23 Battalion

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FOREWORD v
PREFACE vii
1 ‘WHAT'S IN A NAME?’ 1
2 BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEN 9
3 TO GREECE VIA EGYPT 20
4 CAMPAIGNING IN GREECE 27
5 BATTLE OF CRETE 55
6 LIBYA 1941 97
7 THREE INTERLUDES: KABRIT, EL ADEM, SYRIA 132
8 BATTLE FOR EGYPT 142
9 THE BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN 193
10 ON TO TRIPOLI 217
11 THE TUNISIAN CAMPAIGN 232
12 MAADI TO ORSOGNA 276
13 CASSINO 316
14 TERELLE, ATINA, ROME 343
15 ON TO FLORENCE 356
16 IESI TO GAMBETTOLA 384
17 TO THE SENIO 406
18 THE LAST CAMPAIGN 434
19 MARCHING ON! 469
ROLL OF HONOUR 479
SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES 490
HONOURS AND AWARDS 491
COMMANDING OFFICERS 493
INDEX 494

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Title: 23 Battalion

Author: Ross, Angus

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1959, 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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