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 war in the west considerably. The ground advance consisted of an armoured thrust by the British XXX Corps, while the US 82nd and 101st US Airborne Divisions secured the bridges at Eindhoven and Nijmegen and the British 1st Airborne Division and Polish 1st Airborne Brigade were tasked with seizing the final bridge at Arnhem to secure the route. What they did not realise was that the 9. SS and 10. SS-Panzer Divisions were nearby, ready to reinforce the local garrison and fend off the Allied assault. Focusing on the role played by these British and Polish troops, Ken Ford examines Operation Market-Garden in its entirety, from the early planning through to the early setbacks and eventual catastrophic conclusion.

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 Holland up to and across the lower Rhine by the British XXX Corps along a single road already dominated by airborne troops.

Their objective along this road was the bridge at Arnhem, the target of British and Polish airborne troops. Once XXX Corps had reached this bridge it would then make for the German industrial area of the Ruhr. The operation was bold in outlook but risky in concept.

Using specially commissioned artwork and detailed analysis, Ken Ford completes his trilogy on Operation Market-Garden by examining this attack which, if successful, could have shortened the war in the west considerably. Yet it turned out to be a bridge too far.

ARE YOU HAVING DIFFICULTY MAKING SENSE OF THIS THING CALLED - LIFE? In a Process With God doesn't propose to answer all of life's questions. However, it does present a perspective that can maybe help you start to piece seasons of your life together. Life isn't a string of unattached moments and experiences haphazardly falling in your path. In God's unique plan for your life, He's taking you on a journey that leads to one ultimate destination - Him. And the good news is that we don't have to wait until life after death to reach the destination. Your destination can be now We endure hardships and struggles in this world. Why? Just because the world is the way it is? That doesn't give us very much comfort or peace. But, what if - there's a bigger plan taking place that leads to an exciting and fulfilling life? What if those past trials were serving a purpose of bringing me to a place where I have peace in who and where I am? And what if, by knowing there's a process taking place designed specifically for my life, I can now face the rest of my life with understanding, joy and anticipation? Understanding the process won't make all of life's troubles go away. But I hope it will bring insight into your life that will lead to overcoming those troubles by putting them in their correct perspective. You will come to realize that there are greater things in store for you than worrying about daily living. We don't have to wait for heaven to live the knowledge of heaven. It's available to you - right here-right now Ken Ford is Senior Pastor of Word of Hope Ministries in Kentucky. The God directed mission of WOHM is to give to a needing world. Whether it's food, clothing, money, time or efforts, all is given with the glory of Jesus our Saviour through His provisions and Love.

Expertly fortified and stubbornly defended by some of Germany's finest troops, the Cassino massif and the devastated town at its foot defied assault by British, American, French, Indian, New Zealand and Polish troops from January until May 1944. When the Gustav and Hitler Line defences were finally swept aside by Field Marshal Alexander's great Operation "Diadem" in May, General Mark Clark's controversial decision to drive on Rome itself rather than cutting off the retreating German Tenth Army cast into question the prize actually gained by those five months of bloodletting. The grim story of the Four Battles of Cassino is told here in detail, supported by appendices, over 100 photographs and maps and illustrated by a portfolio of specially commissioned colour plates of troops of eight of the armies involved.

On the night of 9/10 July 1943, an Allied armada of 2,590 vessels launched one of the largest combined operations of the Second World War - the invasion of Sicily, Operation 'Husky'. Over the next 38 days, half a million British, Canadian, American and French soldiers, sailors, and airmen grappled with their German and Italian counterparts for control of this rocky outcrop of Hitler's 'Fortress Europe'. The Allied assault on Sicily featured airborne and amphibious landings; mountain warfare; international rivalry; poorly performing troops; tenacious German resistance; and, improvements in tactical air support and the ultimate Allied victory on the island. Almost the whole of the progress of the Second World War is illustrated by this one campaign. It was the only action where the whole Allied war effort was brought to bear on a single objective, with one army commanded by Patton and one army commanded by Montgomery. Both men were insufferable egoists and insubordinate commanders; they always chose to do their own thing, regardless of others' sensibilities and always with one eye on how history would see them. The seeds of rivalry between these two key Allied commanders that were sown in the Sicily campaign eventually grew to fruition in the battles for Normandy and the Ardennes.