Alam Halfa and Alamein

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	PREFACE	v
	CHRONOLOGY	xii
1	THE OPPOSING ARMIES	1
2	THE ALAM EL HALFA DEFENCES	19
3	THE DAYS OF DECISION	25
4	AXIS AND ALLIED PLANS	41
5	PATROLS AND RAIDS	51
6	ROMMEL'S OFFENSIVE OPENS	72
7	THE BATTLE DEVELOPS	83
8	WITHDRAWAL OF THE PANZER ARMY	103
9	OPERATION BERESFORD	116
10	ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS	149
11	SUMMARY OF THE BATTLE	165
12	THE UNCOMBINED OPERATIONS	182
13	PREPARATIONS FOR THE OFFENSIVE	189
14	THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANS	209
15	THE EVE OF THE OFFENSIVE	220
16	30 CORPS' PLANS	228
17	13 CORPS' PLANS	240
18	10 CORPS' PLANS	244
19	COMPARATIVE STRENGTHS	249
20	ADVANCE BY 30 CORPS	252
21	THE BATTLE IS JOINED	255
22	13 CORPS' OPERATIONS	281
23	DAWN, 24 OCTOBER	287
24	THE BREAK-OUT FAILS	292
25	TANKS ATTEMPT NIGHT ADVANCE	304
26	MONTGOMERY CHANGES DIRECTION OF ATTACK	323
27	THE FOURTH DAY OF BATTLE	341
28	AUSTRALIANS KEEP THE INITIATIVE	359

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29	AUSTRALIANS UNDER COUNTER-ATTACK	370
30	OPERATION SUPERCHARGE	383
31	THE END OF THE ‘DOG-FIGHT’	411
32	THE PURSUIT	425
33	HALFAYA PASS	463
	APPENDICES
I:	Commanders at 23 October 1942	479
II:	Order of Battle, 2 NZ Division, 23 October 1942	480
III:	New Zealand Casualties in the Battle for Egypt, 20 June—21 November 1942	481
	BIBLIOGRAPHY	483
	GLOSSARY	487
	INDEX	496

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