots ...Show more
Sicily '43: A Times Book of the Year by James Holland
$40.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Military
This is the story of the biggest seaborne landing in history.Codenamed Operation HUSKY, the Allied assault on Sicily on 10 July 1943 remains the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted in world history, landing more men in a single day than at any other time. That day, over 160,000 British, American an ...Show more
Sicily '43: The First Assault On Fortress Europe by James Holland
$24.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Military
A major new history of one of World War II's most crucial campaigns-the first Allied attack on European soil-by the acclaimed author of Normandy '44 and a rising star in military history On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took place, larger even than the Normandy invasion ele ...Show more
Siege Warfare by Chris McNab
$49.99 NZD
Category: Overseas Military | Series: Haynes Manuals Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In contrast to mobile combat, a siege centers around a fixed location, historically ranging from simple hill forts through to entire fortified cities. For the defenders, their job has been to preserve the integrity of defenses, keep out the attackers, and maintain health, hygiene and nutrition until the ...Show more
Skalski: Against All Odds by Franciszek Graboswki
$59.99 NZD
Category: Overseas Military
Skalski-against all odds provides a gripping and detailed account on the career of General Stanislaw Skalski, VM & bar, KW & 3bars, DSO, DFC & 2bars, the leading Polish fighter ace. Skalski gallantly served from the first day of the Second World War, becoming the first ace of the conflict, a ...Show more
Skorzeny's Special Missions: The Memoirs of Hitler's Most Daring Commando by Otto Skorzeny
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military
Otto Skorzeny, Germany's top commando in World War II, is the most famous man in the history of special forces. This book he tells the full story of the combat operations that made him a legend. When Mussolini was imprisoned in Italy in 1943, it was Skorzeny who successfully led the daring glider rescue ...Show more
Skyhawks: The History of the RNZAF Skyhawk by Don Simms & Nick Lee-Frampton
$85.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
This book is in brilliant colour, with many photographs. It will give the reader an understanding of what it was like to be in the professional, close-knit team that was the RNZAF Air Combat Force. Whether in the flying units at Ohakea and Nowra, or in the support units at Ohakea and Woodbourne, they we ...Show more