APPENDIX ‘B’

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APPENDIX ‘B’

Present British Garrisons of Egypt, Palestine, East Africa, Transjordank and Sudan are as follows:

Egypt (Does not include the Egyptian Army) 55,500
Palestine 35,000
East Africa 47,000
White: 12,000
Black: 31,000
Irregulars: 4,000
Somaliland 2,800
Sudan 9,000
Total 149,300
The existing Italian Garrisons are—
Libya 290,000
White: 250,000
Black: 40,000
Abyssinia 155,000
White: 35,000
Black: 100,000
Irregulars: 20,000
Total 445,000

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Title: Documents Relating to New Zealand’s Participation in the Second World War 1939―45: Volume 1

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1949, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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