Books written by George Forty

  • British Army Handbook 1939-1945
    British Army Handbook 1939-1945

    Fully illustrated with an unusual collection of photographs and line illustrations, this is an indispensable reference guide for anyone interested in this fascinating period of British history.

  • Patton's Third Army at War

    Patton's Third Army at War

  • Land Warfare
    Land Warfare

    This encyclopedia includes a chronology of important dates - not just when campaigns began or finished and when special advances or retreats were undertaken, but also when weapons were used for the first time or high level conferences held

  • At War in Korea
    At War in Korea

    Forty deltog i Koreakrigen 1950-53, hans skildring bygger på diverse enheder og enkeltpersoners dagbøger, interviews, materiale fra myndigheder og institutioner, som deltog i FNs militære og humanitære indsats.

  • Tank Aces: From Blitzkrieg to the Gulf War
    Tank Aces: From Blitzkrieg to the Gulf War

    Forty, an ex-British Army tank officer and former director of the Bovington Tank Museum recounts the stories of more than twenty-five tank driving aces of various nationalities. Covers conflicts from the Second World War to the Gulf War.

  • Jake Wardrop's Diary: A Tank Regiment Sergeant's Story
    Jake Wardrop's Diary: A Tank Regiment Sergeant's Story

    ... Jake actually did notwrite any more after his visit toAntwerp, some days before this final battle. On 15April 22nd Armd Bde crossed the Rethem bridgehead,and occupied Walsrode by the evening. The following day the brigade advanced intwo ...

  • A Complete Illustrated Guide to Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles

    This title examines the role of armoured vehicles, from the 1900's, the coming of age of self-propelled artillery and amphibious infantry assult vehicles in WWII, through to modern peacekeeping armoured personnel carriers.

  • Fortress Europe: Hitler's Atlantic Wall
    Fortress Europe: Hitler's Atlantic Wall

    Maths Action Plans is a series of four books for Years 4-6/P5-7, offering flexible, supportive teacher and pupil resources and coherent coverage of the five strands of the Framework for...

  • Hitler's Atlantic Wall: From Southern France to Northern Norway, Yesterday and Today
    Hitler's Atlantic Wall: From Southern France to Northern Norway, Yesterday and Today

    "Hitler's Antlantic Wall first examines the labor force and construction, bunker types and their weaponry, the German defensive strategy and its defects before providing a country-by-country gazetteer of the most significant Atlantic Wall ...

  • German Infantryman at War, 1939-1945
    German Infantryman at War, 1939-1945

    "German Infantryman at War 1939-1945 tells this story using many unpublished photographs taken by Gerhard Sandmann, a typical infantryman.