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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2008
  • Latest Book:
    October 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Raiding Forces

1 - Those Who Dare (Aug-2010)
2 - Dead Eagles (Oct-2011)
3 - Blood Wings (Aug-2012)
4 - Roman Candle (Dec-2012)
5 - Guerrilla Command (Sep-2013)
6 - Necessary Force (May-2014)
7 - Desert Patrol (Apr-2015)
8 - Private Army (Mar-2016)
9 - Africa 1941 (Feb-2017)

Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • Mr Carter is the manager of Cutting Edge Sports' Seldon branch. He is important and successful, or so he thinks. So why don't his staff and customers give him the respect he deserves? And who's that from Head Office looking over his shoulder?...



  • The first in a series of meticulously researched World War II novels about hit-and-run raids against Hitler's war machine by British forces - under the command of a U.S. soldier - "Those Who Dare" is sure to appeal to avid military fiction fans. By M...



  • In this sequel to Those Who Dare, U.S.Major John Randal, Commander of Strategic Raiding Forces is back, leading a crew of British Commandos, Royal Marines and Royal Navy raiders on bigger and bolder missions to foil Hitler's Third Reich. Off the Gold...



  • In this sequel to Dead Eagles, U.S. Major John Randal, commander of Strategic Raiding Forces, returns in Blood Wings, the first book in a trilogy within the Raiding Forces Series about the Abyssinian Campaign. Major Randal parachutes into the middle ...



  • In this sequel to Blood Wings, U.S. Major John Randal, commander of Strategic Raiding Forces, returns in Roman Candle, the second book in a trilogy within the Raiding Forces Series about the Abyssinian Campaign.Major Randal is raising a guerrilla arm...



  • In this sequel to Roman Candle, U.S. Major John Randal, commander of Strategic Raiding Forces, returns in Guerrilla Command, the third book in a trilogy within the Raiding Forces Series about the Abyssinian Campaign. In Guerrilla Command Major John R...



  • Maj. John Randal is back in Book VI in the Raiding Forces Series. He travels to the RAF Base located at Habbaniya sixty miles south of Bagdad to see Lt. Pamala Plum-Martin be awarded her pilots wings from the flying school located there. RAF Habbaniy...



  • The siege of the RAF base at Habbaniya is lifted after the defenders launch a surprise counter attach followed up by an intense air campaign and assault on Bagdad by Habforce that force marched to their aid. Back in Cairo, Raiding Forces is ordered t...



  • IN THIS SEQUEL TO DESERT PATROLLT. COL. JOHN RANDAL RETURNS IN PRIVATE ARMYRaiding Forces is undergoing a major reorganization to be better able to carry out smallscale raids against Rommel’s only hard topped road, the Via Balbia. It runs along the...






  • Lieutenant Colonel Randal has established a clandestine base at Oasis X on the far side of the Great Sand Sea from which to launch hit and run gun jeep raids on isolated enemy positions, airfields and fuel tank farms up to a thousand miles behind ...



  • In this sequel to Africa 1941 Lt. Col. John Randal returns in The Sharp End. The United States has entered the war. Col. John Randal and the men in the American Volunteer Group who have been serving with Raiding Forces are back in US Army uniform ...



  • Nazi’s need industrial diamonds for precision instruments and to harden tools. Germany has an eight month supply. Hitler can only get more diamonds if DeBeers Diamonds supplies them through Switzerland. Raiding Forces has been tasked with shutti...



  • Raiding Forces Small Operations Group with Colonel John Randal in command makes a night drop on the Italian held Island of Castelrozzo. The plan is to capture the island in order to use it as a base of operations for Commando raids on Axis held islan...



  • The war in the Aegean heats up as Raiding Forces has completed its transition from gun jeeps to small boats. The SAS LRDG and the Greek Sacred Squadron are being transferred to Raiding Forces. A major reorganization is underway. Raiding Forces contin...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Phil Ward has published 14 books.

Phil Ward does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Always So Few, was published in October 2021.

The first book by Phil Ward, Shop Floor Stories, was published in February 2008.

Yes. Phil Ward has 1 series.