Browse by category
Into the Jaws of Death: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on Saint-Nazaire by Robert Lyman
25.00 NZD
Category: History
It is the night of 28 March 1942. Royal Navy and British commandos are poised to assault the German-held port of Saint-Nazaire in what will be one of the most audacious and daring raids of the Second World War. The plan is simple: to drive an old destroyer, packed with three tons of explosive, at full s ...Show more
Operation Suicide: The Remarkable Story of the Cockleshell Raid by Robert Lyman
40.00 NZD
Category: History
During the Second World War, it is hard to imagine a situation where the British High Command could think that one of the only ways they could attack Hitler was to send ten canoeists with limpet mines to paddle one hundred miles up the Gironde estuary, in the middle of winter, in an attempt to sink Germ ...Show more
The Longest Siege : Tobruk - The Battle That Saved North Africa by Robert Lyman
41.00 NZD
Category: History
Beginning on 10th April, 1941, and lasting 240 days, the siege of Tobruk is a mesmerising tale of human endurance and heroism, as the Libyan port's 24,000 defenders met increasingly desperate attempts by Rommel's Panzer divisions to break through the hurriedly thrown-up defences. It was a battle of bayo ...Show more
0 - 2 of 3