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  • Somme Mud

    by E P F Lynch ...
    'It's the end of the 1916 winter and the conditions are almost unbelievable. We live in a world of Somme mud. We sleep in it, work in it, fight in it, wade in it and many of us die in it. We see it, feel it, eat it and curse it, but we can't escape it, not even by dying...'Edward Lynch enlisted when he was just 18 - one of thousands of fresh-faced men who were proudly waved off by the crowds as ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Somme Mud

    by E.P.F. Lynch ...
    Written with dignity, candour and surprising wit, this soldier�s story of the horror of the Western Front trenches is a testament to the power of the human spirit. It's the end of the 1916 winter and the conditions are almost unbelievable. We live in a world of Somme mud. We sleep in it, work in it, fight in it, wade in it and many of us die in it. We see it, feel it, eat it and curse it, but we ... Read more

    $20.89 CAD

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  • Pozieres

    the Anzac story

    by Scott Bennett ...
    In 1916, one million men fought in the first battle of the Somme. Victory hinged on their ability to capture a small village called Pozières. After five attempts to seize it, the British called in the Anzacs to complete this seemingly impossible task.At midnight on 23 July 1916, thousands of Australians stormed Pozières. Forty-five days later they were relieved, having suffered 23,000 casualties ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • The Battle for Lone Pine

    Four Days of Hell at the Heart of Gallipolli

    by David W. Cameron ...
    Most Australian have heard of Lone Pine. Too few know why.Over four days in August 1915, Australians and Turks were thrown into some of the fiercest fighting of the war, on a small plateau in Gallipoli known as Lone Pine. Thousands of lives were lost. Seven of Australia's nine Gallipoli VCs were earned during brutal hand-to-hand combat in dark tunnels and in trenches just metres apart, bombarded ... Read more

    $20.89 CAD

  • Lancaster Men

    The Aussie heroes of Bomber Command

    by Peter Rees ...
    More than 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, a highly trained band of elite flyers who undertook some of the most dangerous operations of World War II. They flew raid after raid over France and Germany knowing that the odds were against them. Stretched to breaking point, nearly 3500 died in the air. Their bravery in extreme circumstances has barely been recognised.Peter Rees traces the ... Read more

    $10.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ghost Platoon

    The critically acclaimed Vietnam War bestseller

    by Frank Walker ...
    Series series Hachette Military Collection
    'thoroughly researched and compelling . . . a chilling account' - The Sun HeraldAn eye-opening account of Australian combat history, untold . . . until now.In 1969 a ragtag unit of 39 men were thrown together at Nui Dat, Vietnam. It was so slapdash a group it didn't even have an officer or sergeant in charge. A rugged ex-Royal Marine stepped forward to take the lead. Jim Riddle was only an acting ... Read more

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  • Fromelles 1916

    by Paul Cobb ...
    At Fromelles in July 1916 two divisions – one British and one Australian – within a few weeks of arriving in France – went into action for the first time. Their task was to prevent the Germans from moving troops to the Somme where a major British offensive was in progress, but the attack on 19/20 July was a disaster with nearly 7,000 casualties in a few hours. This account explores this battle ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Goodbye Cobber, God Bless You

    by John Hamilton ...
    On August 7th 1915, men of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade staged one of the most tragic, brave and futile charges of the First World War. Seeking to break out of the Anzac position at Gallipoli they attempted to storm an extraordinarily strong Turkish position, defended by artillery, machineguns and thousands of men, using nothing but fixed bayonets and raw courage. The first wave of Light Horsemen ... Read more

    $8.17 CAD

  • A Sappers' War

    How the legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats fought the Vietcong

    by Jimmy Thomson, Sandy MacGregor ...
    'We make and we break.'They were the forward scouts, the mine clearers, the bridge builders and the tunnel rats. They were frequently not just on the front line, but right at the sharp end of the action. They were the legendary Aussie sappers, the army engineers, who were literally everywhere in the fighting against the Vietcong.This special breed of soldier lived hard and played hard. They were ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • They Called it Passchendaele

    The Story of the Battle of Ypres and of the Men Who Fought in it

    by Lyn Macdonald ...
    The third battle of Ypres, culminating in a desperate struggle for the ridge and little village of Passchendaele, was one of the most appalling campaigns in the First World War. In this masterly piece of oral history, Lyn Macdonald lets over 600 participants speak for themselves. A million Tommies, Canadians and Anzacs assembled at the Ypres Salient in the summer of 1917, mostly raw young troops ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Crack Hardy

    From Gallipoli to Flanders to the Somme, The True Story of Three Australian Brothers at War

    by Stephen Dando-Collins ...
    Dando-Collins adroitly interweaves a compelling family history with the broader canvas of the Anzacs. Crack Hardy is a fine and important book.This is the true story of three Australian soldiers, the Searle brothers. One brother was killed at Gallipoli, another on the Western Front. One came home a decorated hero. Viv, a gifted poet who was planning to be a clergyman before the war, became a ... Read more

    $20.89 CAD

  • Sniping in France

    With Notes on the Scientific Training of Scouts, Observers, and Snipers

    by H. Hesketh-Prichard ...
    Major Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard was an explorer and adventurer who revolutionized the training of British Army snipers during the First World War. In this richly-detailed book, he explains his constant efforts to improve sniping standards, which finally resulted in the First Army School of Scouting, Observation and Sniping. Drawing on his experience as a big-game hunter and marksman, he ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD