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The South African War: Exploits of Australians and New Zealanders
  

The South African War: Exploits of Australians and New Zealanders (Hardback)

By Potgieter, Zefanja

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The Boer War, now called the South African War 1899-1902, produced an unexpected outburst of loyalty to Britain and Queen Victoria in Australia and New Zealand. This encouraged the enlistment and despatch of a succession of Contingents from each country. The Australian Bushman ...

ISBN 9780987666574
Published 1 April 2013 by John Douglas Publishing
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Gallipoli: A Ridge Too Far

Gallipoli: A Ridge Too Far (Hardback)

Edited by Ekins, Ashley

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In early August 1915, after months of stalemate in the trenches on Gallipoli, British and Dominion troops launched a series of assaults in an all-out attempt to break the deadlock and achieve a decisive victory. The August offensive resulted in heartbreaking failure and costly ...

ISBN 9781921966002
Published 5 April 2013 by Exisle Publishing
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Tobruk 1941
  

Tobruk 1941 (Paperback)

By Wilmot, Chester 5 in stock at special price

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With a distinctive mix of vigour and intelligence that made him a celebrated correspondent during and after the Second World War, Wilmot here tells the sotyr of the fighting in and around Tobruk from January to December 1941.

ISBN 9780143008521
Published 29 June 2009 by Penguin
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Blood Brothers
    

Blood Brothers (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Hopkins-Weise, Jeff 12 in stock at special price

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This is a ground-breaking and sure to be controversial work that highlights, for the first time in detail, the story of how the New Zealand Land Wars of the 19th century were the true birthplace of an Australian and New Zealand military tradition that would become known as the AN ...

ISBN 9780143011187
Published 22 January 2009 by Penguin
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Gallipoli: The Fatal Shore
 

Gallipoli: The Fatal Shore (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Broadbent, Harvey; Foreword by Cosgrove, Peter

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This book seeks to convey the story of Gallipoli to Australians of all ages. On 25 April, 1915, Allied troops stormed the cliffs of Gallipoli. Twenty-eight thousand Australians were killed and wounded in the bloody, eight-month campaign. Gallipoli is now regarded as a defining ep ...

ISBN 9780143011330
Published 30 March 2009 by Penguin
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The Desert War: The North Africa Campaign 1940-43
 

The Desert War: The North Africa Campaign 1940-43 (Paperback)

By Moorehead, Alan

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Alan Moorehead was sent to cover the North Africa campaign in 1940 by the Daily Express and he followed its dramatic course all the way to 1943. The three books he subsequently wrote about his experiences - collected here as The Desert War - were acclaimed as classic accounts of ...

ISBN 9780143011972
Published 1 June 2009 by Penguin
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An Anzac Story

An Anzac Story (Hardback, illustrated edition)

By Kyle, Roy

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Roy Kyle began writing his reminiscences at the age of 89. This is the account of a young man's experience of war. It is also one of the few memoirs of the Dardanelles and European campaigns by a ordinary soldier.

ISBN 9780670910748
Published 1 March 2005 by Penguin
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The Architect of Kokoda: Bert Kienzle - The Man Who Made the Kokoda Track
 

The Architect of Kokoda: Bert Kienzle - The Man Who Made the Kokoda Track (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Kienzle, Robyn

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If one person made the Kokoda Track that man was Bert Kienzle. Part Samoan and German/English, born in Fiji and raised in Germany and Australia, he was managing a rubber plantation and gold mine in Papua New Guinea at the outbreak of WWII.

ISBN 9780733627637
Published 26 July 2011 by Hachette
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Ghost Platoon
 

Ghost Platoon (Paperback)

By Walker, Frank

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Thirty-nine years ago an Australian Army Platoon saw action in Vietnam. Years later, the army said they didn't exist. What secrets were they trying to hide?

ISBN 9780733630569
Release Date 25 June 2013 by Hachette
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Australian and New Zealand Honours and Awards of the Boer War, 1899-1902
   

Australian and New Zealand Honours and Awards of the Boer War, 1899-1902 (Paperback)

By Austin, Ron 1 in stock at special price

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Part 1 Honours & Awards to officers and men of Australian Units, Part 1, Appendix 1. Australians reputed to have received Gallantry Awards but not Gazetted. Part 2, Honours & Awards to officers and men of New Zealand Units.Part 3, Honours & Awards to Australians & New Zealanders ...

ISBN 9780980637342
Published 1 December 2010 by Slouch Hat Publications
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