True war & combat stories books

The Cowra Breakout is a riveting read that brings to light the missing piece of Australia's World War II history...  Read More >>

Told for the first time, this is the epic story of the Milne Bay campaign of 1942 - which saw Japanese land forces...  Read More >>

Jonathan Trigg reveals the human agony behind such statistics through the words of the Germans who were there: ‘You’ll...  Read More >>

Michael Collins was shot dead in an ambush at Beal na mBlath, Co Cork, on 22 August 1922. The manner of his death...  Read More >>

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The riveting story of an unsung World War II hero who saved countless American lives in the Philippines.  Read More >>

Drawing on unseen National Archives records, this book reveals the betrayal, espionage, and backstabbing within...  Read More >>

A haunting ode to those who paid the ultimate price-through the prism of the Maoist insurgency, Ashutosh Bhardwaj...  Read More >>

The gripping real life account of a soldiers service up through the ranks to lead the “Air Pirates” a battalion...  Read More >>

A gripping account of Bomber Command's actions during the Battle of Britain, 10 July- 31 October 1940  Read More >>

"The battle that saved Australia. The track that saved one man's life. Reg Chard endured hell as an 18-year-old...  Read More >>

The first in the Muswell Classic Espionage Series. The original modern secret agent and one of the models for James...  Read More >>

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Humphrey Waterfield and Nancy Tennant met in 1932 when she was 35 and he 24. Theirs was the creation of Hill Pasture...  Read More >>

Capturing the stories of ordinary women doing extraordinary things through the turbulent years of the Second World...  Read More >>

The extraordinary true story of the Malayan Emergency, Britain's Cold War conflict against communist guerrilla forces...  Read More >>

The extraordinary true story of the Malayan Emergency, Britain's Cold War conflict against communist guerrilla forces...  Read More >>

The SAS Patrol that got away. The explosive true story.  Read More >>

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This intimate true account of Americans at war follows the epic drama of an unlikely group of men forced to work...  Read More >>

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William Morgan, a tough-talking ex-paratrooper, stunned family and friends when in 1957 he left Ohio to join freedom...  Read More >>

The incredible story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War - organized by ordinary men who ultimately...  Read More >>

The inspirational story of how the most injured soldier from the Afghanistan conflict defied all odds by surviving,...  Read More >>

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A terrific book … It really is one of the most enjoyable histories...  Read More >>