23 Battalion
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- 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 21 Battalion
- CHAPTER 1 — To the United Kingdom
- CHAPTER 4 — Battle for Crete
- CHAPTER 7 — Defence of Egypt
- CHAPTER 8 — Victory in Egypt
- CHAPTER 9 — Pursuit to Tripoli
- CHAPTER 10 — Tunisian Campaign
- CHAPTER 11 — Entr'acte
- CHAPTER 12 — The Sangro and Orsogna
- CHAPTER 13 — Cassino
- CHAPTER 14 — Advance on Rome
- CHAPTER 15 — Advance to Florence
- CHAPTER 16 — Rimini
- CHAPTER 17 — The Winter Line
- CHAPTER 18 — The Final Offensive
- 22 Battalion
- 24 Battalion
- 26 Battalion
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 28 (Maori) Battalion
- CHAPTER 4 — The Campaign in Greece
- CHAPTER 5 — Crete
- CHAPTER 6 — Sollum and Gazala
- CHAPTER 9 — Alamein to Tripoli
- CHAPTER 10 — Medenine and Point 209
- CHAPTER 11 — Takrouna
- CHAPTER 13 — Orsogna
- CHAPTER 14 — Cassino
- CHAPTER 15 — Advance on Florence
- CHAPTER 16 — The Rimini Campaign
- CHAPTER 17 — The Winter Campaign
- CHAPTER 18 — The Last Battle
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies
- Bardia to Enfidaville
- Index
- 6 Brigade Advances
- Outflanking Nofilia
- 5 Infantry Brigade Group and 4 Light Armoured Brigade in Position
- Starting Positions for supercharge
- 23 Battalion
- 2 NZ Division is Relieved
- Brigade Plans
- Advance from Akarit
- First Contacts with the Enemy Line
- A Halt on 14 April
- 5 Infantry Brigade
- Lining up for oration
- 5 Infantry Brigade
- 20–21 April—Some Reorganisation
- Back to Egypt
- Battle for Egypt
- CHAPTER 7 — Preparations for Decisive Battle
- CHAPTER 12 — Twenty-four Tense Hours
- CHAPTER 15 — Eighth Army Holds the Line
- CHAPTER 16 — Defeat of Ariete Division
- CHAPTER 17 — Thrusts, Parries, and Plans
- CHAPTER 19 — Battle of Tell el Eisa
- CHAPTER 21 — Planning for Ruweisat
- CHAPTER 22 — Capture of Ruweisat Ridge
- CHAPTER 23 — The First Disaster
- CHAPTER 24 — Fighting on the Ridge
- CHAPTER 25 — Enemy Prepares Counter-attack
- CHAPTER 26 — Fourth Brigade Overrun
- CHAPTER 27 — Reflections
- CHAPTER 28 — Raids, Patrols, Consolidation
- CHAPTER 29 — Plans for El Mreir
- Crete
- II: Dispositions of New Zealand Force
- V: Preparations of 2 NZ Division: 30 April–19 May
- I: Maleme and 22 Battalion
- II: The Other Battalions and 5 Brigade HQ
- III: Canea-Galatas Sector
- I: The Maleme Sector
- I: The Counter-attack at Maleme
- III: The Decision to Withdraw 5 Brigade
- I: The Withdrawal of 5 Brigade
- I: The Canea-Galatas Front
- I: The Attack on Galatas
- II: The Counter-attack for Galatas
- III: The Decision to Form a New Line
- I: The Line East of Galatas
- III: The Withdrawal of the Brigades and the Movement of Force Reserve
- I: Force Reserve and 42nd Street
- I: The Ninth Day: 28 May
- II: The Tenth Day: 29 May
- III: The Eleventh Day: 30 May
- IV: The Twelfth Day: 31 May
- Divisional Cavalry
- Divisional Signals
- CHAPTER 5 — To the Defence of Greece
- CHAPTER 7 — Battle for Crete
- CHAPTER 9 — The Cyrenaican Offensive
- CHAPTER 12 — A Hard Summer
- CHAPTER 14 — The Alamein Offensive
- CHAPTER 15 — From Bardia to Tripoli
- CHAPTER 16 — Final Campaign in Africa
- CHAPTER 17 — The Sangro and Orsogna
- CHAPTER 21 — Into the Plains
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Italy Volume I: The Sangro to Cassino
- New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
- Petrol Company
- Supply Company
- The Relief of Tobruk
- To Greece
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