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  • The Nek

    A Gallipoli Tragedy

    Series Book 1 - Anzac Battles Series
    One of the greatest tragedies in Australian military history occurred at Gallipoli on 7 August 1915, when hundreds of Australian light horsemen were repeatedly ordered to charge the massed rifles and machine-guns of the Turkish enemy. It was a hopeless endeavour, and the resulting bloodbath has horrified every generation since and been the subject of considerable scrutiny by historians. The charge ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Gallipoli

    A Ridge Too Far

    For the first time showcasing a unique and extensive range of Australian War Memorial photographs, Gallipoli: a Ridge too far describes the pivotal events of that momentous year as they affected all the countries involved. The book combines fresh perspectives from the worlds leading authorities, including Turkish and German historians, together with soldiers letters and diary accounts. In early ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Best of Military Sampler

    Internationally recognised for publishing a range of military books written by Australian, New Zealand and International authors who, as experts in their fields, provide an absorbing insight into great and modern wars and their after effects. Exisle is proud to present a selection of extracts from a few of our bestselling titles. Featured titles include: War Wounds: Medicine and the trauma of ... Read more

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  • History's Greatest Battles

    Masterstrokes of War

    Great battles mark history's turning points, occurring as they do where cultures and ideologies clash.While some battles have been won by the superior force, others have been won by a sheer dogged refusal to surrender in the face of overwhelming odds. Superior weaponry has sometimes brought victory, as at Plassey, while the superior generalship of a Napoleon, a Wellington, or a Marlborough has won ... Read more

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  • 36 Days

    by Hugh Dolan ...
    When Australian troops stormed ashore in the pre-dawn darkness of April 25th 1915, it was the culmination of one of the most complex and daunting operations in the history of warfare - the seaborne assault of a heavily fortified shore, defended by a well-prepared and forewarned enemy.The risks were enormous, and the death toll on the beach at Anzac Cove could have been murderous - as it was with ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • New Zealand's Great War

    New Zealand, the Allies and the First World War

    This book is a collection of essays arising out of the Zealandias Great War conference organised by the New Zealand Military History Committee in November 2003. In 32 essays by distinguished military historians from New Zealand and around the world, various aspects of New Zealands involvement in World War One are discussed. Subjects include the Pioneer Maori Battalion, women who opposed the war, ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Desert Boys

    Australians at war from Beersheba to Tobruk and El Alamein

    by Peter Rees ...
    'As gritty as it is real. An amazing book about ordinary Australians made extraordinary by the times they lived through . . .' - Peter FitzSimonsAbout 1300 Australians died in the desert campaigns of World War I, while another 3500 died in North Africa and the Middle East during World War II. Thousands more carried the wounds of war for the rest of their lives. Countless families were left behind ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Gallic Wars (lllustrated)

    Commentarii de Bello Gallico

    by Julius Caesar ...
    “Gaul is divided into three parts.”Originally composed for propaganda purposes, Julius Caesar’s war diary is one of the earliest examples of a military science manual, detailing arms technology, tactical maneuvers, battlefield politics, espionage, intelligence and even the role played by luck in ground and sea campaigns.Nine years of fighting is condensed into a tight treatise rendered in lavish, ... Read more

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  • Eureka: The story of Australia's most famous rebellion

    by Jill Blee ...
    On 3 December 1854 a bloody battle between gold miners, soldiers and police raged for fifteen minutes at the Eureka Lead in Ballarat. But this brief conflict, which had been brewing for years, would have momentous consequences overturning the accepted social order and bringing democracy to Victoria. EUREKA introduces you to the people and events that shaped this key moment in Australias history. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • War Paint ! A Pictorial History of the 4th Marine Division at War in the Pacific. Volume I - The Marshall Islands (Roi & Namur)

    War Paint ! A Pictorial History of the 4th Marine Division at War in the Pacific, #1

    by Theo Servetas ...
    Series Book 1 - War Paint ! A Pictorial History of the 4th Marine Division at War in the Pacific
    War Paint: A Pictorial History of the 4th Marine Division At War in the Pacific - Volume One: The Marshall Islands (Roi & Namur) February, 1944.This is Volume One of a four volume series. Volume Two will cover the invasion of the Mariana Islands at Saipan; Volume Three will finish the Marianas with the Invasion of Tinian; and, Volume Four ends the war, but not before the invasion of Iwo Jima in ... Read more

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  • No Better Death

    The Great War Diaries and Letters of William G. Malone

    Edited by Crawford, John ...
    Perhaps the greatest leader of men during the Gallipoli campaign, Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Malone was commanding officer of New Zealand’s Wellington Battalion at Gallipoli. Renowned for his humanity and his superb leadership, he played a key role in the successful assault on Chunuk Bair on 8 August 1915, but was killed later that day. No Better Death reproduces Malone’s impressive and often moving ... Read more

    $8.69 USD