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  • Caen 1944

    Montgomery’s break-out attempt

    by Ken Ford ...
    Series Book 143 - Campaign
    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 breakout, but so did the Germans and the city did not fall. It took three major offensives and more than 30 bloody days of struggle to finally take Caen. In the process the city was controversially ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Assault on Germany

    The Battle for Geilenkirchen

    by Ken Ford ...
    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, 1944, was infantry warfare at its worst, and it is described in vivid detail in this new edition of Ken Ford's classic study. The onset of winter saw the Allied advance from the Normandy beaches forced to ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Assault Crossing

    The River Seine 1944

    by Ken Ford ...
    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 obstacle of the great river had been overcome, General Horrocks unleashed the armor of XXX Corps on their historic dash across northern France and Belgium.Assault Crossing Ken Fords classic account of this ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • St Nazaire 1942

    The Great Commando Raid

    by Ken Ford ...
    Series Book 92 - Campaign
    A richly illustrated examination of the British raid on the port of St Nazaire: one of the most daring actions of World War II.The port lies at the mouth of the River Loire and in 1942, as well as a U-Boat base, contained the massive 'Normandie' dock, the only facility on the Atlantic coast large enough to accommodate the German pocket battleship Tirpitz.This book tells the story of the raid that ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • The Cockleshell Raid

    Bordeaux 1942

    by Ken Ford ...
    Series Book 8 - 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 destroying as many of the merchant ships as possible. Only two of the canoes made it to the target, but it was enough. Five enemy ships were badly damaged in the attack. It then became a game of cat and mouse ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • D-Day 1944 (3)

    Sword Beach & the British Airborne Landings

    by Ken Ford ...
    Series Book 105 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated and detailed study of the Sword Beach & the British Airborne Landings.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 bridge within minutes. The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe had begun. Within a few hours landing craft ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Women Close To Hitler

    by Ken Ford ...
    Hitler had very definite views on the role of women in Nazi Germany; they were all destined to be wives and mothers. It was their duty to marry and produce lots of children for the future of the Third Reich. Set apart from these 'ordinary' women were a select group of others who were particularly close to him. They lived within his inner circle. They spent their lives in a cocoon, closeted amongst ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Caen 1944

    Montgomery’s break-out attempt

    by Ken Ford ...
    Series Book 143 - Campaign
    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 breakout, but so did the Germans and the city did not fall. It took three major offensives and more than 30 bloody days of struggle to finally take Caen. In the process the city was controversially ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Bruneval Raid

    Operation Biting 1942

    by Ken Ford ...
    Series Book 13 - 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 Bruneval on the French coast, and quickly neutralized a small German garrison. Then began a desperate fight for time as the British tried to dismantle the German radar and evacuate back to England, as ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • Operation Neptune 1944

    D-Day’s Seaborne Armada

    by Ken Ford ...
    Series Book 268 - Campaign
    The naval plan behind the Normandy landings that aided the success of the Allied invasion of France.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 crews of the ships involved brought credit to the naval traditions of the Allied nations.Battleships, ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Gazala 1942

    Rommel's greatest victory

    by Ken Ford ...
    Series Book 196 - Campaign
    Illustrated by contemporary photos and specially commissioned maps, this book is a fascinating account of Rommel's greatest victory.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 near Gazala.Pinning down the British in the north and outflanking ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Operation Market-Garden 1944 (3)

    The British XXX Corps Missions

    by Ken Ford ...
    Series Book 317 - Campaign
    The final instalment in Osprey's trilogy on Operation Market-Garden, this is a fascinating account of the British XXX Corps assault towards the Rhine at Arnhem.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 for a rapid advance from Belgium through ... Read more

    $18.99 USD