The Changi Brownlow by Roland Perry
Category: Military | Series: Hachette Military Collec Ser.
After Singapore falls to the Japanese early in 1942, 70 000 prisoners including 15 000 Australians, are held as POWs at the notorious Changi prison, Singapore. To amuse themselves and fellow inmates, a group of sportsmen led by the indefatigable and popular Chicken Smallhorn, created an Australian Footb ...Show more
The Mighty Krait by Ian McPhedran
Category: Military | 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
Glass Cricket Ball by William Smith, Jan
Category: Military
The moving and evocative story of the one-armed artist Napier Waller’s masterpiece – the Hall of Memory – the spiritual heart of the Australian War Memorial.
Preserving Our Proud Heritage - The Customs and Traditions of the Australian Army by L. I. Terrett; S. C Taubert
Category: Military
The Australian Army's customs and traditions represent the symbols and substance of much of our national character, adopted from Army's forebears and developed since 1901 to where we are today. In the form of the 'Rising Sun', these traditions shape Army's institutional values and to an extent its colle ...Show more
Shadowplay: Behind the Lines and under Fire - The Inside Story of Europe's Last War by Tim Marshall
Category: Military
The last of the devastating series of conflicts resulting from the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, the Kosovo War saw more than 13,500 fatalities, with reports of atrocities, amid controversial intervention and bombing by NATO. Twenty years have passed since the war's end on 11 June 1999, yet ...Show more
Devils on Horses: In the Words of the Anzacs in the Middle East 1916-19 by Terry Kinloch
Category: Military
Reunited with their horses in Egypt after the shattering experience of Gallipoli (a story recounted in Terry Kinloch's earlier book, Echoes of Gallipoli), the Anzac mounted riflemen and light horsemen were initially charged with the defence of the Suez Canal, then with the clearance of the Sinai peninsu ...Show more
For Valour: Australians Awarded the Victoria Cross by Aaron Pegram, Craig Blanch
Category: Military
For Valour tells the remarkable stories of the 100 Australians who have been awarded the Victoria Cross for exceptional acts of bravery and self-sacrifice in battle. From Captain Neville Howse of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps in 1900 to Corporal Cameron Baird of the 2nd Commando Regiment in 201 ...Show more
Battle of Broodseinde Ridge 1917 (#21 Australian Army Campaigns) by William Westerman
Category: Military | Series: Australian Army Campaigns Ser.
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Battle of Pozieres 1916 (#22 Australian Army Campaigns) by Meleah Hampton
Category: Military | Series: Australian Army Campaigns Ser.
The Battle of Pozières has reverberated throughout Australia's military history, long regarded as a costly battle that produced little meaningful gain. Pozières was characterised by the most intense artillery bombardment the Australians had experienced in the war thus far and 'the hell that was Pozières ...Show more
Nameless Names The by Scott Bennett
Category: Military
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 memorials around the world. Bennett deftly tells the story of such m ...Show more
Royal Australian Air Force History Box Set: 1921 to 2021 by Air Force History Branch
Category: Military
Commemorating the 100 Year Anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force. The Official History Box Set includes two full colour hardback books: • The Aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force • The Units of the Royal Australian Air Force The Royal Australian Air Force History Box Set ...Show more
Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John Nichol
Category: Military
'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Spi ...Show more