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Page |
PREFACE |
vii
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1 AFTERMATH OF LIBYAN CAMPAIGN |
1
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2 A HAZARDOUS PROJECT |
7
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3 ALTERNATIVE ROLES |
22
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4 DIVISION IN SYRIA |
28
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5 ROMMEL STRIKES |
44
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6 FORCED MARCH TO THE DESERT |
50
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7 PREPARATIONS FOR DECISIVE BATTLE |
59
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8 AUCHINLECK TAKES COMMAND |
69
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9 ROMMEL'S BATTLE PLANS |
77
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10 GERMANS BREAK IN |
81
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11 NEW ZEALAND DIVISION ISOLATED |
90
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12 TWENTY-FOUR TENSE HOURS |
103
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13 EIGHTH ARMY IN LAST DITCH |
136
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14 THE ENEMY PLAN |
149
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15 EIGHTH ARMY HOLDS THE LINE |
155
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16 DEFEAT OF ARIETE DIVISION |
167
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17 THRUSTS, PARRIES, AND PLANS |
178
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18 BOTH ARMIES PREPARE ATTACKS |
195
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19 BATTLE OF TELL EL EISA |
204
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20 ARMIES SPAR FOR POSITIONS |
213
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21 PLANNING FOR RUWEISAT |
220
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22 CAPTURE OF RUWEISAT RIDGE |
232
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23 THE FIRST DISASTER |
249
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24 FIGHTING ON THE RIDGE |
264
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25 ENEMY PREPARES COUNTER-ATTACK |
276
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26 FOURTH BRIGADE OVERRUN |
287
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27 REFLECTIONS |
299
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28 RAIDS, PATROLS, CONSOLIDATION |
308
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29 PLANS FOR EL MREIR |
319
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30 ADVANCE OF SIXTH BRIGADE |
338
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31 SUCCESSION OF DISASTERS |
352
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32 PRICE OF BAD PLANNING |
364
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33 REORGANISATION |
370
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APPENDIX I Commanders and Staff, June 1942 |
381
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APPENDIX II 22 Battalion in Captivity |
385
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APPENDIX III Casualties, June–August 1942 |
387
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GLOSSARY |
389
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
391
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