War & Military - WW2

1959. 1st edition. When the S.S. Fort Stikine blew up in Bombay Docks on April 14th 1944, she created one of the greatest explosions in history.

1959. A thrilling true story of Captain A. A. Bestic's experience in the British Navy during World War II.

1959. 1st edition. One of the most outstanding book inspired by war.

1956. 1st edition. The remarkable true story of the authors 4 years active service on and below the seas during the most critical phases of the second world war.

1958. 1st edition. A scarce parachuting memoir from WWII concentration camp survivor who became war reporter in Indo-China.

1983. 1st edition. An account of a walk along the entire Western Front.

1993. A Reader's Digest book on World War II

1943. 1st edition. The first contemporary account of the Royal Armoured Corps in the early years of WWII, including Egypt, Dieppe, Crete, Mandlay and Rangoon.

1943. 1st edition. Moorehead gives a superb evocation of the siege of Tobruk.

1950. 1st edition. The British, Soviets, and Americans unite in this chapter of the six-volume WWII history by the legendary prime minister and Nobel Prize recipient.

1977. 1st edition. Provides a summary of the main events for nearly every day of the Second World War

1958. 1st edition. A scarce parachuting memoir from WWII concentration camp survivor who became war reporter in Indo-China.

1954. A story of the terror and courage of the Bomber Command crews on missions over Hitler's Germany.

1956. 1st edition. A fascinating survey of air power in the two World Wars.

1955. 1st edition. New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45.

1953. 1st edition. These are the personal experience of a fighter pilot in the German Air Force in North-West France and Belgium from 1940 to 1945.

1976. Includes monochrome images and signatures.

2014. Robert Lyman's book reveals, from previously unseen sources, the full truth of MI6's involvement in the French Resistance, and narrates in vivid detail a stirring tale of courage and skill.

1947. A reprint of lists I & IV of British Merchant Vessels Lost or Damaged by Enemy Action During The Second World War.

1968. Selected stories of Royal Air Force pilots during World War ll.

1962. A collection of true stories from fighter pilots during WW2.

1942. Fictional war-time tale based on factual events.

1944. Story of the author's adventures with Charles Kingsford-Smith. Limited edition

1952. 1st edition. Many people, consider this book is the best single volume work on the war in Europe.

1954. 1st edition. Tremendous story about three aircraft, siege of Malta, six brave flying boat fighter pilots, against the odds victory, and immortal page of history written by the island from 1940.

1946. 1st edition. Tells of events during World War II in the Central Pacific.

1965. 1st edition. The adventures of three SOE agents in occupied France.

1953. 1st edition. Story of the National Bolshevik Otto Strasser, leader of the Black Front against Hitler & his return to Germany.

2019. The triumphant and engaging history of the young women who devised a winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic.

1951. About the Royal Air Force Squadron 617, originally commanded by Wing Commander Guy Gibson V.C. during World War II.

1990. This view of the war from the mess deck of a fleet tug is far different from those written from a flag bridge vantage.

2002. Focusing on the men of the 741st Bomb Squadron and, in particular, the crew of the DAKOTA QUEEN.

1977. 1st edition. Biography of Charles Pickard who joined the Royal Air Force before the outbreak of World War II.

1997. 1st edition. Examines the lives of many U-Bootwaffe officers, including the famous and the not-so-well known, to see if these, or any other single image, can be considered representative.

1966. 1st edition. Autobiography by Churchill's favourite Air Commander in WW2 - Lord Tedder.

1981. The dramatic story of Operation Overlord recounted by the head of Montgomery's Ops and Planning staff

1946. Govt report on the New Zealand War effort during WW2.

1994. 1st edition. During six war patrols from 1944 through 1945, the submarine USS Flasher devastated Japanese convoys in the South China Sea. SIGNED.

2003. This story portrays the author's life with an emphasis on the War years of 1939-1945.

1979. 1st edition. A true and dramatic story of how a German U-boat sank three British cruisers in one desperate hour.

1985. German submarines penetrated Canadian waters during the Second World War to within 172 miles of Quebec City.

1955. 1st edition. Churchill said the threat posed by Germany's U-boats in the 1939-45 conflict were his greatest concern.

1970. Text in German. An all photo study of the German Kriegesmarine's submarine force during WW 2. Fine photographic account with many unique photos.

1963. 1st edition. Maritime history.

1982. 1st edition. The story of women, largely through their own memories and photographs, sent in by ex-WAAFs throughout New Zealand and overseas.

2012. The Battle of Midway is traditionally held as the point when Allied forces gained advantage over the Japanese.

1940. An Air Ministry Account of the Great Days from 8th August - 31st October 1940.

1962. 1st edition. Series of concise biographies of WWII fighter Aces.

1942. 1st edition. The real-life narrative of an American World War II air force pilot in the Pacific. SCARCE.

1996. 1st edition. The author's experiences as a Royal Navy officer, serving at Narvik, on Malta Convoys, at the capture of Diego Suarez, sailing in a captured German U-Boat.

1955. The story of the German submarine The Golden Horseshoe and her commander Otto Kretschmer.

2002. The story of the biggest, most daring break-out of World War 2, from the Nazi's most secure POW camp.

1945. 1st edition. Anecdotes of the USS Sturgeon, a submarine, during World War Two, as told to Carmer by her captain, Lieutenant Commander 'Bull' Wright.

1942. Provides a very vivid narrative of war service in the R.A.F. but gives a clear picture of how the pilot is affected mentally and spiritually by his adventures.

1995. Comprehensive guide to WWII with more than 1600 detailed entries and maps covering every aspect of the war.

1979. 2x German text copies and 1x English translated copy.

1956. 1st edition. Translated from the from the French by Philip John Stead Diaries of the great free French RAF Pilot who flew in the battle of Britain and at Dieppe.

1973. This book describes one twenty-four-hour period in the Allied Strategic Bomber Offensive in the greatest possible detail.

1969. An account of the controversy and mystery of the sinking of the British Battleship HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow by the German submarine U-47

1959. 1st edition. The story of U-110 and the Enigma story.

1957. 1st edition. A Classic Account of RAF Torpedo-Bombers in WWII.

1957. 1st edition. The war records of HMS Seraph/USS Seraph. Launched in May 1942, she sunk a whale for her first patrol.

1955. 1st edition. This is a story of a girl who traveled from sawdust to stardust, rags to riches. Jacqueline Cochran was a pioneer in the field of American aviation.

1958. 1st edition. A detailed first hand account of the author's experiences in World War II as the commander of a British Submarines, Snapper, Trusty and Telemachus.

1947. 1st edition. One of a series of thirteen unofficial narratives detailing the activities of units of the Third New Zealand Division during their service in the Pacific theatre.

1994. 1st edition. In March 1943, a rusty cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off the Azores on her way back to Germany from the Far East.

1981. 1st edition. Examines the effects of the V-1 flying bombs and V-2 rockets on a capital still showing the scars of the 1940-41 blitz.

1956. 1st edition. An in depth study of The Soviet Army of The 1950s and its performance in WW2.

1941. No book published during this war gives a clearer picture of what air fighting is like.

1955. 1st edition. Fictionised account of one week in a Battle of Britain RAF station in Southern England about the pilots who defeat the Luftwaffe and the girls who patch up their planes.

1957. 1st edition. A British WWII submarine memoir.

1999. A detailed study of Special Attack forces and weapons such as midget submarines, human torpedoes, explosive motorboats, and kamikaze aircraft.

1978. 1st edition. WWII memoirs of an Avro Lancaster tail gunner.

1944. 1st edition. United States Army Air Forces. Bomber Command, 8th. World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Germany.

circa 1945. World War 2 history.

1954. 1st edition. Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War.

1978. This book traces the combat history of the RAF fighter units deployed over Europe during the final years of World War 2.

1955. 1st edition. History of New Zealand participation in Second World War published by the War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand.

1994. 1st edition. The war diary of former German naval officer Otto Giese recounts a seafaring career of extraordinary scope.

1997. 1st edition. The stories of six U-boat commanders; - Engelbert Endrass - Karl-Friedrich Merten - Ralph Kapitsky - Fritz Guggenberger - Victor Oehrn - Heinz Eck.

1956. 1st edition. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45.

1958. 1st edition. Memoirs of the British officer who survived more patrols than any other submarine commander during WWII.

1979. 1st edition. How the Office of Strategic Services achieved the impossible by infiltrating the Third Reich.

1956. The author was an Australian bomber pilot who was shot down in a Lancaster over Hanover.

1999. The heroic story of America's most daring World War II submarine, as told by the only surviving member of her crew Forest J. Sterling.

1995. Torpedoes in the Gulf tells a fascinating personal story with two sides.

1997. 1st edition. SIGNED. Submarine history.

1992. The author served as radio operator on U-764 and was in a position to detect falsehoods in the Captain's log.

1955. 1st edition. The complete and true story of the German U-Boat campaign during World War II.

1952. One of the most disturbing surprises experienced by the British during the Second World War.

2014. The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time.

1999. 1st edition. USS Guardfish (SS-217), a Gato-class veteran submarine served with the training command after the war and was decommissioned 25 May 1946.

2000. 1st edition. Examines U-234 that slipped out of a Norwegian harbour en-route to Japan loaded with technically advanced weaponry & 560 kilograms of Uranium oxide.

1952. U-Boat 977 escaped to Argentina from Norway, where it was based, at the end of WWII.

1952. 1st edition. The inside story of life aboard the deadly Nazi U-Boat that sank forty-nine ships.

1989. Richard O'Kane was Tang's skipper throughout her brief but gallant career, and clear the bridge is his account of the life of Tang and her crew.

1947. History of the section of the China Mission during the War Years including a tribute to Dr Eaton.

1987. A major revisionist history; tracing the Pacific War back to its 19th century roots.

1998. Military biography.

1955. 1st edition. A collection of true stories of men who owe their lives to a parachute descent and of the foundation of the Caterpillar Club.

1955. 1st edition. The Story of the German Frogmen and Midget Submarines. Much on Biebers.

1959. 1st edition. A memoir of intelligence work during World War II, who operated as an agent behind enemy lines.

1995. Memoir of a young newspaper reporting joining the Royal Canadian Air Force and his wartime adventures.

1985. An account of a bomber pilot and his crew compiled from the letters of Pilot Officer J.R.A. Hodgson, pilot in RAF Bomber Command.

1996. 1st edition. The author has made exclusive use of Seahorses' war patrol reports, and conducted extensive interviews and correspondence with her surviving officers and enlisted men. SIGNED.

2007. Another brilliantly evocative portrait of modern life from the mega bestselling Jacqueline Wilson.

1977. 1st edition. The first comprehensive and well-illustrated study tracing the evolution of these aircraft and providing a detailed account of their armament and operational use.

1960. 1st edition. A collection of thrilling action packed stories of the men who fought in the skies to save the world during WWII.

1996. 1st edition. A unique story of life aboard the German U Boats between 1940 and 1946.

2001. 1st edition. This is both the war memoir of a distinguished naval officer and the history of HMS Trenchant, a T Class submarine.

1946. 1st edition. A fascinating account of flying in the ATA and personal narratives of aerial operations during World War 2 1939-1945.

1953. Autobiography of Heinz Knoke, a German fighter pilot in World War II.

1960. 1st edition. Stories of the British Merchant Marine during WWII.

1964. 1st edition. Provides the reader with a quick overview of German developments from the end of World War I until the end of World War II.

1978. A factual, comprehensive account of the 1940 battle for control of the skies over Britain.

1940. Story of 73 Squadron which fought with overwhelming success in the Battle for France in 1939-40.

2000. Narrative history of the war in the Pacific between the United States and Japan.

1941. 1st edition. An anthology of short stories about the Battle of Britain.

1952. Second World War escape stories from all the arenas of the war.

1959. SIGNED. A forced landing in Japanese territory gives the crew of a Ventura bomber a few hours to make repairs before the Japanese patrol reaches them.

1988. 1st edition. A story of one boy's growth to manhood in the turbulent, testing world of war in the air.

1986. The book interweaves throughout, the experiences of a typical London family during the Blitz.

1969. The story of the Commander in Chief of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain.

1955. 1st edition. The author was among U.S. Liberator crew bailing out over Yugoslavia.

1974. 1st edition. A rhyming appreciation and comment on the Battle of Britain.

1956. 1st edition. Exploits of the Fighter Aces of the Second World War.

1991. This volume continues to use the approach of previous.

1991. 1st edition. A fantastic book on a significant piece of history.

1953. Biography of Roderick Chisholm CBE., DSO., DFC. night fighter ace.

1999. 1st edition. HMS Safari was one of the most successful British submarines of World War II.

1943. The official account of Combined Operations to date, including the Lofotens raid; the exploits of Layforce; North Africa; Vaagso; St Nazaire; Diego Suarez; Dieppe.

1959. An authentic record of Japanese POW wartime brutality.

1983. 1st edition. Further reminiscences of a Kiwi Soldier in the Middle East and North African campaigns of WWII.

1999. 1st edition. It was the menace of the German submarines that so nearly brought defeat to the British in World War II.

1955. Reconstructed diary of a WWII Hurricane pilot who died in Burma.

1953. A gripping WWII account of Pape's being shot down over Germany and his subsequent escape across Europe, signed and dedicated to another highly decorated WWII hero and survivor.

1941. 1st edition.

1943. Alfred Wagg was a US war correspondent for the Far East and this is is recollections of the campaigns in Burma, Siam and French Indo-China in WW2

1943. Vintage booklet provided to American servicemen by the American Red Cross during World War II upon their arrival in India.

1944. 1st edition. This true story is told by a war correspondent whose delight it was to get the news first-hand with the first line of troops.

1990. A unique photographic record with more than 230 images, many never before published.

1994. 1st edition. Begins in 1939, when the Squalus sank during a test dive. A diving bell saved 33 crewman with the aid of the Sculpin.

1977. Covers the submarines used by the Axis powers, mainly Germany, Japan and Italy but also including a number of smaller navies.

1957. 1st edition. The story of the Blitz on London and what life was like during it.

1956. Memoirs of an Australian navigator in the Bomber Command of the RAF.

2008. An Illustrated Account Of The Major Campaigns, From Europe To The Pacific Islands.

1942. A full and vivid description of the attack on the Italian fleet in Taranto & The Battle of Cape Matapan.

1999. Gerarda Bossard was in her early teens in 1943 when the Japanese army swarmed through the Dutch East Indies and took her, along with her mother and two sisters, prisoner.

2002. An account of the personal experiences of RAF Volunteer Reserve pilot who completed his training during the first year of the war and served on front-line operations continuously.

2006. 1st edition. Memoir of a British soldier in the second world war.

1994. The story of those years in captivity under the Japanese.

1941. Rare and collectable.

2011. A memoir that tells the amazing story of Peter's experiences in World War II, when he was captured by the Japanese.

2008. Incredible story of survival as a young Jewish girl in occupied Netherlands during World War II

1967. 1st edition. Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War.

1976. 1st edition. Wehrmacht propaganda distributed in 20 languages throughout occupied Europe between 1940 and1945.

2018. A unique, moving narrative of the women who volunteered to be trained by SOE and dropped into Nazi-held France to support the underground networks.

2008. The Dambusters raid is an unforgettable event in British military history and has passed into legend.

2008. Tim Vigors flying Spitfires and seeing frantic and distinguished service over Dunkirk and then during the dangerous days of The Battle of Britain.

2007. September 17, 1944; thousands of 101st Airborne Division paratroopers, known as the Screaming Eagles, descend from the sky over Holland.

2008. Johnny Kent's memoirs, which tell the story of his life's development and central participation in the Battle of Britain.

2016

2013. A powerful account of war experiences in Malta.

2010. The memoirs of a WW2 bomber pilot and the sinking of the Bismarck warship in May 1941.

2016. The Astonishing true story of a childhood journey from Nazi-occupied Guernsey to the dark heart of a German prison camp.

2013. Biography of 20-year-old Len Thorne joined the RAF in May 1940.

2004. World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations and personal narratives, pilots from all sides tell their stories.

1988. 1st edition

2004. Biography of Tom Pike who joined the Royal Air Force on 17 January 1924 as a Flight Cadet at Cranwell.

2005. Written by a Spitfire pilot who served at readiness and in combat throughout the Battle of Britain in day fighter squadrons.

1994. Biography Dennis Richards RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War.

2016. Discover a soldier's view of life in the British Army from recruitment and training to the brutal realities of combat.

2012. An extraordinary, gripping, and enthralling account, as told by one of the RAF’s ‘ace’ fighter pilots – a fitting tribute to an outstanding airman and well respected veteran.

2001.

2003. Patrick Bishop offers an intimate and compelling account that is a soaring tribute to the exceptional young men of Fighter Command.

2000.

1995, 1st edition. Throughout World War II, RAF Coastal Command waged a long and bitter battle against Germany's submarine command.

2008. 1st edition. Canadian brothers Rod & Jerry Smith both became Spitfire pilots during WW2.

2005. 1st edition. An in-depth examination of the 350,000 or so foreign volunteers who fought for Hitler and Germany in World War II.

1943. Vintage World War II aviation training manual for operating airplanes and living in the far north.

1951. 1st edition

1995. A vividly detailed account of life aboard U.S. submarines in the Pacific during World War II.

1953. 1st edition. Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War.

1943. The story of the 'Queens', USAAF B-17s flying fortresses; from Pearl Harbor to the Philippines to Java, to Australia.

1982. A fresh and authoritative look at submarines during World War Two.

1943. 1st edition. The exploits of coastal command.

1956. 1st edition. The Lorraine Squadron was made up of Frenchmen from around the world.

1956. SIGNED. Group Captain Tom Sawyer exciting autobiography records more than 5 years service with Bomber Command.

1961. 1st edition.

1943. 1st edition. A contemporary account of nine months as a medical officer in Libya.

1952. 1st edition. Irreverent but hilarious book about the US Navy in the WWII era by the Admiral who commanded the task force that captured the German U-boat U-505.

1957. 1st edition. A vivid recreation of one of the most infamous days in American history, witness a Japanese task force sweeping toward Hawaii

1949. 1st edition. An account of the air war in Burma, from the disastrous early days of 1941 to the liberation.

1974. War War 2 fiction.

1978. 1st edition. Tells of the destruction to American shipping during the early days of World War II when Nazi U-boats were sent against the East Coast.

2006. 1st edition. A vast and astounding collection of photographs, which were taken while in the New Zealand Army stationed in Egypt.

1949. 1st edition. Eyewitness account by the only known midget submarine skipper who survived the attack and who also became United States Prisoner of War #1.

1944. 1st edition. The story of the men who served in the Submarine Branch of the Royal Navy as well as those of our Allies in WW2.

1997. 1st edition. SIGNED. The story of two US submarines and their operations in the Pacific in WWII, including their significant involvement in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

1959. 1st edition. The story of how Radar brought precision night bombing to Bomber Command.

1994. Reality and intensity are the chief watchwords of this unique and highly personal memoir of World War II submarine combat in the Southwest Pacific.

1984. 1st edition. Describes the service of an out-of-date American submarine during World War II and depicts the experiences of its officers and sailors.

1957. 1st edition. The saga of Malta submarines. Including a list of submarines & commanding officers of Malta Force Submarines.

1988. 1st edition. These personal accounts of life on wartime submarines focus on the humour of submarine life and add a personal dimension to the record.

1955. 1st edition. The U.S. Submarines that used a Top-Secret Sonar Device to penetrate Hirohito`s mine fields and deal the deathblow to Japanese Shipping.

1953. 1st edition. An account of the US submarines in the Pacific War, including; Trigger, Wahoo, Seawolf, Harder, Archerfish & Tang.

1995. 1st edition. Sasgen offers a dramatic account of the US submarine in the Pacific during World War II, where she sank more tons of enemy ship than all but one other sub.

1958. 1st edition. The capture of U-Boat U-570 by the British and its use against her sister ships as HMS Graph.

1995. Outstanding account by the sailor who went on to command the early Arctic nuclear submarine voyages.

1944. 1st edition. In 1925 the US Navy submarine S-51 was rammed by the steamship SS City of Rome in open seas off Rhode Island, and sank in 132 feet of water, with the loss of 33 lives.

1980. 1st edition. The story of the most lethal submarine ever, the USS Batfish.

1999. 1st edition. An account of the battle to survive by British merchant seamen during WW2.

2000. 1st edition. The author, who is an ex-submarine officer, presents an authoritative chronicle of the clash between seven nations' submarines and naval operations during World War II.

2001. 1st edition. Steven Trent Smith grapples boldly with several big subjects.

1969. Personal account of Germany's U-boat campaign in WWII.

1947. A memoir written by Agnes Newton Keith, based on her experiences during the Japanese invasion of North Borneo.

1995. 1st edition. The incredible stories of twenty-two lone survivors of maritime disasters are presented in this collection of war and peacetime incidents.

1988. 1st edition.

1994. 1st edition. The full story of the uprising of Jews in the Warsaw ghetto, told by a survivor of the battle who is now a world-renowned Israeli scholar of the Holocaust.

2014. 1st edition. The Kaiten was so secret that even Japanese naval commanders didn’t know of its existence.

1997. 1st edition. America's greatest error in the submarine war against Japan and the effect it has had on Japanese-American relations ever since.

2010. 1st edition. The incredible story of the mystery U-Boats of WWII.

1958. 1st edition. A comprehensive account of the U-Boat war from 1939 to 1945 as seen through the eyes of German naval officer and respected author.

1992. 1st edition. Legendary U-Boat Ace who sank 47 unarmed ships & a submarine.

1959. One of the most fascinating and controversial books to come out of World War II, is the story of the Battle of the Atlantic from the point of view of the other side.

circa 1942. The author served under the famous Gen. William Mitchell.

1963. 1st edition. Incredible stories of heroism and sacrifice which make book a worthy tribute to the Bomber Command.

1943. The Story of a New Zealand Artilleryman who went through the Campaign in Tunisia.

1945. A true life novel of the RAF in the Second World War.

1957. 1st edition. The story of the test pilots of the early jet era.

1954. 1st edition. An account of a pilot's service, first with Hurricanes on the Carrier Indomitable inc. an amazing account of duty with the Malta Convoy in 1942.

1981. Brings together the strategic and moral debate over the controversial bombing offensive against German cities.

1930. 1st edition. Dick Grace was a stunt pilot who specialised in crashing planes. He served in both World Wars.

1960. 1st edition. An account of the Battle of Britain from July to September, 1940.

1940. Memoirs of author's experience as RAF gunner flying mostly in Halifax aircraft.

2008. 1st edition. Extensively researched study takes an in-depth look at the officers of the Royal Navy in the Second World War.

2009. New Zealanders and what they were doing during World War II.

1995. 1st edition. A uniquely Kiwi perspective of one of the major events that shaped our nation.

1955. 1st edition. Biography of an Air Hostess.

2018. One man's memoir of World War II, which took him from the Blitz to the jungles of Burma, to the devastation of Hiroshima.

2000. A pilots Memoir.

2009. Using first-hand accounts from surviving airmen, this is the full story of the daring young Australians in World War II

1953. 1st edition. Memoir of Roderick Chisholm CBE., DSO., DFC. Night fighter ace during WW2.

1950. The first book of Cheshire's war experiences, his classic account of the life of an RAF night-bomber pilot.

1955. The story of the Glider Pilot regiment during WW2.

1980. 1st edition.

1959. 1st edition. Aviation combat and the men of the RAF in Africa in the Second World War.

1943. A contemporary account of some of Bomber Command's operations activities during the first three years of WWII (1939-42).

1942. 1st edition. The Spitfire Squadron accounts of "ten pilots, most of whom have seen action in the Battle of Britain, and later, in the Battle of France.

1952. With a foreword by Field-Marshall The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.