Category: General NZ Military History
Category: General NZ Military History
Category: General NZ Military History
160 pages in A4 portrait format A superb all-colour reference book to all the badges and insignia worn by the elite troops of the two countries, past and present. Includes brief histories of the units with some photographs, in both colour and black and white. In all there are over 700 colour illustratio ...Show more
Category: NZ & World War I | Series: Warrior
This title explores the recruitment, training, and combat experiences of the famous ANZAC infantry in the opening years of World War I. The decision to employ the ANZACs in the Dardanelles came as a complete surprise, but the events at the Anzac and Suvla beach-heads quickly revealed the discipline and ...Show more
Category: General NZ Military History | Reading Level: near fine
AVAILABLE FROM 30/9/16 "The story of an iconic institution - the RSA - from its beginnings during the First World War through to the twenty-first century. A highly illustrated look at a threatened icon of New Zealand culture u the RSA. The book will appeal to general readers interested in this readily i ...Show more
Category: NZ & World War II
The next book in the ongoing series tells the stories of Kiwis in the Pacific theatre: based in New Caledonia, in action on Mono and Nissan Islands, women working in communications, and a few Air force and Navy personnel. The Pacific War was different: more 'downtime', more contact with the Japanese and ...Show more
Category: General NZ Military History
Category: NZ & World War II
Category: NZ & World War I
Anzac A Retrospect was first published in 1965, fifty years after the landing at Gallipoli. In that time many accounts, assessments and reassessments of this controversial campaign have been published, yet very few give the immediate impressions and daily experiences of the man in the ranks. The author ...Show more
Category: NZ & World War I | Reading Level: very good
On April 25, 1915, in the famous Battle of the Landing at what become known as Anzac Cove, Lieutenant Spencer Westmacott of the Auckland Infantry Battalion was seriously wounded. However, he survived and went on to write an account of the day which has been called one of the best and truest testimonies ...Show more