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1939: Countdown to war by Richard Overy
$22.95 AUD
Category: History
24 August 1939: The fate of the world is hanging in the balance. Hitler has ambitions to invade Poland and hopes Stalin will now help him. The West must try to stop him. If they don't, world war will result. In this dramatic account Richard Overy re-creates hour-by-hour the last days of peace in 1939, a ...Show more
Battle of Britain (70th Anniversary edition) by Richard Overy
$24.95 AUD
Category: History
"The Battle of Britain" tells the extraordinary story of one of the pivotal events of the Second World War - the struggle between British and German air forces in the late summer and autumn of 1940. Exposing many of the myths surrounding the conflict, the book provides answers to important questions: ho ...Show more
Blood and Ruins - The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945 by Richard Overy
$75.00 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
A bold new approach to the Second World War from one of Britain's foremost military historiansRichard Overy sets out in Blood and Ruins to recast the way in which we view the Second World War and its origins and aftermath. He argues that this was the 'great imperial war', a violent end to almost a centu ...Show more
Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945 by Richard Overy
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
A bold new approach to the Second World War from one of its foremost historians Richard Overy sets out in Blood and Ruins to recast the way in which we view the Second World War and its origins and aftermath. He argues that this was the 'great imperial war', a violent end to almost a century of global i ...Show more
Goering - The Iron Man by Richard Overy
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
Published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series and featuring a new preface by the author, this classic biography by acclaimed historian Richard Overy takes the reader on a chilling journey into the heart of Hitler's inner circle.Hermann Goering was Hitler's most loyal supporter, his designated successor ...Show more
History: The definitive visual guide by Richard Overy
$49.95 AUD
Category: History
This is the definitive, 4.4 million year-old story of human history. From the origins of mankind to the 21st century, spanning the globe and based on the latest research, this is the complete story of the people, events, themes, ideas and forces that have shaped human existence. Find out about our histo ...Show more
Russia's War, 1941-1945 by Richard Overy
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
In the course of human history, there has probably been no more terrible place than Eastern Europe in 1941-5. Estimates of total Soviet military and civilian deaths in the period now stand at more than 25 million. In "Russia's War", Richard Overy re-creates the Soviet Union's apocalyptic struggle agains ...Show more
The Birth of the RAF 1918: The World's First Air Force by Richard Overy
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
The dizzying pace of technological change in the early 20th century meant that it took only a little over ten years from the first flight by the Wright Brothers to the clash of fighter planes in the Great War. A period of terrible, rapid experiment followed to gain a brief technological edge. By the end ...Show more
The Birth of the RAF, 1918: The World's First Air Force by Richard Overy
$26.99 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
A short, brilliant account of the birth of the RAF for the centenary of its foundingThe dizzying pace of technological change in the early 20th century meant that it took only a little over ten years from the first flight by the Wright Brothers to the clash of fighter planes in the Great War. A period o ...Show more
The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945 by Richard Overy
$55.00 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
This is the ultimate history of the Blitz and bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian and author Richard Overy. The use of massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize civilians was an aspect of the Second World War which continues to challenge the idea that Allies speci ...Show more
The Bombing War: Europe, 1939-1945 by Richard Overy
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: good-very good
This is the ultimate history of the Blitz and bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian and author Richard Overy. The use of massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize civilians was an aspect of the Second World War which continues to challenge the idea that Allies speci ...Show more