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A Pair of Silver Wings by James Holland
$27.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
At the school where Edward Enderby taught for over forty years, there were few who knew he'd once been a successful fighter pilot during the war. It was not something he ever talked about - not even to his family. And for over half a century he had, for the most part, managed to put the memories of thos ...Show more
Battle of Britain (Duty Calls #2) by James Holland
$21.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Duty Calls
Pilot officer Archie Jackson, 19, is in control of the RAF's newest fighter aircraft, a Supermarine Spitfire. Now he has the Luftwaffe in his sights and only one thing matters: defending Britain. Suddenly planes are falling from the sky, exploding and spiraling into the English Channel. France has falle ...Show more
Battle of the Atlantic (A Ladybird Expert book) by James Holland
$21.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: A Ladybird Expert book
** AN IDEAL STOCKING FILLER FOR YOUR FAVOURITE ASPIRING HISTORIAN ** Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series. Understand the longest battle of World War Two. This is an accessible, insightful and authoritative account of the naval campaign that kept supply lines open and enabled Britain to continue ...Show more
Big Week by James Holland
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. Their goal: to smash the main factories and production centers of the Luftwaffe while also drawing German planes into an aerial battle ...Show more
Big Week by James Holland
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
'James Holland is a master' BBC HistoryIt was to be the battle to end the air war once and for all . . .During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first-ever round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. The aim was to smash the m ...Show more
Blitzkrieg (A Ladybird Expert Book) by James Holland
$21.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: A Ladybird Expert Book
** THE PERFECT STOCKING FILLER FOR THE HISTORY LOVER IN YOUR LIFE ** Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series. Learn about the fall of Europe in the Second World War in one of the most successful military strategies of modern warfare in this accessible, insightful and authoritative account. Histori ...Show more
Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day by James Holland
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
Through compelling eye-witness testimony and renowned historian James Holland's expert analysis Brothers In Arms brings to vivid life the final bloody scramble across Europe from the powerful perspective of one of the greatest tank regiments- the Sherwood Rangers. From the bestselling author of Normandy ...Show more
Brothers in Arms - One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day by James Holland
$30.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs | Reading Level: near fine
Through compelling eye-witness testimony and renowned historian James Holland's expert analysis Brothers In Arms brings to vivid life the final bloody scramble across Europe from the powerful perspective of one of the greatest tank regiments- the Sherwood Rangers.It took a certain type of courage to ser ...Show more
Burma 1943-1944: A Ladybird Expert Book: (WW2 #10) by James Holland
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
An accessible, authoritative introduction to the war in Burma for adult readers.Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES- Why were British troops in Burma? - What was The Defence of the Admin Box?- How did the British defeat the Japanese troops?THE BURMA CAMPAIGN was one of the most prolonged campaign ...Show more
Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East by James Holland
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
"A thrilling blow-by-blow account". (The Times). In February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, drivers, doctors, muleteers, and other base troops, stiffened by a few dogged Yorkshiremen and a handful of tank crews managed to hold out against some of the finest infantry in the Japanese Army, and then ...Show more
Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the Dams by James Holland
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
It is the night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the industri ...Show more
Dunkirk (Duty Calls #1) by James Holland
$21.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Duty Calls
'You wanted to see some action - well you're going to get it now. You're going to get it now all right'. It's Friday 24th May, 1940. Private Johnny Hawke, aged sixteen, awakens to artillery fire. Hours later, Stukas scream down from the sky. Messerschmit fighters roar towards his regiment. Trucks burs ...Show more