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The Australian Army in World War I by Robert Fleming
Category: Military | Series: Men at Arms 478
The importance of the Australian contribution to the Allied war effort during World War I should never be underestimated. Some 400,000 Australians volunteered for active duty, an astonishing 13 per cent of the entire (white) male population, a number so great that the Australian government was never ...Show more
The British Army 1939-45 North Africa & Italy 2 by Martin Brayley
Category: Military | Series: Men-at-Arms
The Conquistadores by Terence Wise
Category: History | Series: Men-at-arms
On 12 October 1492 Columbus discovered the New World. In the following decade a number of Spanish colonies were founded in the West Indies, many of the settlers being ex-soldiers. They were a hardy, adventurous and unruly crew, no longer able to find suitable employment in Europe. They carved a foothold ...Show more
The German Army 1939-45 (2) - North Africa and Balkans by Nigel Thomas; Stephen Andrew (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
Hitler first considered an invasion of Great Britain in autumn 1940, then scheduled Operation Barbarossa, the conquest of the European part of the Soviet Union, for May 1941. Anxious to emulate Hitler's successes, the Italian dictator Mussolini embarked upon unnecessary military adventures in North Afri ...Show more
The German Army 1939-45 Western Front Vol 5 by Nigel Thomas
Category: Military | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
This book covers the high command, the developments in unit organisation, the campaigns and the uniforms and equipment of the German Army in the last two years of the war in North-West Europe and Italy. Despite the huge pressure of fighting on three fronts, ever-worsening shortages of manpower and equip ...Show more
The Greek and Persian Armies, 500-323 B.C. by Jack Cassin-Scott
Category: History | Series: Men-at-arms
In the early 5th century BC, after the fall of the Lydian Empire, the Persian Wars began. It was an ideological conflict which pitted a proud, democratic, freedom-loving people against a tyrannical and mighty empire. The stories of the many battles fought between the Greeks and the Persians are here spl ...Show more
The Grenadier Guards by David Fraser; Angus McBride (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
General Sir David Fraser tells the story of this famous regiment; their beginnings, customs, battles and traditions from their formation as "The Royal Regiment of Guards" in 1656 down to our own times. It is a remarkable story that includes Marlborough's campaigns(1702-1713)in the struggle against Franc ...Show more
The Indochina War, 1946-54 by Martin Windrow
Category: History | Series: Men-at-arms
The states of Indochina had been French colonies or protectorates since the 19th century. However, in March 1945 the Japanese interned all French troops and officials, and turned over all civil government to local authorities. The power vacuum caused by the Japanese surrender allowed the Viet Minh, a st ...Show more
The Korean War 1950-53 by Nigel Thomas; Peter Abbott; Mike Chappell (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
At 4am on Sunday 25 June 1950 powerful North Korean forces invaded South Korea, advancing down the Uijongbu Corridor towards the Southern Capital of Seoul. South Korean troops resisted bravely, but were crushed by overwhelming Northern superiority. Later that day the United Nations Security Council cond ...Show more
The Malayan Campaign 1948-60 by John Scurr; Mike Chappell (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
In June 1948 Communist insurgent forces commenced a guerrilla war to end British rule in Malaya. During the ensuing 12 years of conflict there were 8750 reported 'contacts' between units of the Security Forces and the Communist enemy. Eventually Malaya was made independent, and the British and their Com ...Show more
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I by Wayne Stack
Category: Military | Series: Men-at-Arms
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force earned an elite reputation on the Western Front In World War I, and the New Zealanders' war effort was a defining moment in their national history. The statistics are astonishing: of the total population of New Zealand of 1 million, no fewer than 100,000 men enlisted, ...Show more
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II by Wayne Stack and Barry O'Sullivan
Category: Military SPECIALS | Series: Men-at-arms
In 1939 more than 140,000 New Zealanders enlisted to fight overseas during World War II. Of these, 104,000 served in the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Initially thrown into the doomed campaign to halt the German blitzkrieg on Greece and Crete (1941), the division was rebuilt under the leadersh ...Show more