27 (Machine Gun) Battalion

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  • 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
  • [frontispiece]
  • [title page]
  • [excuse]
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Maps
• • CHAPTER 1 — Going Overseas
  • CHAPTER 2 — Egypt
  • CHAPTER 3 — The First Encounter
  • CHAPTER 4 — Withdrawal from Greece
  • CHAPTER 5 — Crete
  • CHAPTER 6 — Sidi Rezegh
  • CHAPTER 7 — Sidi Azeiz and Gazala
  • CHAPTER 8 — The Bekaa Valley
  • CHAPTER 9 — Minqar Qaim
  • CHAPTER 10 — Ruweisat Ridge
  • CHAPTER 11 — El Mreir
  • CHAPTER 12 — The New Zealand Box
  • CHAPTER 13 — The Battle of Alamein
  • CHAPTER 14 — The Pursuit
  • CHAPTER 15 — Tebaga Gap
  • CHAPTER 16 — Victory in Africa
  • CHAPTER 17 — The Sangro River
  • CHAPTER 18 — Orsogna
  • CHAPTER 19 — Cassino
  • CHAPTER 20 — Cardito, Terelle, Balsorano
  • CHAPTER 21 — Florence
  • CHAPTER 22 — The Romagna
  • CHAPTER 23 — Machine-gunners into Riflemen
  • CHAPTER 24 — The Sillaro and Gaiana
  • CHAPTER 25 — The End of the War
• • APPENDIX — The Vickers Gun in the Second World War
  • Roll of Honour
  • Summary of Casualties
  • Honours and Awards
  • Commanding Officers
  • Index
  • [backmatter]

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Title: 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion

Author: Kay, Robin

Digitisation Funded By: Mary Weston

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1958, 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

Key subjects of this text: 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion

Keywords: New Zealand World War II History

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