Our First Foreign War - The impact of the South African War 1899-1902 on New Zealand by Nigel Robson
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military | Reading Level: near fine
When war broke out between the British Empire and the Boer republics in 1899, New Zealand was among Britain's most enthusiastic supporters. The South African War was a chance for New Zealand to prove its military capabilities and loyalty to the Empire. There was a huge surge in nationalist feeling and i ...Show more
Into the Unknown: The Secret WWI Diary of Kiwi Alick Trafford No. 25/469 by Ian Trafford
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military | Reading Level: near fine
Secondhand. A personal account of WWI from the diaries of a Gisborne farm boy, shaped into a gripping narrative by the diarist's grandson 100 years later. Follow Alick as he moves from his last night on the farm in early 1916, through enshipment and training, then off to the battle fields of France and ...Show more
Eddie Norman and 25 Battalion by Elizabeth Kay
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military
When World War Two broke out, three theological students left their college in Auckland to the sound of bagpipes and volunteered to fight. Eddie Norman, aged 22 from Hawke's Bay, was one of them. A natural leader, his first experience of action was at El Alamein in 1942 as a platoon commander, and durin ...Show more
From Taranto to Trieste following the 2nd NZ Division's Italian Campaign, 1943-1945 by Jennifer Mallinson
49.50 NZD
Category: NZ Military | Reading Level: very good
Taranto to Trieste is an account of the author’s fascinating journey to retrace the actual path of the 2nd New Zealand Division in Italy from its arrival in October 1943 until the end of the European war. Although a personal journey with personal reflections, the real story is about the largely off-the- ...Show more
Shooting From the Shadows - New Zealand Special Air Service - Wings Williams Story by Michael William
85.99 NZD
Category: NZ Military
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
Soldiers, Scouts and Spies by Cliff Simons
55.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military
As interest in the New Zealand Wars grows, Soldiers, Scouts and Spies offers a unique insight into the major campaigns fought between 1845 and 1864 by British troops, their militia and Maori allies, and Maori iwi and coalitions. It was a time of rapid technological change. Maori were quick to adopt west ...Show more
For King and Other Countries - The New Zealanders who fought in other services in the First World War by Glyn Harper
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ Military | Series: Chp Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
New Zealands military contribution to the First World War was a massive effort for a small country. The figure most often quoted is that from October 1914 through to October 1918, just over 100,000 New Zealanders embarked for military service overseas. But that number does not include the thousands who ...Show more
Partisan: The Incredible True Story of a New Zealand Soldier Behind Enemy Lines by James Caffin
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military | Reading Level: near fine
The gripping story of a New Zealand solider who escaped the clutches of a prisoner-of-war camp to join the Yugoslav freedom fighters during the Second World War After a daring escape from a prisoner-of-war camp in occupied Yugoslavia, John Denvir reached the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, where he join ...Show more
My Escape from Crete by Jim McDevitt
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ Military
In July 1941, after five weeks behind the barbed wire of a prisoner-of-war compound in fallen Crete, Jim McDevitt spotted a chance for freedom. Without pausing to reflect on the dangers, the bold young kiwi took his chance, and so began a 22-month game of cat-and-mouse wuth the island's conquerors. This ...Show more
New Zealand Cyclist Corps in the Great War, 1914-1918 by Officers of the New Zealand Cyclist Corps
83.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military
An interesting and complete account of this small Corps which never had more than 800 officers and men on its strength. Almost the entire narrative is devoted to their services in Egypt and on the Western Front. Detached from the NZEF, the Corps was assigned to XXII Corps as Mounted Troops. In the event ...Show more
Cheerio for the Present - A New Zealand Soldier's Life in World War II by Jim Edwards; Cecilia Edwards
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Military