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Battleground: The Greatest Tank Duels in History by Steven J. Zaloga
$19.99 AUD
$39.99 (50% off)
Category: War/Military | Series: General Military
The tank came of age during World War II at the cutting edge of Hitler's Blitzkrieg and became the most powerful machine on the twentieth-century battlefield. But what was it like to be a driver or gunner in the Battle of the Bulge, on the Eastern Front, the deserts of North Africa or the dusty plains o ...Show more
British Battle Tanks - US-Made Tanks of World War II by David Fletcher; Steven J. Zaloga
$49.99 AUD
Category: War/Military
The idea of British soldiers using American tanks was not viewed with a great deal of enthusiasm by the British Army. They perceived American tanks as being crudely made, mechanically unsophisticated and impossible to fight in. However, once British crews got used to them and learned to cope with some o ...Show more
Brittany 1944: Hitler's Final Defenses in France by Steven J. Zaloga (Author)
$32.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: Campaign
One of the prime objectives for the Allies following the D-Day landings was the capture of sufficient ports to supply their armies. The original Overlord plans assumed that ports along the Breton coast would be essential to expansion of the Normandy beach-head. This included the major ports at Brest and ...Show more
Cherbourg 1944 - The First Allied Victory in Normandy by Steven J. Zaloga; Steve Noon (Illustrator)
$32.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: Campaign Ser.
Steven Zaloga offers up a rigorous and absorbing study of the first major Allied operation in Normandy after the D-Day landings - the capture of Cherbourg. Blending expert analysis, specially commissioned artwork and illustrative maps, this book tells the story of the bitter struggle to capture this vit ...Show more
D-Day Fortifications in Normandy by Steven J. Zaloga
$29.99 AUD
Category: War/Military
The coastal defenses in Normandy along the D-Day beaches were less thorough than other Atlantic Wall defenses, such as the Pas de Calais, where the Germans expected the main attack. However, they still proved to be formidable obstacles for the Allied invasion force. Rommel stressed the need to defeat th ...Show more
Early US Armor by Zaloga Steven J.
$19.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The first American armoured cars began to emerge around the turn of the century, seeing their first military use in 1916 during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa. When the United States entered World War I, the American Expeditionary Forces used some armoured cars in France, and American armo ...Show more
George S. Patton by Steven J. Zaloga
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
George S. Patton Jr. was the iconic American field commander of World War II, and widely regarded as the US Army's finest practitioner of mechanized warfare. This title examines Patton's colorful life and leadership in three wars, with a concentration on his command in World War II. Despite his ability, ...Show more
Hmmwv Humvee 1980-2005 by Steven J. Zaloga
$19.99 AUD
Category: War/Military
The HMMWV, better known as the Humvee or Hummer, has set the world standard for army tactical vehicles since its introduction into the US Army in the 1980s. Designed to be the successor to the jeep of World War II with a greater load-bearing capacity, the Humvee has proven to be adaptable to a wide rang ...Show more
Japanese Tanks 1939-45 by Steven J. Zaloga
$19.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: New Vanguard S.
Contrary to popular belief, the Japanese Army widely employed tanks within the Pacific theater of war. This title details their key role in the conquests of Singapore and Malaya, as well as their later use in Burma, Saipan, and the Philippines, including in the amphibious assault of Corregidor. The tank ...Show more
Kamikaze: Japanese Special Attack Weapons 1944-45 by Steven J. Zaloga
$19.99 AUD
Category: War/Military
With the Japanese Home Islands increasingly vulnerable, the Imperial Japanese Navy proposed using special attack formations, or suicide attacks. Called Divine Wind (Kamikaze), the special attack formations first saw action in 1944, and became the scourge of the US fleet in the battles for Iwo Jima and O ...Show more