Divisional Cavalry
(Organisation)
Mentioned in
- 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 22 Battalion
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- Petrol Company
- To Greece
- CHAPTER 1 — The First Echelon
- CHAPTER 2 — The Second Echelon
- CHAPTER 3 — Third Echelon joins the First
- CHAPTER 5 — Assembly and Training of the New Zealand Division
- Divisional Cavalry Regiment Along the Aliakmon River
- Units Continue to Arrive
- The New Zealanders and Australians Continue to Prepare Their Positions
- The Allied Commanders Decide to Withdraw
- The Withdrawal Begins on 8 April: 1 Armoured Brigade
- Fourth Brigade Group is Withdrawn
- 21 Battalion Moves up from Athens to the Platamon Tunnel
- Withdrawals and Adjustments during 9–10 April
- The Withdrawal of 6 Brigade
- Mackay Force bolds up the German Advance
- 12–13 April: Plans for a General Withdrawal
- General Wilson decides to Withdraw to Thermopylae
- 1 Armoured Brigade Group, including New Zealand units, withdraws from Grevena, night 14–15 April
- Situation at Last Light, 14 April
- 15 April: The Situation becomes More Serious
- The Withdrawal Plans have to be Changed, 16 April
- The Withdrawal continues through Kalabaka, 16 April
- New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment Witbdraws to the Main Defence Line
- Movements to and from Servia Pass
- The Germans attack 21 Battalion above the Platamon Tunnel
- The Positions of 5 Brigade about Olympus Pass
- The Germans approach Olympus Pass, Night 14–15 April
- The Withdrawal of 5 Brigade
- The Rearguard assembles at Elasson
- Fourth Brigade Completes its Withdrawal, 18–19 April
- The Rearguard at Elevtherokhorion, 18 April
- Sixth Brigade covers the Withdrawal, 18 April
- The Withdrawal through Volos
- The Orders for Withdrawal
- The Rearguard Action in the late afternoon, 18 April
- The Rearguard at Volos
- The Rearguard at Dhomokos
- The New Zealand Sector
- Medical and Base Units leave the Athens Area, 22–25 April
- The Evacuation Plans for W Force
- The Withdrawal from Thermopylae begins, Night 22–23 April
- The Front Weakens
- Withdrawals from the Thermopylae area, Night 23–24 April
- The New Zealand Withdrawal
- Preparations for Defence
- The Germans Attack from the Air
- Evacuations Continue during the Night 26–27 April
- Withdrawal of 4 Brigade from Kriekouki on night 26–27 April
- Embarkation Successes and Disappointments, Night 27–28 April
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