2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
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Contents
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- CHAPTER 1 — The Early Days: New Zealand, United Kingdom and Egypt
- CHAPTER 2 — Greece: The Gunners' Campaign
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- The Aliakmon Line
- Back to the Olympus Line
- Rearguard on the Aliakmon
- Desperate Fighting at Platamon
- Crest Clearance on the Cloudy Slopes of Olympus
- A Dominant Position above Servia
- 26 Battery at Kalabaka
- ‘Action Front: Tanks!’
- Action Overlooking Elasson
- Tempe: A Crucial Rearguard
- Retreat to Thermopylae
- The Passes of Dhomokos and Fourka
- CHAPTER 3 — The Molos Battle and then the Beaches
- CHAPTER 4 — Gunners and ‘Infantillery’ in Crete
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- Armed and Unarmed Parties
- An Odd Assortment of Guns
- The Gun Positions
- The Airborne Assault on 5 Brigade
- The Landing in the Prison Valley
- The Second Day at Maleme
- Minor Fighting at Galatas
- The Counter-attack on the Airfield Fails
- A Paratroop Attack on Galatas is Repulsed
- 5 Brigade Withdraws
- The Composite Battalion is Relieved
- Difficult Gunnery at Galatas
- Desperate Fighting by Gunners and ‘Infantillery’
- Retreat from Galatas
- Snadden's Gunner Platoon
- A Cruel Ending to the Campaign
- CHAPTER 5 — Recuperation, Training and Reinforcement
- CHAPTER 6 — CRUSADER: Retrieving a Disastrous Start
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- The Division Moves North
- The Attack on Bir Ghirba
- Bad News of the Tank Battle
- 6 Brigade Overruns Africa Corps Headquarters
- Hard Fighting at Point 175
- L Troop's Anti-Tank Action
- Major Sawyers recaptures a Dozen Tanks
- An Anti-Tank Advanced Guard
- 4 Brigade Captures Gambut
- The Blockhouse
- The First Attack on Sidi Rezegh
- Sidi Rezegh and Ed Duda
- CHAPTER 7 — crusader: A Hard-won Victory
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- The Enemy Armour Approaches Bardia
- The Guns Fail to Save 5 Brigade Headquarters
- The Garrisons of Menastir and Capuzzo Repel Attacks
- Mopping Up Near Sidi Rezegh
- Pressure on 6 Brigade
- Divisional Headquarters under Attack
- Point 175 is Lost
- Panzers Overwhelm Most of 6 Brigade
- A Merciless Bombardment of 25 Battery
- The CRA Fails to Clear Up High-level Misunderstandings
- The 6th Field is Overrun
- Belhamed is Also Lost
- The Remnants of the Division Gather at Zaafran
- Duff's Gun Group Beats Back All Attacks
- The Maori Victory at Menastir
- Gunners in Tobruk Fortress
- The Sinking of the Chakdina
- The Gazala Battle
- CHAPTER 8 — Interlude in Syria
- CHAPTER 9 — Minqar Qaim: Another Gunners' Battle
- CHAPTER 10 — Summer in the Alamein Line
- CHAPTER 11 — The Alamein Offensive
- CHAPTER 12 — Operation SUPERCHARGE
- CHAPTER 13 — The Surveyors
- CHAPTER 14 — The Conquest of Libya
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- Crossing Cyrenaica
- The First Left Hook
- The Action at Wadi Matratin
- The Second Left Hook: To Nofilia
- Lobs and Others on the Coast Route
- Christmas and the New Year by the Gulf of Sirte
- The Development of the Stonk
- Moving on towards Tripoli
- Beni Ulid
- The Difficult Approaches to Azizia
- Suani Ben Adem
- Tripoli
- The Parade for Mr Churchill and Other Events
- The Bofors Gunners Defend Tripoli Harbour
- Preparing for a Divisional Artillery Exercise
- CHAPTER 15 — Tunisia: The End of a Long Road
- CHAPTER 16 — Italy: The Sangro and Orsogna
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- Burg el Arab
- The Move to Italy
- Marking Time at Taranto
- A New Kind of War in Italy
- The Journey to the Adriatic Front
- Edging Towards the Sangro River
- The Crossing of the Sangro
- Guardiagrele and Orsogna
- The Second Attack on Orsogna
- The Third Attack
- The Final Attack
- The Casa War
- Guns Firing Short
- Famous Landmarks
- The Ack-Ack Record
- Survey Work
- Withdrawing from the Orsogna Front
- CHAPTER 17 — The New Zealand Attacks at Cassino
- CHAPTER 18 — The Mountains above Cassino and the Action at Sora—Balsorano
- CHAPTER 19 — Arezzo and Florence
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- Infantry and M10 Training for Anti-Tankers
- A Hasty Move to the Arezzo Front
- Infantry Complaints about Short-shooting
- Taupo Furlough Scheme
- Committed to Florence Battle
- M10s in Action
- San Michele
- Tragedy at La Romola
- The Final Attacks
- The Fall of Florence
- The Montelupo–Empoli Front
- A Brief Rest near Siena
- CHAPTER 20 — Back to the Adriatic
- CHAPTER 21 — Winter in the Romagna
- CHAPTER 22 — The Senio to Trieste: the Triumphant Advance
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- A Sudden Move to the Front
- The Forthcoming Offensive
- Changes in Equipment and Methods
- Changes in Personnel
- The Artillery Plan
- The Senio Crossing
- Pushing on to the Santerno
- Near Massa Lombarda
- The Sillaro
- Spaniel: a Masterpiece of Planning and Administration
- Gruesome Effects of Artillery Fire
- The Gaiana Canal
- Across the Idice
- A Rapid Advance towards the Po
- Crossing the Po and the Adige
- The Race to Padua
- From Venice to the Piave
- On to Trieste
- Tension after VE Day
- General Freyberg Sums Up
- CHAPTER 23 — The End of the Story
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Roll of Honour
- SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES — (ALL REGIMENTS)
- Honours and Awards
- Index
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