Battle for Egypt

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PREFACE	vii
1 AFTERMATH OF LIBYAN CAMPAIGN	1
2 A HAZARDOUS PROJECT	7
3 ALTERNATIVE ROLES	22
4 DIVISION IN SYRIA	28
5 ROMMEL STRIKES	44
6 FORCED MARCH TO THE DESERT	50
7 PREPARATIONS FOR DECISIVE BATTLE	59
8 AUCHINLECK TAKES COMMAND	69
9 ROMMEL'S BATTLE PLANS	77
10 GERMANS BREAK IN	81
11 NEW ZEALAND DIVISION ISOLATED	90
12 TWENTY-FOUR TENSE HOURS	103
13 EIGHTH ARMY IN LAST DITCH	136
14 THE ENEMY PLAN	149
15 EIGHTH ARMY HOLDS THE LINE	155
16 DEFEAT OF ARIETE DIVISION	167
17 THRUSTS, PARRIES, AND PLANS	178
18 BOTH ARMIES PREPARE ATTACKS	195
19 BATTLE OF TELL EL EISA	204
20 ARMIES SPAR FOR POSITIONS	213
21 PLANNING FOR RUWEISAT	220
22 CAPTURE OF RUWEISAT RIDGE	232

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23 THE FIRST DISASTER	249
24 FIGHTING ON THE RIDGE	264
25 ENEMY PREPARES COUNTER-ATTACK	276
26 FOURTH BRIGADE OVERRUN	287
27 REFLECTIONS	299
28 RAIDS, PATROLS, CONSOLIDATION	308
29 PLANS FOR EL MREIR	319
30 ADVANCE OF SIXTH BRIGADE	338
31 SUCCESSION OF DISASTERS	352
32 PRICE OF BAD PLANNING	364
33 REORGANISATION	370
APPENDIX I Commanders and Staff, June 1942	381
APPENDIX II 22 Battalion in Captivity	385
APPENDIX III Casualties, June–August 1942	387
GLOSSARY	389
BIBLIOGRAPHY	391

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