Eve of a Hundred Midnights: The Star-Crossed Love Story of Two WWII Correspondents and their Epic Escape Across the Pacific by Bill Lascher
34.99 NZD
Category: Military History
A captivating true-life romance between two young American reporters who fell in love and embarked on a harrowing journey after the fall of Manila, traveling from island to island with the Japanese in close pursuit. New Year's Eve, 1941. Inside Manila's Bay View Hotel, journalists Mel and Annalee Jacoby ...Show more
Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 by Max Hastings
26.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
A magisterial chronicle of the calamity that crippled Europe in 1914. In 1914, Europe plunged into the 20th century's first terrible act of self-immolation - what was then called The Great War. On the eve of its centenary, Max Hastings seeks to explain both how the conflict came about and what befell mi ...Show more
Fighter Boys : Saving Britain 1940 by Patrick Bishop
24.99 NZD
Category: Military History
A remarkable, intimate portrait of the young men of Fighter Command, whose skill, temperament and morale determined the fate of Britain and arguably the free world. The Battle of Britain, fought in the skies over Britain during the sweltering summer of 1940, was one of the most crucial battles ever foug ...Show more