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Rescue in the Valley of the Tigers (Hardcover): thomas A ross Rescue in the Valley of the Tigers (Hardcover)
thomas A ross
R808 Discovery Miles 8 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hill - A Memoir of War in Helmand Province (Paperback): Aaron Kirk The Hill - A Memoir of War in Helmand Province (Paperback)
Aaron Kirk
R474 Discovery Miles 4 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Spitfire Leader - Robert Bungey DFC, Tragic Battle of Britain Hero (Hardcover): Dennis Newton, Richard Bungey Spitfire Leader - Robert Bungey DFC, Tragic Battle of Britain Hero (Hardcover)
Dennis Newton, Richard Bungey
R622 R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Save R112 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Robert Wilton Bungey was unquestionably an RAF hero. From the very beginning of the Second World War he was patrolling Germany's border with the AASF. In the retreat from France he survived frantic day and night bombing missions flying obsolete, outclassed Fairey Battles against overwhelming odds. Many others didn't survive. When Fighter Command desperately needed pilots in the Battle of Britain, he volunteered. He survived again when his Hurricane was shot down near the Isle of Wight. Converting to Spitfires, he commanded such aces as Jean 'Pyker' Offenberg, Paddy Finucane and Bluey Truscott, his leadership from-the-front gaining their trust and respect. While he was CO of 452 (RAAF) Squadron, it topped Fighter Command's monthly tallies three times in a row. Later, commanding RAF Hawkinge, he was linked with air-sea rescue and Combined Operations Command. After more than three years of active war service, he returned to Australia for Sybil, his English bride waiting with a son he had never seen. But this story of triumph against all the odds has an extraordinary ending: at once a terrible tragedy and something of a miracle... Spitfire Leader is illustrated with many photographs never before published.

A Crowd Is Not Company (Paperback): Robert Kee A Crowd Is Not Company (Paperback)
Robert Kee 1
R274 Discovery Miles 2 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Journalist and broadcaster Robert Kee was an RAF bomber pilot in the Second World War. When his plane was shot down over Nazi-occupied Holland, he was captured and spent three years and three months in a German POW camp. From the beginning he was intent on escape. After several false starts, he finally made it. First published in 1947 as a novel, but now revealed to be an autobiography, A Crowd Is Not Company recounts Kee's experiences as a prisoner of war and describes in compelling detail his desperate journey across Poland - a journey that meant running the gauntlet of Nazism.

Abraham Lincoln Was A Badass - Crazy But True Stories About The United States' 16th President (Paperback): Bill... Abraham Lincoln Was A Badass - Crazy But True Stories About The United States' 16th President (Paperback)
Bill O'Neill
R315 R262 Discovery Miles 2 620 Save R53 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
George Washington Was A Badass - Crazy But True Stories About The United States' First President (Paperback): Bill... George Washington Was A Badass - Crazy But True Stories About The United States' First President (Paperback)
Bill O'Neill
R315 R262 Discovery Miles 2 620 Save R53 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nine Lives and Counting - A Memoir of Adventure, Self-Discovery and Bouncing Back (Paperback): John P Culnane Nine Lives and Counting - A Memoir of Adventure, Self-Discovery and Bouncing Back (Paperback)
John P Culnane
R316 R277 Discovery Miles 2 770 Save R39 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
They Swam with the Fish - A Phoenix Advisor's Pictorial Memoir: The Vietnam War and its Aftermath (Paperback): Bob Loewer They Swam with the Fish - A Phoenix Advisor's Pictorial Memoir: The Vietnam War and its Aftermath (Paperback)
Bob Loewer
R684 Discovery Miles 6 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American to the Corps - Iraq, Bosnia, Benghazi, Snowden: A Marine Corps Intelligence Officer's Journey (Paperback):... American to the Corps - Iraq, Bosnia, Benghazi, Snowden: A Marine Corps Intelligence Officer's Journey (Paperback)
Jonathon P Myers
R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Whiskey Steak Guns & Freedom Shooting Log (Paperback): Trent Placate Whiskey Steak Guns & Freedom Shooting Log (Paperback)
Trent Placate
R515 R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dunkirk The First of Many Mistakes - True Stories from the Second World War (Paperback): Roger Payne Oam Dunkirk The First of Many Mistakes - True Stories from the Second World War (Paperback)
Roger Payne Oam
R1,073 Discovery Miles 10 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Storytelling is an art form, a descriptive account of an event, or a succession of events. In this case, all 118 stories within its pages are true and for the most part, describe a calamitous event in each individual's life during the 2nd World War. They all add emotion and physical details to plain facts. We all have the story's to convey and when you think about them, the really good ones will actually move us, and in this case, all of them will make us think to some degree because they come from an era we often cannot relate to. Some will shock you; others will bring you to tears, some may even make you smile or laugh. All of them will definitely make you ponder about your life, and what it could have been like if Britain and her allies had not won the Second World War.

Norm - Bomber Command - The Story of Francis Norman Crouch, the first Australian to fly a Lancaster Bomber in WWII (Paperback):... Norm - Bomber Command - The Story of Francis Norman Crouch, the first Australian to fly a Lancaster Bomber in WWII (Paperback)
James Crouch
R352 R287 Discovery Miles 2 870 Save R65 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hong Kong Protest Leaders - Sick facts that Western countries do not know - when a democratic movement itself is not democratic... Hong Kong Protest Leaders - Sick facts that Western countries do not know - when a democratic movement itself is not democratic ... (Paperback)
Selina Co
R190 Discovery Miles 1 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Soldier's Search for Meaning - Camp Gruber - Dachau - Vienna (Paperback): James F Dorris A Soldier's Search for Meaning - Camp Gruber - Dachau - Vienna (Paperback)
James F Dorris
R366 R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Save R63 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bomber Boys - Dramatic and true-life experiences over occupied Europe 1942-1945 (Paperback, Illustrated Ed): Mel Rolfe Bomber Boys - Dramatic and true-life experiences over occupied Europe 1942-1945 (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Mel Rolfe
R317 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Save R59 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Lancaster pilot Victor Wood's aircraft arrived too early over Gelsenkirchen when the target was shrouded in darkness and the Main Force miles behind.
His bomber was suddenly struck with terrifying force by flak and turned upside-down. An engine was on fire, the unconscious mid-upper gunner, slumped over his turret, was being sprayed with petrol and their bombload had been struck by shrapnel. Could Vic get his crew back to base safely?
Find out in Mel Rolfe's expertly researched and narrated book, which records nineteen similarly exceptional stories as night after night young men went off on sorties, knowing the unpalatable truth that they might not see another dawn.

Scottish Voices From the Great War (Paperback): Derek Young Scottish Voices From the Great War (Paperback)
Derek Young
R398 R326 Discovery Miles 3 260 Save R72 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Using letters, diaries, and first-hand accounts together with original photographs, here is the real story of Scotland's soldiers in World War I. Scotland's response to the Great War has, up until now, largely been marginalized or ignored. With a proportionally higher number of volunteers than any other home nation, Scotland's youth played a significant part in Britain's war effort. Here is the first study of Scotland's response to the call to arms; the true story behind the raising, the training, life in the trenches, and the sacrifices faced by those battalions raised in Scotland. This book focuses on the experiences of those who served in the Scottish divisions. Charting the course of emotions from initial enthusiasm in August 1914 through to outright disillusionment with the continuation of the war in 1917, the author clearly shows how life at the front line produced both physical and emotional changes in those caught up in the horrors of trench warfare.

The Scout - The Australian Guerrilla Series #6 (Paperback): Ion Idriess The Scout - The Australian Guerrilla Series #6 (Paperback)
Ion Idriess
R527 Discovery Miles 5 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Crazy Sh*t Dictators Do - Insane But True Stories You Won't Believe Actually Happened (Paperback): Bill O'Neill Crazy Sh*t Dictators Do - Insane But True Stories You Won't Believe Actually Happened (Paperback)
Bill O'Neill
R356 Discovery Miles 3 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Privileges of War - A Good Story of American Service in Vietnam (Hardcover, Privileges of War ed.): thomas A ross Privileges of War - A Good Story of American Service in Vietnam (Hardcover, Privileges of War ed.)
thomas A ross
R837 Discovery Miles 8 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a collection of positive stories about wartime service during one of the most negative and controversial periods in American history. While the stories told here are relatively simple and straight forward, they are also powerful, with the potential of changing viewpoints, opinions, and even lives.

Gallipoli - The War Nobody Won (Paperback): Kenn Lord Gallipoli - The War Nobody Won (Paperback)
Kenn Lord
R487 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R79 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Flames in the Sky - Epic stories of WWII air war heroism from the author of The Big Show (Paperback): Pierre Clostermann Flames in the Sky - Epic stories of WWII air war heroism from the author of The Big Show (Paperback)
Pierre Clostermann
R564 Discovery Miles 5 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'IF YOU ENJOYED THE BIG SHOW YOU WILL LOVE FLAMES IN THE SKY. THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY BOOK. UNPUTDOWNABLE.' Rowland White From near suicidal RAF attacks in 1939 through to the dawn of the jet age in 1945, FLAMES IN THE SKY captures the astonishing drama, intensity, heroism and incomparable exhilaration of the World War Two air war like no other book. This epic global struggle between Spitfires, Hurricanes, Mustangs, Mosquitos, Messerschmitts, Zeros, Kamikazes and more is brought vividly to life by a writer who was himself in the thick of the action. Pierre Clostermann was one of the outstanding Allied Aces of the Second World War, shooting down scores of enemy aircraft, while friends and comrades lost their lives in the deadly skies above Europe. FLAMES IN THE SKY was born of his desire 'to do justice to their courage'.

Born On The Fourth Of July - 40th Anniversary Edition (Paperback, 40th Anniversary ed.): Ron Kovic Born On The Fourth Of July - 40th Anniversary Edition (Paperback, 40th Anniversary ed.)
Ron Kovic
R412 R340 Discovery Miles 3 400 Save R72 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Born on the Fourth of July, the New York Times bestseller (more than one million copies sold), details Ron Kovic's life story (portrayed by Tom Cruise in the Oliver Stone film version) - from a patriotic soldier in Vietnam, to his severe battlefield injury, to his role as the country's most outspoken anti-Vietnam War advocate, spreading his message from his wheelchair. This 40th anniversary edition includes a powerful and moving new introduction, setting this classic anti-war story in a contemporary context.

Trapping the Jap - The Australian Guerrilla Book 4 (Paperback): Ion Idriess Trapping the Jap - The Australian Guerrilla Book 4 (Paperback)
Ion Idriess
R531 Discovery Miles 5 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lurking Death - The Australian Guerrilla  # 5 (Paperback): Ion Idriess Lurking Death - The Australian Guerrilla # 5 (Paperback)
Ion Idriess
R531 Discovery Miles 5 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Nature of Shadows - An African Memoir (Paperback): Augustine Sheriff, L A Mitchell The Nature of Shadows - An African Memoir (Paperback)
Augustine Sheriff, L A Mitchell
R357 R301 Discovery Miles 3 010 Save R56 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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