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Contents
| Page | ||
| foreword | v | |
| acknowledgment | vii | |
| 1 | early days | 1 |
| 2 | the ‘orion’ | 15 |
| 3 | maadi camp | 28 |
| 4 | garawla interludes | 48 |
| 5 | ‘freyberg's wogs’ | 57 |
| 6 | over the water | 67 |
| 7 | the first encounter | 78 |
| 8 | withdrawal from servia | 97 |
| 9 | out of greece | 109 |
| 10 | airborne invasion | 123 |
| 11 | the crete debacle | 143 |
| 12 | reconstruction | 169 |
| 13 | attack in the desert | 181 |
| 14 | calamity in the desert | 205 |
| 15 | the pendulum swings | 220 |
| 16 | fresh woods | 231 |
| 17 | interrupted holiday | 246 |
| 18 | battle at minqar qaim | 253 |
| 19 | alamein chessboard | 265 |
| 20 | disaster at ruweisat | 277 |
| 21 | the el mreir fiasco | 295 |
| 22 | trial by heat | 306 |
| 23 | farewell to the blue | 318 |
| 24 | ‘tanks of our own’ | 329 |
| 25 | back to europe | 348 |
| 26 | the brick wall—guardiagrele | 363 |
| 27 | the brick wall—orsogna | 386 |
| 28 | on the orsogna road | 405 |
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| 29 | winter and spring | 417 |
| 30 | east of cassino | 432 |
| 31 | cassino and the mountains | 446 |
| 32 | the impassable hills | 460 |
| 33 | beyond the liri | 477 |
| 34 | northwards | 493 |
| 35 | tiger country | 502 |
| 36 | florence—but not quite | 523 |
| 37 | the road to the plains | 539 |
| 38 | mud scramble in the romagna | 550 |
| 39 | armoured attack | 568 |
| 40 | through mud and water to the senio | 583 |
| 41 | dark winter | 603 |
| 42 | the surging wave | 616 |
| 43 | flood tide | 633 |
| 44 | retrospect | 651 |
| roll of honour | 655 | |
| summary of casualties | 663 | |
| honours and awards | 664 | |
| commanding officers | 666 | |
| index | 667 |
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