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• 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
  • CHAPTER 1 — Early Days
• 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
  • CHAPTER 10 — Airborne Invasion
  • CHAPTER 12 — The Division in the Desert
  • CHAPTER 19 — Cassino Fortress
  • CHAPTER 20 — The Break-out Into the Liri Valley
  • CHAPTER 21 — Rome and the Pursuit North
  • CHAPTER 22 — Back to the Adriatic Coast
  • CHAPTER 23 — Faenza to Trieste
  • [section]
• 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
  • CHAPTER 5 — Crete
  • CHAPTER 14 — The Battle for Orsogna
• 22 Battalion
  • CHAPTER 2 — Maleme, Crete
  • CHAPTER 3 — Libya, 1941
  • CHAPTER 13 — Casa Elta
  • CHAPTER 14 — ‘Hell of a Crack’
• 23 Battalion
  • CHAPTER 4 — Campaigning in Greece
  • CHAPTER 5 — Battle of Crete
  • CHAPTER 6 — Libya 1941
  • CHAPTER 8 — Battle for Egypt
  • CHAPTER 11 — The Tunisian Campaign
  • CHAPTER 12 — Maadi to Orsogna
  • CHAPTER 13 — Cassino
  • Index
• 24 Battalion
  • CHAPTER 2 — Campaign in Greece
  • CHAPTER 3 — Sidi Rezegh
  • CHAPTER 9 — Tebaga Gap
  • CHAPTER 16 — Rimini to the Senio
  • CHAPTER 17 — Winter on the Senio
  • CHAPTER 18 — From the Senio to Trieste
• 25 Battalion
  • CHAPTER 2 — Greece
  • CHAPTER 4 — Sidi Rezegh
• 26 Battalion
  • CHAPTER 5 — The Second Libyan Campaign
  • CHAPTER 6 — Syria
  • CHAPTER 7 — The Battle for Egypt
  • CHAPTER 9 — The Pursuit
  • CHAPTER 12 — First Battle in Italy
  • CHAPTER 13 — The Battle for Orsogna
  • CHAPTER 14 — The Battle for Cassino
  • CHAPTER 15 — The Advance through the Liri Valley
  • CHAPTER 16 — The Advance on Florence
  • CHAPTER 17 — The Advance from Rimini
  • CHAPTER 18 — The Drive to the Senio
  • CHAPTER 19 — The Final Offensive in Italy
  • CHAPTER 20 — The Break-up of a Unit
• 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
  • CHAPTER 5 — Crete
  • CHAPTER 6 — Sidi Rezegh
  • CHAPTER 10 — Ruweisat Ridge
  • CHAPTER 12 — The New Zealand Box
  • CHAPTER 13 — The Battle of Alamein
  • CHAPTER 15 — Tebaga Gap
  • CHAPTER 16 — Victory in Africa
  • CHAPTER 18 — Orsogna
  • CHAPTER 21 — Florence
  • CHAPTER 25 — The End of the War
• 28 (Maori) Battalion
  • CHAPTER 4 — The Campaign in Greece
  • CHAPTER 5 — Crete
  • CHAPTER 6 — Sollum and Gazala
  • CHAPTER 9 — Alamein to Tripoli
  • CHAPTER 10 — Medenine and Point 209
  • CHAPTER 11 — Takrouna
  • CHAPTER 13 — Orsogna
  • CHAPTER 14 — Cassino
  • CHAPTER 15 — Advance on Florence
  • CHAPTER 16 — The Rimini Campaign
  • CHAPTER 17 — The Winter Campaign
  • CHAPTER 18 — The Last Battle
• 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
  • Index
  • Desperate Fighting at Platamon
  • The Second Day at Maleme
  • The Attack on Bir Ghirba
  • Point 175 is Lost
• 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies
  • CHAPTER 3 — Greece
  • CHAPTER 6 — Towards the Frontier
  • CHAPTER 10 — Minqar Qaim
  • CHAPTER 13 — The End in Africa
  • CHAPTER 16 — To Italy
  • CHAPTER 17 — To Cassino
  • CHAPTER 20 — Into 1945
  • Index
  • Friday, 21 November
  • Sunday, 23 November
  • Saturday, 29 November
  • [section]
  • NEW BATTLEDRESS IN NEW ZEALAND
• Bardia to Enfidaville
  • Index
  • [section]
  • Outflanking Nofilia
  • Gone Away
  • 5 Infantry Brigade Group and 4 Light Armoured Brigade in Position
  • Starting Positions for supercharge
  • Flanking Units
  • 2 NZ Division is Relieved
  • Brigade Plans
  • 12 April—the End of Desert Fighting
  • A Halt on 14 April
  • 21 Battalion
  • 21 Battalion
  • Operations Around Djebibina
• Battle for Egypt
  • CHAPTER 2 — A Hazardous Project
  • CHAPTER 7 — Preparations for Decisive Battle
  • CHAPTER 11 — New Zealand Division Isolated
  • CHAPTER 12 — Twenty-four Tense Hours
  • CHAPTER 16 — Defeat of Ariete Division
  • CHAPTER 17 — Thrusts, Parries, and Plans
  • CHAPTER 18 — Both Armies Prepare Attacks
  • CHAPTER 19 — Battle of Tell el Eisa
  • CHAPTER 21 — Planning for Ruweisat
  • CHAPTER 22 — Capture of Ruweisat Ridge
  • CHAPTER 23 — The First Disaster
  • CHAPTER 24 — Fighting on the Ridge
  • CHAPTER 25 — Enemy Prepares Counter-attack
  • CHAPTER 26 — Fourth Brigade Overrun
  • CHAPTER 28 — Raids, Patrols, Consolidation
  • CHAPTER 30 — Advance of Sixth Brigade
  • CHAPTER 31 — Succession of Disasters
  • CHAPTER 33 — Reorganisation
• Crete
  • V: Preparations of 2 NZ Division: 30 April–19 May
  • I: Maleme and 22 Battalion
  • II: The Other Battalions and 5 Brigade HQ
  • I: The Maleme Sector
  • I: The Counter-attack at Maleme
  • III: The Decision to Withdraw 5 Brigade
  • I: The Withdrawal of 5 Brigade
  • I: The Canea-Galatas Front
  • III: The Decision to Form a New Line
  • I: The Line East of Galatas
  • III: The Withdrawal of the Brigades and the Movement of Force Reserve
  • I: Force Reserve and 42nd Street
  • I: The Ninth Day: 28 May
  • III: The Eleventh Day: 30 May
  • IV: The Twelfth Day: 31 May
• Divisional Cavalry
  • CHAPTER 6 — Crete
  • CHAPTER 21 — Pursuit to Florence
• Divisional Signals
  • CHAPTER 5 — To the Defence of Greece
  • CHAPTER 6 — Withdrawal from Greece
  • CHAPTER 7 — Battle for Crete
  • CHAPTER 9 — The Cyrenaican Offensive
  • CHAPTER 11 — Minqar Qaim
  • CHAPTER 12 — A Hard Summer
  • CHAPTER 13 — Rommel's Last Bid for Egypt
  • CHAPTER 14 — The Alamein Offensive
  • CHAPTER 15 — From Bardia to Tripoli
  • CHAPTER 16 — Final Campaign in Africa
  • CHAPTER 17 — The Sangro and Orsogna
  • CHAPTER 18 — The Struggle for Cassino
  • CHAPTER 19 — The Advance to the Arno
  • CHAPTER 20 — The Gothic Line
  • CHAPTER 21 — Into the Plains
• Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
  • Index
  • [section]
  • 109 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
  • 111 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
  • 115 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
  • 154 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
  • 174 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
  • 209 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
• Italy Volume I: The Sangro to Cassino
  • I: Over The River and Up The Hill
  • I: 15 March
• New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
  • CHAPTER 4 — The Campaign in Greece
  • CHAPTER 5 — The Campaign in Crete
  • Index
  • [section]
• Petrol Company
  • CHAPTER 12 — A Fateful Month
• Supply Company
  • CHAPTER 4 — With the Division in Greece
  • CHAPTER 6 — Crete
  • CHAPTER 7 — Advance into Libya
  • CHAPTER 10 — The Pursuit
  • Index
• To Greece
  • CHAPTER 1 — The First Echelon
  • CHAPTER 2 — The Second Echelon
  • Movement of New Zealand Division to Greece
  • The Raid on Piræus Harbour
  • 21 Battalion Moves up from Athens to the Platamon Tunnel
  • 21 Battalion Withdraws through the Pinios Gorge
  • The Germans force the Gorge, 18 April
  • The Withdrawal from Thermopylae begins, Night 22–23 April

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