القاهرة —
Cairo
(Place)
Also known as: Cairo; مصر.
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- 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- List of Illustrations
- CHAPTER 2 — The Orion
- CHAPTER 3 — Maadi Camp
- CHAPTER 4 — Garawla Interludes
- CHAPTER 5 — ‘Freyberg's Wogs’
- CHAPTER 6 — Over the Water
- CHAPTER 12 — Reconstruction
- CHAPTER 16 — Fresh Woods
- CHAPTER 17 — Interrupted Holiday
- CHAPTER 22 — Trial by Heat
- CHAPTER 24 — ‘Tanks of our Own’
- CHAPTER 25 — Back to Europe
- CHAPTER 44 — Retrospect
- Index
- 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- List of Maps and Diagrams
- CHAPTER 3 — Egypt
- CHAPTER 4 — The Western Desert
- CHAPTER 6 — Helwan
- CHAPTER 11 — Back to Egypt
- CHAPTER 12 — The Division in the Desert
- CHAPTER 13 — Baggush to Syria
- CHAPTER 14 — Back to the Western Desert
- CHAPTER 15 — Infantry Into Armour
- CHAPTER 19 — Cassino Fortress
- CHAPTER 20 — The Break-out Into the Liri Valley
- CHAPTER 21 — Rome and the Pursuit North
- Appendix I
- Index
- 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- Foreword
- CHAPTER 2 — Journey from New Zealand to Egypt
- CHAPTER 3 — Training in Egypt
- CHAPTER 4 — The Campaign in Greece
- CHAPTER 6 — Rebuilding the Battalion
- CHAPTER 9 — Syria
- CHAPTER 10 — Return to the Desert
- CHAPTER 11 — Ruweisat Ridge
- CHAPTER 12 — Infantry to Armour
- CHAPTER 13 — Farewell to Maadi
- CHAPTER 15 — Cassino
- Index
- 21 Battalion
- 22 Battalion
- 23 Battalion
- 24 Battalion
- 25 Battalion
- 26 Battalion
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 28 (Maori) Battalion
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- CHAPTER 13 — The Surveyors
- CHAPTER 23 — The End of the Story
- Index
- The First Echelon
- The Second Echelon
- Maadi and the Western Desert
- Getting Ready for Greece
- [section]
- New Equipment but No Medium Guns
- Action for the Bofors Gunners
- Preparing for Desert Operations
- Field and Anti-Tank Batteries are Reorganised
- Springtime in Syria
- Increased Anti-Tank Strength
- Key Men Leave for Service in the Pacific
- The Counter-attack Southwards
- Return to Maadi
- [section]
- [section]
- 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies
- List of Illustrations
- CHAPTER 1 — The Beginning
- CHAPTER 2 — First Desert Campaign
- CHAPTER 5 — Escape
- CHAPTER 6 — Towards the Frontier
- CHAPTER 8 — Beyond Tobruk
- CHAPTER 9 — To Teheran and Syria
- CHAPTER 10 — Minqar Qaim
- CHAPTER 11 — Alamein
- CHAPTER 15 — To Maadi
- CHAPTER 16 — To Italy
- Tuesday, 25 November
- [section]
- Alam Halfa and Alamein
- List of Maps
- Chronology
- CHAPTER 1 — The Opposing Armies
- CHAPTER 2 — The Alam el Halfa Defences
- CHAPTER 3 — The Days of Decision
- CHAPTER 4 — Axis and Allied Plans
- CHAPTER 7 — The Battle Develops
- CHAPTER 12 — The Uncombined Operations
- CHAPTER 13 — Preparations for the Offensive
- CHAPTER 14 — The Development of the Plans
- Bibliography
- Index
- Bardia to Enfidaville
- Battle for Egypt
- Preface
- CHAPTER 2 — A Hazardous Project
- CHAPTER 4 — Division in Syria
- CHAPTER 5 — Rommel Strikes
- CHAPTER 6 — Forced March to the Desert
- CHAPTER 9 — Rommel's Battle Plans
- CHAPTER 12 — Twenty-four Tense Hours
- CHAPTER 13 — Eighth Army in Last Ditch
- CHAPTER 15 — Eighth Army Holds the Line
- CHAPTER 17 — Thrusts, Parries, and Plans
- CHAPTER 18 — Both Armies Prepare Attacks
- CHAPTER 28 — Raids, Patrols, Consolidation
- CHAPTER 29 — Plans for El Mreir
- CHAPTER 33 — Reorganisation
- Index
- Chaplains
- Crete
- Divisional Cavalry
- CHAPTER 1 — Ngaruawahia - Sea Voyage - Arrival at Maadi
- CHAPTER 2 — Maadi - Garawla - Baggush - Daba
- CHAPTER 4 — The Regiment United
- CHAPTER 7 — Reorganisation and Back to the Desert
- CHAPTER 8 — The ‘Crusader’ Campaign
- CHAPTER 10 — The Syrian Holiday
- CHAPTER 13 — The Battle of Alam Halfa
- CHAPTER 14 — The Battle of Alamein
- CHAPTER 16 — Onward to Tripoli
- CHAPTER 18 — ‘Pastures New’
- CHAPTER 24 — Over the Rivers
- Index
- Divisional Signals
- CHAPTER 2 — To Egypt and the United Kingdom
- CHAPTER 4 — Concentration of the Division
- CHAPTER 5 — To the Defence of Greece
- CHAPTER 7 — Battle for Crete
- CHAPTER 8 — Return to Egypt
- CHAPTER 10 — Syria
- CHAPTER 12 — A Hard Summer
- CHAPTER 14 — The Alamein Offensive
- CHAPTER 16 — Final Campaign in Africa
- CHAPTER 18 — The Struggle for Cassino
- Index
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume I
- Index
- 64 — The General Officer Commanding, British Troops in Egypt (Cairo) to the Chief of the General Staff (Wellington) — [Extract]
- 74 — The Chief of the General Staff (Wellington) to General Freyberg (Cairo) [Extract]
- 75 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Governor-General of New Zealand
- 77 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 83 — General Freyberg to the Chief of the General Staff (Wellington)
- 87 — Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo) to the Chief of the General Staff (Wellington)
- 89 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom (Wellington)
- 91 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 92 — General Freyberg to Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo)
- 95 — General Freyberg (Cairo) to the Minister of Defence
- 141 — The High Commissioner for New Zealand (London) to Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo)
- 152 — General Freyberg (Cairo) to the Minister of Defence
- 191 — The Minister of Defence to General Freyberg
- 195 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 202 — The New Zealand Military Liaison Officer (London) to Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo)
- Headquarters 2nd NZEF to the High Commissioner for New Zealand
- Problems Caused by Splitting the New Zealand Expeditionary Force
- 216 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Governor-General of New Zealand
- 236 — General Freyberg (Cairo) to the Minister of Defence
- 262 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Governor-General of New Zealand
- 263 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 320 — Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo) to the High Commissioner for New Zealand (London)
- 335 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 338 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to General Freyberg (Cairo)
- 349 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 350 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 352 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 373 — The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 375 — Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo) to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 376 — General Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, to the Chief of the General Staff (Wellington)
- 380 — General Freyberg, General Officer Commanding, New Zealand Division (Crete), to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 381 — Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo) to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- [section]
- The British Minister (Athens) to Secretary of State (Cairo)
- The British Minister (Athens) to Secretary of State (Cairo)
- [section]
- 409 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister of New Zealand (Cairo)
- 419 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Cairo) to the acting Prime Minister
- 420 — The acting Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Prime Minister (Cairo) — [Extract]
- 421 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Cairo) to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 431 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Cairo) to the acting Prime Minister
- 435 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister of New Zealand (Cairo)
- 440 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Cairo) to the acting Prime Minister
- 442 — The acting Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Prime Minister (Cairo) — [Extract]
- 444 — The acting Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Prime Minister (Cairo)
- 447 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Cairo) to the acting Prime Minister
- 453 — Supplementary Report by the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser on the Evacuation of Troops from Crete — [Extract]
- Scale of Attack against Egypt
- Immediate Defence of Egypt
- Recommendations
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Index
- 13 — The acting Prime Minister of New Zealand to the acting Prime Minister of Australia
- 16 — The acting Prime Minister to General Freyberg (Crete)
- 17 — The Hon. W. Nash to the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser (Cairo) — [Extract]
- 18 — The Rt. Hon. P. Fraser (Cairo) to the Hon. W. Nash
- 19 — The acting Prime Minister to General Freyberg (Cairo)
- 20 — Army Headquarters (Wellington) to Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo)
- 31 — The Chief of the General Staff (Wellington) to Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo)
- 32 — Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo) to Army Headquarters (Wellington)
- 33 — Army Headquarters (Wellington) to Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo) — [Extract]
- 44 — Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo) to Army Headquarters (Wellington)
- 50 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 70 — The Rt. Hon. P. Fraser (Cairo) to the acting Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 71 — The acting Prime Minister to the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser (Cairo)
- 72 — The Rt. Hon. P. Fraser (Cairo) to the acting Prime Minister of New Zealand — [Extract]
- 105 — The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 109 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 132 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 135 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 140 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 142 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 146 — Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo) to the Chief of the General Staff (Wellington)
- 153 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence [Extract]
- 162 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 163 — Letter from General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 191 — Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo) to Army Headquarters (Wellington)
- 200 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 208 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister — [Extract]
- 223 — The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 249 — Army Headquarters (Wellington) to Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo)
- 257 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 271 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 279 — The Prime Minister to General Freyberg (Cairo)
- 287 — Army Headquarters (Wellington) to Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo)
- 295 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 300 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 303 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 323 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister (Cairo)
- 354 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to the High Commissioner for New Zealand (London) — [Extract]
- 359 — The New Zealand Minister (Washington) to the Prime Minister of New Zealand (Canberra)
- 403 — The Prime Minister to General Freyberg (Cairo) — [Extract]
- 404 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 406 — General Freyberg (Cairo) to the Minister of Defence
- 443 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 482 — The Prime Minister to Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo)
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume III
- Index
- 24 — The acting Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
- 30 — The acting Prime Minister to the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser (London)
- 117 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
- [section]
- 490 — General Freyberg (Italy) to the Prime Minister
- Episodes & Studies Volume 1
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- History of New Zealand. Vol. III.
- Italy Volume I: The Sangro to Cassino
- Italy Volume II : From Cassino to Trieste
- Journey Towards Christmas
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER 2 — HOW TO SEE EGYPT ON A POUND A WEEK
- CHAPTER 5 — THE THUNDERSTORM
- CHAPTER 8 — MURDER ON THE OLD HOOK
- CHAPTER 10 — THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY
- CHAPTER 11 — PRISON AND THE MUSHROOM COUNTRY
- CHAPTER 12 — SYRIA
- CHAPTER 13 — WHILE SHEPHEARD'S WATCHED
- CHAPTER 14 — A STUDY IN DISCOMFORT
- CHAPTER 17 — FEEDING A CATERPILLAR
- CHAPTER 18 — THE END OF THE FIRST HALF
- (1) Birth of a Happy Section
- (2) Working for Wavell
- (3) Diversion to a Dragon-Slaying
- (1) The Sangro
- (3) And So To Rome
- Kōtare 2004, Volume Five, Number One
- Medical Services in New Zealand and The Pacific
- Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy
- INDEX
- Voyage of Second Echelon to United Kingdom
- With the Third Echelon to Egypt
- [section]
- Insect Pests
- Hospital Detachment at Helmieh
- Cairo
- Recreation
- Establishing Helwan Hospital
- Wavell's Offensive Begins
- 2 General Hospital Arrives
- Helwan Camp
- [section]
- Hospital Ships
- The Field Ambulances
- [section]
- Field Ambulances at Baggush
- Detachment of 3 General Hospital at Alexandria
- Christmas in Hospital
- [section]
- Rest Homes
- CCS Journeys to Zahle
- Reactions at Base
- El Mreir Depression
- Move to Rest Area
- 2 General Hospital Moves to El Ballah
- 1 General Hospital Hard-pressed
- At the CCS
- CCS Moves up to Zuara
- The Last Battle
- Return of Field Units to Egypt
- CCS Team in Sicily
- [section]
- Battle Situation
- NZ Corps Prepares to Attack
- The ADS Under Shellfire
- Assault on the Cassino Defences
- Rest Homes
- Army Nursing Service (NZANS) (see also General Hospitals and CCS)
- New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
- CHAPTER 7 — The Crusader Campaign
- CHAPTER 9 — The Western Desert Railway
- CHAPTER 13 — High Tide in Tripolitania
- CHAPTER 18 — Cassino
- Appendix II — 2 NZEF ARMY POSTAL SERVICE
- Appendix III — 3 Section, 9 NZ Railway Survey Company, and the Wadi Halfa Extension, 1941
- Index
- [section]
- [section]
- 5 Field Park Company
- [section]
- 21 Mechanical Equipment Company
- SURVEY AND RAILWAY OPERATING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
- 19 Army Troops Company
- [section]
- [section]
- Railway Construction and Maintenance Group
- 19 Army Troops Company
- The Railway Groups
- The Army Troops Companies
- [section]
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol. I)
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol. II)
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Volume III)
- New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy
- Foreword
- List of Illustrations
- Index
- Maadi Camp
- Maadi Swimming Bath
- Cooks
- Native Labour
- Hospital Arrangements
- Establishment of a New Zealand General Hospital in Egypt
- 4 NZ General Hospital Opens at Helwan
- Field Ambulance Equipment and Training
- NZ Base Hygiene Section
- 1 NZ General Hospital, Helmieh
- New Zealand Medical Stores Depot
- Climate
- Venereal Diseases
- Evacuation from Greece—Action taken in Egypt
- 1 General Hospital
- Maadi Camp Hospital
- Auxiliary Departments of Hospitals
- Activities of the Consultants
- Provision of Mobile Surgical Unit
- Detachment 3 NZ General Hospital, Alexandria
- General Medical Plan
- [section]
- Surgery in Mobile Surgical Unit, 23 November–5 December 1941
- Base Hospitals
- New Zealand Women's War Service Auxiliary (Hospital Division)
- Invalids Returned to New Zealand
- Convalescent Homes
- Red Cross Administration
- First Repatriation of NZMC Prisoners of War
- Base Medical Activities
- The Division Returns to the Desert
- Arrangements for Medical Units
- Medical Units in the Breakthrough
- Medical Units
- Medical Units in Battle
- Changes in Command
- Operations of Medical Units
- Resuscitation
- Treatment of Special Cases
- Recuperation
- Medical Plan for the Battle
- Siting of New Zealand Medical Units
- Surgical Treatment During the Battle of Alamein
- Base Hospitals
- Functioning of 1 NZ Mobile CCS during Campaign
- The General Hospitals
- Strength of Units—Other Ranks
- Health of Troops
- Repatriation of Prisoners of War
- Preparations for Move to Italy
- Battle Situation at Cassino
- Prevalent Diseases
- Closing Days in Egypt
- Nursing in New Zealand: History and Reminiscences
- Petrol Company
- CHAPTER 4 — Desert Training
- CHAPTER 5 — ‘Oh To Be In England!’
- CHAPTER 6 — The Wavell Show
- CHAPTER 10 — Syrian Interlude
- CHAPTER 11 — Back to the ‘Blue’
- CHAPTER 12 — A Fateful Month
- CHAPTER 13 — Eighth Army Conquers
- CHAPTER 14 — The End in North Africa
- CHAPTER 15 — On to Italy
- THE ORION RACING CLUB — INDIAN OCEAN MEETING
- Index
- Political and External Affairs
- Prisoners of War
- II: The Crete Campaign—Prisoners in Greece and Germany
- IV: Protection of the Interests of Prisoners of War and Civilians
- I: The Desert Campaign of 1941—Prisoners in Italian Hands
- IV: Protection of the Interests of Prisoners of War and Civilians
- I: The North African Campaigns of 1942–43—Prisoners in Italian Hands
- Problems of 2 NZEF
- List of Illustrations
- CHAPTER 1 — 2 NZEF is Formed
- CHAPTER 2 — The First Year Overseas
- CHAPTER 3 — The First Three Campaigns
- CHAPTER 4 — Defeat and Victory
- CHAPTER 5 — Towards Rome
- CHAPTER 6 — The Last Eighteen Months
- CHAPTER 9 — Non-divisional, Base and Line-of-Communication Units
- CHAPTER 10 — Relations with the Government of New Zealand and with Army Headquarters
- CHAPTER 11 — Relations with General Headquarters
- CHAPTER 12 — Field and Base
- CHAPTER 14 — Womanpower
- Index
- [section]
- MILITARY LAW
- DISCIPLINE
- PROVOST CORPS
- [section]
- COOKING
- EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION SERVICE
- NEWSPAPER MAILS
- (C) MEF UNITS
- JOINING INSTRUCTIONS
- Sport 8: Autumn 1992
- Supply Company
- The Home Front Volume I
- The Home Front Volume II
- The New Zealand Dental Services
- The New Zealanders at Gallipoli
- The Relief of Tobruk
- The Royal New Zealand Navy
- To Greece
- CHAPTER 1 — The First Echelon
- CHAPTER 2 — The Second Echelon
- CHAPTER 3 — Third Echelon joins the First
- CHAPTER 4 — The First Libyan Campaign, 1940–41
- CHAPTER 5 — Assembly and Training of the New Zealand Division
- Britain Decides to Assist Greece
- The Misunderstanding about the Aliakmon Line
- Movement of New Zealand Division to Greece
- General Wavell visits Greece, 11–13 April
- Collapse of Greek Resistance
- The Withdrawal of 5 Brigade
- The Decision to Evacuate
- The Embarkation of 6 Brigade from Monemvasia, 28–29 April
- New Zealand Units in the Desert
- The Attitude of the Commonwealth
- Appendix II — The Inter-Services Committee's Report
- Index
- Part I. GREECE
- Part II. CRETE
- War Economy Recipe Book
- War Surgery and Medicine
- CHAPTER 24 — Diseases of the Testes
- SULPHONAMIDES
- PENICILLIN
- INFECTION
- EXPERIENCE OF NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS DURING THE DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS
- References
- SECOND WORLD WAR
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIELD SURGICAL UNIT
- OTHER IMPORTANT ASPECTS
- THE WORKING OF A FORWARD SURGICAL UNIT SITED AT AN MDS OR CCS
- FORWARD SURGERY IN 2 NZEF: BY CAMPAIGNS
- SECOND WORLD WAR
- SECOND WORLD WAR
- Second World War
- SECOND WORLD WAR
- EVACUATION FROM THE FORWARD OPERATING CENTRES
- SECOND WORLD WAR
- Second World War
- References
- SECOND WORLD WAR
- Index
- Clinical Features
- [section]
- Egypt, 1940
- New Zealand VD Treatment Centres
- GENERAL OUTLINE OF TREATMENT
- [section]
- Cleansing of Mess Utensils
- Food
- The Central Pathology Laboratory


