Books written by Ken Ford

Run The Gauntlet: The Channel Dash 1942

Sub-Lieutenant Rose, wounded in the back from shell-splinters, followed his leader through the flak and the fire from enemy fighters. At around 3,000yds distance he launched his torpedo at one of the German heavy units.
A Luftwaffe General: General Der Luftwaffe Alfred Schlemm

General der Fallschirmtruppe Alfred Schlemm was, by the end of the war, a high-ranking officer with the Luftwaffe.
Assault on Sicily: Monty and Patton at War

However, such moves would leave the Allied flank open to air attacks from Sicily. He therefore decided that it was more likely ... Guzzoni had ten Italian divisions based in Sicily with which to defend the island against Allied attack.
D-Day 1944 (4): Gold & Juno Beaches

In the fourth D-Day volume Ken Ford details the assault that began the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe.
The Rhine Crossings 1945

The commander of German First Parachute Army was a Luftwaffe general with an outstanding fighting record. Gen der Fallschirmtruppen Alfred Schlemm had a reputation for being a resolute defensive commander gained by his masterly handling ...
Run The Gauntlet: The Channel Dash 1942

This book tells the complete story of this great race, from the planning through to the repercussions of this unique Germany victory.
The Rhine Crossings 1945

With an elaborate description of the combined Allied attack, second in magnitude only to the Normandy invasion, this book charts the history of the last great set-piece battle of the war that ultimately brought the defeat of Hitler's Nazi ...
Overlord: The D-Day Landings

The book provides a close analysis at the plans and build-up to the operation, and, accompanied by photos, maps and artwork, discusses the events of D-Day in each of the key areas of the operation.
Caen 1944: Montgomery’s break-out attempt

One of the key objectives of British forces on D-Day was the capture of the strategically vital city of Caen.
Run The Gauntlet: The Channel Dash 1942

This book tells the complete story of this great race, from the planning through to the repercussions of this unique Germany victory.
Assault on Germany: The Battle for Geilenkirchen

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, ...
The Cockleshell Raid: Bordeaux 1942

Author Ken Ford gives a blow-by-blow account of one of the most daring raids of World War II, which badly upset the flow of material into Germany, and which gave the British public a much needed victory.
D-Day 1944: Gold & Juno Beaches

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...
Gazala 1942: Rommel's greatest victory

Accompanied by contemporary photographs and maps depicting the movement of both armies, Ken Ford provides a masterful study of Rommel, the 'Desert Fox', at the height of his powers as he swept the British army back to the site of their ...
Assault Crossing: The River Seine 1944

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 critical battle—is the ...
Gardeners' Question Time

Gardeners' Question Time
Gardeners' Question Time, Third Series

Gardeners' Question Time, Third Series
Down the Garden Path: 30 Years of "Gardeners' Question Time"

Down the Garden Path: 30 Years of "Gardeners' Question Time"
St Nazaire 1942: The Great Commando Raid

This book tells the story of the raid on St Nazaire that denied the use of the dock to the Tirpitz, the sister ship of the Bismarck, and constituted a crucial victory in the Battle of the Atlantic.
St Nazaire 1942: The Great Commando Raid

This book tells the story of the raid on St Nazaire that denied the use of the dock to the Tirpitz, the sister ship of the Bismarck, and constituted a crucial victory in the Battle of the Atlantic.