Luftwaffe
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- 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- CHAPTER 7 — The First Encounter
- CHAPTER 8 — Withdrawal from Servia
- CHAPTER 9 — Out of Greece
- CHAPTER 10 — Airborne Invasion
- CHAPTER 11 — The Crete Debacle
- CHAPTER 13 — Attack in the Desert
- CHAPTER 15 — The Pendulum Swings
- CHAPTER 19 — Alamein Chessboard
- CHAPTER 21 — The El Mreir Fiasco
- CHAPTER 23 — Farewell to the Blue
- CHAPTER 25 — Back to Europe
- CHAPTER 26 — The Brick Wall—Guardiagrele
- CHAPTER 27 — The Brick Wall—Orsogna
- CHAPTER 30 — East of Cassino
- CHAPTER 37 — The Road to the Plains
- Index
- 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- CHAPTER 7 — Over to Macedonia
- CHAPTER 8 — Campaign in Greece
- CHAPTER 9 — Reorganisation on Crete
- CHAPTER 10 — Airborne Invasion
- CHAPTER 12 — The Division in the Desert
- CHAPTER 13 — Baggush to Syria
- CHAPTER 14 — Back to the Western Desert
- CHAPTER 20 — The Break-out Into the Liri Valley
- CHAPTER 22 — Back to the Adriatic Coast
- 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 21 Battalion
- 22 Battalion
- 23 Battalion
- 24 Battalion
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 28 (Maori) Battalion
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- List of Illustrations
- Index
- Back to the Olympus Line
- A Dominant Position above Servia
- 26 Battery at Kalabaka
- Retreat to Thermopylae
- [section]
- Evacuation Plans and Moves
- Retreat to the Beaches
- Armed and Unarmed Parties
- The Gun Positions
- The Airborne Assault on 5 Brigade
- The Second Day at Maleme
- The Counter-attack on the Airfield Fails
- A Paratroop Attack on Galatas is Repulsed
- Difficult Gunnery at Galatas
- Desperate Fighting by Gunners and ‘Infantillery’
- Retreat from Galatas
- Duff's Gun Group Beats Back All Attacks
- The Pursuit
- A Hasty Move to the Arezzo Front
- Viserba and Bellaria
- A White Christmas on the Senio
- 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies
- Alam Halfa and Alamein
- CHAPTER 1 — The Opposing Armies
- CHAPTER 4 — Axis and Allied Plans
- CHAPTER 7 — The Battle Develops
- CHAPTER 9 — Operation BERESFORD
- CHAPTER 11 — Summary of the Battle
- CHAPTER 14 — The Development of the Plans
- CHAPTER 15 — The Eve of the Offensive
- CHAPTER 25 — Tanks Attempt Night Advance
- CHAPTER 27 — The Fourth Day of Battle
- CHAPTER 29 — Australians under Counter-attack
- CHAPTER 32 — The Pursuit
- CHAPTER 33 — Halfaya Pass
- Glossary
- Index
- Bardia to Enfidaville
- Battle for Egypt
- Crete
- Divisional Cavalry
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Episodes & Studies Volume 1
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- Italy Volume I: The Sangro to Cassino
- Italy Volume II : From Cassino to Trieste
- Journey Towards Christmas
- Chapter 5 — The Thunderstorm
- Chapter 6 — Withdrawal From Greece
- Chapter 8 — Murder On The Old Hook
- Chapter 11 — Prison And The Mushroom Country
- Chapter 12 — Syria
- Chapter 14 — A Study In Discomfort
- Chapter 15 — Out Of The Slough
- Chapter 18 — The End Of The First Half
- (1) Birth of a Happy Section
- (3) Diversion to a Dragon-Slaying
- (1) The Rivers
- (2) Drive to a Cricket Match
- Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy
- New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol. I)
- CHAPTER 1 — The Royal Air Force and Early New Zealand Representation
- Contents
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 2 — Early Operations from Britain and France
- CHAPTER 3 — Meeting the German Attack
- CHAPTER 4 — The Battle of Britain
- CHAPTER 5 — Bombing and Reconnaissance, 1940
- CHAPTER 6 — Defeating the Night Raider
- CHAPTER 7 — Air War at Sea
- CHAPTER 11 — Day Fighters, 1941
- CHAPTER 15 — Attacking Enemy Ships With Mine, Bomb and Torpedo
- CHAPTER 16 — Day Fighters During 1942
- CHAPTER 17 — Night Fighters, 1942
- Index
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol. II)
- CHAPTER 1 — Introduction
- Contents
- CHAPTER 3 — Bomber Command and the Battle of the Ruhr
- CHAPTER 4 — Longer-range Attacks
- CHAPTER 5 — With Mine, Bomb, and Torpedo
- CHAPTER 6 — Daylight Raids by the Light Bombers
- CHAPTER 7 — Day-Fighters and Fighter-bombers
- CHAPTER 8 — Night Fighters
- CHAPTER 9 — Prelude to Invasion
- CHAPTER 10 — Normandy
- CHAPTER 11 — Flying Bombs and Rockets
- CHAPTER 12 — Forward to the Rhine
- CHAPTER 14 — Bomber Command and the Battle of Germany
- CHAPTER 16 — The Last Phase
- CHAPTER 17 — Mission Completed
- Index
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Volume III)
- CHAPTER 1 — Prelude to War
- Contents
- Appendix I — PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND MEDITERRANEAN CAMPAIGNS 1940–45
- CHAPTER 2 — Early Operations over Many Fronts
- CHAPTER 3 — Western Desert—The Second Year
- CHAPTER 4 — Western Desert—The Third Year
- CHAPTER 5 — Algeria and Tunisia
- CHAPTER 6 — Malta
- CHAPTER 7 — Sicily
- CHAPTER 8 — Italy
- CHAPTER 9 — Beyond the Italian Battlefront
- Index
- New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy
- Petrol Company
- Prisoners of War
- Supply Company
- The Home Front Volume I
- The New Zealand Dental Services
- The Relief of Tobruk
- The Royal New Zealand Navy
- To Greece
- CHAPTER 1 — The First Echelon
- CHAPTER 2 — The Second Echelon
- CHAPTER 4 — The First Libyan Campaign, 1940–41
- Britain Decides to Assist Greece
- The Misunderstanding about the Aliakmon Line
- Movement of New Zealand Division to Greece
- Air Support
- The Invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia, 6–8 April
- The Raid on Piræus Harbour
- 11 April: Fighting in the Klidhi Pass Area
- General Wilson decides to Withdraw to Thermopylae
- 1 Armoured Brigade Group, including New Zealand units, withdraws from Grevena, night 14–15 April
- 15 April: The Situation becomes More Serious
- New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment Witbdraws to the Main Defence Line
- Movements to and from Servia Pass
- The Positions of 4 Brigade about Servia Pass
- The Withdrawal of 5 Brigade
- Fourth Brigade Completes its Withdrawal, 18–19 April
- The Rearguard at Elevtherokhorion, 18 April
- 26 Battalion Completes its Withdrawal—by Train
- Savige Force, including some New Zealand detachments, Withdraws from Kalabaka
- The Germans approach Thermopylae
- The Rearguard at Volos
- The New Zealand Sector
- Medical and Base Units leave the Athens Area, 22–25 April
- The Germans approach Brallos Pass
- The New Zealand Withdrawal
- [section]
- 25 April: The Second Revision of the Evacuation Plans
- The Germans Attack from the Air
- Withdrawal of 4 Brigade from Kriekouki on night 26–27 April
- The Germans occupy the Peloponnese, 28–29 April
- New Zealand Troops in Kalamata
- The German Advanced Guard enters Kalamata
- The German Account of the Action at Kalamata
- New Zealand Units in the Desert
- The Problems of the Campaign
- Index
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