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Frontispiece |
| Men of 19 Battalion pass a Matilda of 4 Royal Tanks at Ed Duda after the link-up with Tobruk |
British Official |
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Following page 150 |
| Ceremonial parade at Baggush before the battle |
British Official |
| A chilly autumn swim at Baggush |
NZ Army |
| A relief model of the battle area |
J. C. White collection |
| New Zealanders and Indians extend the desert railway |
NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
| Fifth Brigade drives towards the frontier |
R. W. S. Stone collection |
| Crossing the frontier wire |
British Official |
| A Divisional Cavalry Bren carrier pauses in muddy going inside Libya |
R. J. Loughnan |
| Crusader tanks advance across scrubland |
G. Silk (AIF) |
| An armoured-car patrol |
British Official |
| A desert convoy led by a Stuart tank |
G. Silk (AIF) |
| An early conference in Libya |
J. C. White collection |
| A quick meal during a halt in the advance |
NZ Army |
| Valentines of 8 Royal Tanks drive past New Zealand field guns |
NZ Army |
| New Zealand Bofors crew ready for action at dawn, 22 November 1941 |
J. B. Hardcastle |
| Sidi Azeiz |
G. H. Levien |
| Fort Capuzzo |
D. A. Hawkins |
| C Squadron, 8 Royal Tanks, with 6 Brigade |
J. B. Hardcastle |
| An ‘88’ is towed away from Gambut by a ‘half-track’ as 4 Brigade arrives, 23 November |
F. England |
| Men of 20 Battalion move past Valentines of A Squadron, 8 Royal Tanks, near Bir el Chleta, 24 November |
20 Battalion collection |
| An early batch of German prisoners |
NZ Army |
| The Blockhouse |
C. N. D'Arcy |
| The ‘Mosque’ at Sidi Rezegh |
J. M. Mitchell |
| An artillery signals truck in action |
NZ Army |
| Infantry of the Tobruk garrison advance in the break-out battle |
British Official |
| German prisoners on Belhamed on 26 November |
J. S. Harper |
| Major-General R. M. Scobie confers with his predecessor, Major-General L. J. Morshead, on taking command of the Tobruk garrison |
British Officialpage x |
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Following page 150 |
| Tobruk, an aerial mosaic looking south-eastwards towards the main battlefield at Sidi Rezegh |
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| A and B Companies of 19 Battalion pass 4 Royal Tanks in a thrust from Ed Duda to link up with 6 Brigade, 27 November |
British Official |
| Lieutenant-Colonel S. F. Hartnell of 19 Battalion greets Brigadier A. C. Willison of 32 Army Tank Brigade at Ed Duda |
British Official |
| Brigadier H. R. B. Watkins of 1 Army Tank Brigade confers with Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Gentry after a Stuka raid |
J. C. White |
| Brigadier L. M. Inglis, commanding 4 Infantry Brigade |
NZ Army |
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Following page 358 |
| Marked map captured with General von Ravenstein on 29 November |
J. C. White collection |
| 15 Panzer Division bears down on 6 Brigade at Sidi Rezegh, 30 November |
A. S. Frame |
| Closing in on 6 Brigade |
A. S. Frame |
| General Freyberg speaks by wireless to 30 Corps |
J. C. White |
| A portée of L Troop in action on 1 December |
A. B. Gordon |
| Smoke over Belhamed, 1 December |
J. C. White |
| Belhamed, 1 December |
J. C. White |
| A blazing Signals truck on Belhamed |
NZ Army |
| Guns of 4 Field Regiment prepare for anti-tank action after Belhamed is lost |
F. T. Allan |
| Retreat from Zaafran, 1 December |
J. C. White |
| New Zealand vehicles enter Tobruk |
C. J. Boland |
| Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Cunningham, first commander of Eighth Army |
British Official |
| Lieutenant-General C. W. M. Norrie, GOC 30 Corps |
British Official |
| Bardia |
British Official |
| Sollum from the air |
G Branch war diary |
| A Vickers gun of 4 MG Company in action at Menastir with 22 Battalion |
G. Silk (AIF) |
| Scene of fierce fighting outside Bardia |
British Official |
| The turret of a Matilda tank holed by a German anti-tank gun |
British Official |
| Transport under fire in the lee of an escarpment |
G. Silk (AIF) |
| A corner of the captured MDS near Point 175 |
20 Battalion collection |
| The prisoner-of-war compound after Bardia fell |
British Officialpage xi |
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Following page 358 |
| A Bofors being manhandled up an escarpment on the way to Gazala |
G. Silk (AIF) |
| Stuka raid on transport near Gazala |
British Official |
| Italians captured in the Gazala line march past a Vickers gun |
British Official |
| A New Zealand 25-pounder firing in the Gazala battle |
G. Silk (AIF) |
| Lieutenant-General N. M. Ritchie |
British Official |
| Lieutenant-General A. R. Godwin-Austen, GOC 13 Corps |
Imperial War Museum |
| Major-General W. H. E. Gott, GOC 7 Armoured Division |
British Official |
| General Auchinleck congratulates General Freyberg after the campaign |
British Official |
| General Rommel seated on a German armoured truck, February 1942 |
Imperial War Museum |
| General Bastico, C-in-C of the Italian High Command in North Africa |
Associated Press |
| Major-General von Ravenstein, GOC 21 Panzer Division |
British Official |
| Major-General Neumann-Silkow, GOC 15 Panzer Division |
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| Major-General Suemmermann, GOC 90 Light Division |
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