Ken Ford is a well-known and prolific historian of the Second World War. He has established a reputation for producing graphic accounts, often based on first-hand testimony, of D-Day, the Normandy campaign and the Allied advance into Germany. He has also written books on the war in the Western Desert and Italy. Among his many publications are Battleaxe Division, St Nazaire 1942, Cassino: The Four Battles, D-Day Commando, Battlezone Europe: Sword, Battlezone Europe: Juno, El Alamein, Assault on Sicily, Gazala 1942 and Assault on Germany: The Battle for Geilenkirchen.
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Ken Ford: Caen 1944
One of the key objectives of British forces on D-Day was the capture of the strategically vital city of Caen. General Montgomery saw Caen as the key to Normandy and the springboard for the Allied …
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Ken Ford: Operation Neptune 1944
The story of Operation Neptune was, of course, more than just a tale of planning, building and logistics. It had action a-plenty and the emotive tales of bravery, ingenuity and determination by the …
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Ken Ford: Operation Market-Garden 1944 (2)
With Germany being pushed back across Europe the Allied forces looked to press their advantage with Operation Market-Garden, a massive airborne assault that, if successful, could have shortened the …
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Ken Ford: Operation Market-Garden 1944 (3)
Field Marshal Montgomery’s plan to get Second British Army behind the fortifications of the German Siegfried Line in 1944 led to the hugely ambitions Operation Market-Garden. Part of this plan called …
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Ken Ford: Mareth Line 1943
The battle of El Alamein saw the shattering of Germany’s hopes for victory in North Africa and from this point on the end was inevitable. In the six months that passed before the final surrender …
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Ken Ford: Assault Crossing
The assault crossing of the River Seine by the British 43rd (Wessex) Division in August 1944 remains one of the most important operations of the closing stages of the Second World War. Once the …
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Ken Ford: Assault on Germany
The author of A Luftwaffe General gives a detailed history of the Allied forces’ brutal Operation Clipper during World War II. The Anglo-American battle for the Geilenkirchen salient in November, …
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Ken Ford: Assault on Germany
The author of A Luftwaffe General gives a detailed history of the Allied forces’ brutal Operation Clipper during World War II. The Anglo-American battle for the Geilenkirchen salient in …
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€6.21
Ken Ford: St Nazaire 1942
The raid on the port of St Nazaire in March 1942 by a sea-borne task force from British Combined Operations remains one of the most daring actions of World War II. The port lies at the mouth of the …
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Ken Ford: D-Day 1944 (3)
At 0016hrs on 6 June 1944 a Horsa glider ground to a halt a mere 60 yards from the Orne Canal bridge at Bénouville in Normandy. A small group of British paratroopers burst from it and stormed the …
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Ken Ford: D-Day 1944 (4)
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, was the greatest sea-borne military operation in history. At the heart of the invasion and key to its success were the landings of British 50th …
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€17.02
Ken Ford: Caen 1944
One of the key objectives of British forces on D-Day was the capture of the strategically vital city of Caen. General Montgomery saw Caen as the key to Normandy and the springboard for the Allied …
PDF
DRM
€16.91
Ken Ford: Rhine Crossings 1945
’The last great heave of war, ’ according to Churchill, took place with the crossing of the Rhine in 1945. No invading army had crossed this great river since Napoleon’s in 1805 and the task fell to …
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€16.96
Ken Ford: Gazala 1942
Following a lull in the desert war which saw the Germans and British reinforce their armies, Rommel suddenly attacked British fortifications with an assault on the northern sector of the British line …
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€16.91
Ken Ford: Cockleshell Raid
On the night of December 7, 1942, five canoes were launched off the mouth of the Gironde river, each containing a pair of British commandoes tasked with slipping into the port of Bordeaux and …
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Ken Ford: Bruneval Raid
In the darkest days of World War II, the British planned a daring airborne operation to capture the secret of the new German radar. Lead by Major John Frost, a company of paratroopers dropped into …
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Ken Ford: Run The Gauntlet
In February 1942, three of the major ships of the German surface fleet the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen stormed out of the harbour at Brest on a …
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€15.95
Ken Ford: D-Day 1944 (3)
At 0016hrs on 6 June 1944 a Horsa glider ground to a halt a mere 60 yards from the Orne Canal bridge at Bénouville in Normandy. A small group of British paratroopers burst from it and stormed the …
EPUB
DRM
€17.02
Ken Ford: Gazala 1942
Following a lull in the desert war which saw the Germans and British reinforce their armies, Rommel suddenly attacked British fortifications with an assault on the northern sector of the British line …
EPUB
DRM
€16.91
Ken Ford: St Nazaire 1942
The raid on the port of St Nazaire in March 1942 by a sea-borne task force from British Combined Operations remains one of the most daring actions of World War II. The port lies at the mouth of the …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€16.96
Ken Ford: D-Day 1944 (4)
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, was the greatest sea-borne military operation in history. At the heart of the invasion and key to its success were the landings of British 50th …
EPUB
DRM
€17.02
Ken Ford: Rhine Crossings 1945
’The last great heave of war, ’ according to Churchill, took place with the crossing of the Rhine in 1945. No invading army had crossed this great river since Napoleon’s in 1805 and the task fell to …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€16.96
Ken Ford: Operation Neptune 1944
The story of Operation Neptune was, of course, more than just a tale of planning, building and logistics. It had action a-plenty and the emotive tales of bravery, ingenuity and determination by the …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€16.96
Ken Ford: Cockleshell Raid
On the night of December 7, 1942, five canoes were launched off the mouth of the Gironde river, each containing a pair of British commandoes tasked with slipping into the port of Bordeaux and …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€15.95
Ken Ford: Bruneval Raid
In the darkest days of World War II, the British planned a daring airborne operation to capture the secret of the new German radar. Lead by Major John Frost, a company of paratroopers dropped into …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€15.95
Ken Ford: Mareth Line 1943
The battle of El Alamein saw the shattering of Germany’s hopes for victory in North Africa and from this point on the end was inevitable. In the six months that passed before the final surrender …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€17.02
Ken Ford: Operation Market-Garden 1944 (2)
With Germany being pushed back across Europe the Allied forces looked to press their advantage with Operation Market-Garden, a massive airborne assault that, if successful, could have shortened the …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€16.96
Ken Ford: Operation Market-Garden 1944 (3)
Field Marshal Montgomery’s plan to get Second British Army behind the fortifications of the German Siegfried Line in 1944 led to the hugely ambitions Operation Market-Garden. Part of this plan called …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€16.96
Ken Ford: Run The Gauntlet
In February 1942, three of the major ships of the German surface fleet the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen stormed out of the harbour at Brest on a …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€15.99
