18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment

Contents

• • [covers]
  • 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment p. i
  • [frontispiece] p. ii
  • [title page] p. iii
  • Foreword p. v
  • Acknowledgments p. vii
  • Contents p. ix
  • List of Illustrations p. xi
  • List of Maps p. xv
• • CHAPTER 1 — Early Days p. 1
  • CHAPTER 2 — The Orion p. 15
  • CHAPTER 3 — Maadi Camp p. 28
  • CHAPTER 4 — Garawla Interludes p. 48
  • CHAPTER 5 — ‘Freyberg's Wogs’ p. 57
  • CHAPTER 6 — Over the Water p. 67
  • CHAPTER 7 — The First Encounter p. 78
  • CHAPTER 8 — Withdrawal from Servia p. 97
  • CHAPTER 9 — Out of Greece p. 109
  • CHAPTER 10 — Airborne Invasion p. 123
  • CHAPTER 11 — The Crete Debacle p. 143
  • CHAPTER 12 — Reconstruction p. 169
  • CHAPTER 13 — Attack in the Desert p. 181
  • CHAPTER 14 — Calamity in the Desert p. 205
  • CHAPTER 15 — The Pendulum Swings p. 220
  • CHAPTER 16 — Fresh Woods p. 231
  • CHAPTER 17 — Interrupted Holiday p. 246
  • CHAPTER 18 — Battle at Minqar Qaim p. 253
  • CHAPTER 19 — Alamein Chessboard p. 265
  • CHAPTER 20 — Disaster at Ruweisat p. 277
  • CHAPTER 21 — The El Mreir Fiasco p. 295
  • CHAPTER 22 — Trial by Heat p. 306
  • CHAPTER 23 — Farewell to the Blue p. 318
  • CHAPTER 24 — ‘Tanks of our Own’ p. 329
  • CHAPTER 25 — Back to Europe p. 348
  • CHAPTER 26 — The Brick Wall—Guardiagrele p. 363
  • CHAPTER 27 — The Brick Wall—Orsogna p. 386
  • CHAPTER 28 — On the Orsogna Road p. 405
  • CHAPTER 29 — Winter and Spring p. 417
  • CHAPTER 30 — East of Cassino p. 432
  • CHAPTER 31 — Cassino and the Mountains p. 446
  • CHAPTER 32 — The Impassable Hills p. 460
  • CHAPTER 33 — Beyond the Liri p. 477
  • CHAPTER 34 — Northwards p. 493
  • CHAPTER 35 — Tiger Country p. 502
  • CHAPTER 36 — Florence—But not Quite p. 523
  • CHAPTER 37 — The Road to the Plains p. 539
  • CHAPTER 38 — Mud Scramble in the Romagna p. 550
  • CHAPTER 39 — Armoured Attack p. 568
  • CHAPTER 40 — Through Mud and Water to the Senio p. 583
  • CHAPTER 41 — Dark Winter p. 603
  • CHAPTER 42 — The Surging Wave p. 616
  • CHAPTER 43 — Flood Tide p. 633
  • CHAPTER 44 — Retrospect p. 651
• • Roll of Honour p. 655
  • Honours and Awards p. 664
  • Commanding Officers p. 666
  • Index p. 667
  • [colophon] p. 677

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