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  • Backs to the Wall

    A larrikin on the Western Front

    Originally published in 1937 (and long out of print), this is a gripping, first hand account of a young soldier's experiences in France and Belgium during the First World War.'*In that hour was born in me a fear that lasted throughout the whole winter. It was the dread of dying in the mud, going down in that stinking morass and though dead being conscious throughout the ages. Waves of fear at ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • In Great Spirits: Archie Barwick's WWI Diary - from Gallipoli to the Western Front and Home Again

    An Aussie soldier's diary of the first World War - by turns compelling, illuminating, funny, touching and sad - and absolutely unputdownable.Archie Albert Barwick was an enthusiastic young 24 year old when he joined the First AIF in late August 1914 - his service number was 914. When he learnt that he'd been accepted into the army, he was so happy he turned two somersaults for pure joy. this is ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In the Trenches 1914 - 1918

    This book are the memoirs of Frank S. Iriam, Sgt. sniper, scout and, observer attached to the First Canadian Division which was attached to the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. These writing are of significant Historical Value as well as a very vivid description of most of the major battles of the Great War. There are no holds barred descriptions of the good and bad qualities of the various ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Somme

    The Epic Battle in the Soldiers' own Words and Photographs

    The epic and brutal WWI battle is vividly recounted through the words and photos of the soldiers who lived through it.One of the most famous battles of the Great War, the offensive on the Somme took place in 1916, from July and November. It was there that Kitcheners famous Pals Battalions were first sent into action en masse. It was a battlefield where many of the dreams and aspirations of a ... Read more

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  • From Geordie Land to No Mans Land

    In writing his `one and only' book, George Elder, a proud Geordie, detailed many of his experiences endured whilst serving in the British Army during World War 1. Many of his tales would not have been appreciated by his peers, but they actually happened and would have been recognised by the common soldier. From Geordie Land to No Mans land was written to inform his family, friends and anyone ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Lion Rampant

    The Memoirs of an Infantry Officer from D-Day to the Rhineland

    Lion Rampant is Robert Woollcombe's graphic account of his experiences as a front-line infantry officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the desperate battle for Normandy and the Allied advance into Germany. Vividly evoking the confusion, horror and comradeship of war - from the killing fields of Normandy bocage, through house-to-house fighting in shattered Flemish towns, to the final ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Storm of Steel

    (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

    by Ernst Junger ...
    Translated by Michael Hofmann ...
    Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
    One of the great war memoirs, now featuring a foreword by the New York Times bestselling author of Matterhorn in time for the centenary of World War I and the Battle of the SommeA worldwide bestseller published shortly after the end of World War I, Storm of Steel is a memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism. Itilluminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of total war ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Wallaby Warrior

    The World War I diaries of Australia's only British Lion

    by Greg Growden ...
    Tom Richards is the only Australian-born Test rugby player to have played for both Australia and the British Lions. When the Australian team won the Gold Medal for rugby at the 1908 Olympic Games, the London Times pronounced: 'If ever the Earth had to select a Rugby Football team to play against Mars, Tom Richards would be the first player chosen.'With an introduction by leading Australian rugby ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Over the Top

    A digger's story of the Western Front

    Australia's diggers didn't go 'over the top' for King and Country, they did it for their mates and their battalion - extraordinary deeds performed by ordinary men.Henry George Hartnett, known as 'Harry', joined the Australian Imperial Force on 13 September 1915 at the age of 23. He saw action on the Western Front at Fromelles and on the Somme, receiving his first 'Blighty', a wound so serious he ... Read more

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  • Nothing of Importance

    A record of eight months at the front with a Welsh battalion, October, 1915, to June, 1916

    by Bernard Adams ...
    In "Nothing of Importance," Bernard Adams crafts an engaging narrative that deftly interweaves personal introspection and social commentary, reflecting the burdens and complexities of contemporary existence. Adams employs a lyrical yet precise prose style, oscillating between poetic elegance and stark realism. Set against a backdrop of societal disillusionment, the book delves into themes of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Anzac on the Western Front

    The Personal Reflections of an Australian Infantryman from 1916 to 1918

    by H.R. Williams ...
    "A remarkably candid and graphic account" of the World War I service of a member of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ( Britain at War Magazine).Having enlisted in 1915 and serving in the 56th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, Harold Roy Williams arrived in France, from Egypt, on June 30, 1916. He describes the horrors of the Fromelles battlefield in shocking clarity and the conditions ... Read more

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  • Alamein to Zem Zem [Illustrated Edition]

    by Keith Douglas ...
    Includes the War in North Africa Illustration Pack – 112 photos/illustrations and 21 maps.Few records of war are a lucid, vivid and sensitively written as Keith Douglas' "Alamein to Zem Zem". The author himself was a man of great poetic gifts who had established himself as a leading light in the Oxford literary circles, tutored by no less a person than First World War veteran and acclaimed poet ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus