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A War of Empires - Japan, India, Burma and Britain: 1941-45 by Robert Lyman
$35.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
Drawing on over 30 years of ground-breaking research, best-selling author Robert Lyman expertly re-examines the so-called 'Forgotten War' in Burma, revealing it to be a ferocious clash of competing visions of empire, which would irrevocably change the future of both Britain and the Indian subcontinent f ...Show more
Into the Jaws of Death: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on Saint-Nazaire by Robert Lyman
$40.00 NZD
Category: World History
On the night of 28 March 1942 the Royal Navy and British commandos assaulted the German-held French Atlantic port of Saint-Nazaire in one of the most audacious raids of the Second World War. Their plan was simple: to drive an old destroyer packed with three tons of explosive at full speed into the outer ...Show more
Operation Suicide: The Remarkable Story of the Cockleshell Raid by Robert Lyman
$40.00 NZD
Category: World 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
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
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
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