Searching For Charlie - In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC & Bar by Tom Scott
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary | Reading Level: very good
Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham is the only combat soldier ever to win the Victoria Cross twice. His acts of bravery in World War II meant he probably deserved six more. The mystery of how a reserved, modest, slightly built farm valuer from New Zealand, could be so ferocious and fearless in battle has int ...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
Tank of Tobruk A New Zealand YMCA Secretary at War by Hector Tankersley MBE with Neil Frances
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
The Battlecruiser New Zealand - A Gift to Empire by Matthew J. Wright
$59.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
This book tells the story of HMS New Zealand, a battlecruiser paid for by the people of New Zealand in 1909, and when Japan was perceived as a threat in Australasia and the Pacific. Born of the collision between New Zealand's patriotic dreams and European politics, the tale of HMS New Zealand is further ...Show more
The Ferret: Sergeant Eric Batchelor DCM and Bar, M.I.D. by Tom O'Connor
$75.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
I interviewed Eric Batchelor several times during the years I worked as a journalist in Timaru, usually in the lead up to Anzac Day or some other military commemoration. Sitting in his homely kitchen he shared stories of his exploits during World War Two in his quietly spoken manner. He was always frank ...Show more
The Forgotten Wars: Why the Musket Wars Matter Today by Ron Crosby
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
Ron Crosby brilliantly rewrites his seminal The Musket Wars on a thematic basis, simplifying it to a concise work full of maps and illustrations for the general reader. Distinguished author Ron Crosby outlines why the Musket Wars were a crucial phase of New Zealand history and should be taught today. ...Show more
The Front Line: Images of New Zealanders in the Second World War by Glyn Harper; Susan Lemish
$79.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
NEW ZEALAND'S WAR THROUGH THE LENS OF THOSE WHO SERVED A landmark book exploring New Zealand's second world war effort through over 800 photographs, many never before published and many live-action shots takenby those at the front. The images span North Africa, Europe and the Pacific, as well as action ...Show more
The Silent Division & Concerning One Man's War 1914-1919 by Ormond E Burton
$75.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
The book is in three parts. Part One: a re-issue, unaltered, of the acclaimed The Silent Division - New Zealanders at the Front 1914 - 1919, first published in 1935, but now including maps and illustrations. Part Two: issued for the first time; that part of Ormond Burton's hitherto unpublished autobiogr ...Show more
Voices from a Border War: Borneo 1963-1965 by Robert Gurr
$65.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary | Reading Level: New
The factual accounts of the preparation and commitment to active operations of a Regular New Zealand battalion are at the core of this narrative. To many outsiders, the confrontation activities of Indonesia from 1963 to 1966 were something of a sideshow on the world stage. If they were, the resulting co ...Show more
Where the Flaming Hell Are We?: The story of young Australians and New Zealanders fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete by Craig Collie
$37.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
The gripping story of Australia and New Zealand in the fight for the Aegean - through the eyes of the soldiers. 'We used our knees and our rifle butts and our blades. For a while we stopped being ordinary blokes and became blood-lusted creatures.' March, 1941: 40,000 Australian and New Zealand troops a ...Show more
Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War by Monty Soutar
$89.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
This major publication about Maori participation in the First World War is written by NZ's leading Maori military historian Dr Monty Soutar, author of the award-winning Nga Tama Toa C Company, Maori Battalion. A fascinating look at the Pioneer Battalion (the Battalion created for Maori to serve) that wi ...Show more
World War I and II Tanks: an Illustrated A-Z Directory of Tanks, AFVs, Tank Destroyers, Command Versions and Specialized Tanks from 1916-45 by George Forty
$24.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Miltary
This is an illustrated A - Z directory of tanks, AFVs, tank destroyers, command versions and specialized tanks from 1916-45. It covers topics ranging from the prototype No. 1 Lincoln Machine "Little Willie" to the Panzers and D-Day Funnies. It includes the Medium A Whippet and Marks I, IV and V of World ...Show more