طبرق — Tobruk
(Place)
Also known as: Tobruk.
Subject of Texts
Mentioned in
- 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 21 Battalion
- 22 Battalion
- 23 Battalion
- 24 Battalion
- 25 Battalion
- 26 Battalion
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 28 (Maori) Battalion
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- [backmatter]
- List of Maps
- CHAPTER 8 — Interlude in Syria
- Index
- Crest Clearance on the Cloudy Slopes of Olympus
- [section]
- Preparing for Desert Operations
- The Battle Plan
- [section]
- The Division Moves North
- Bad News of the Tank Battle
- An Anti-Tank Advanced Guard
- 4 Brigade Captures Gambut
- The Blockhouse
- The First Attack on Sidi Rezegh
- Sidi Rezegh and Ed Duda
- [section]
- Mopping Up Near Sidi Rezegh
- 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
- The Maori Victory at Menastir
- Gunners in Tobruk Fortress
- The Sinking of the Chakdina
- The Gazala Battle
- Training in Combined Operations
- 5 Brigade Mans the El Adem Box
- Key Men Leave for Service in the Pacific
- [section]
- [section]
- The Parade for Mr Churchill and Other Events
- Field Regiments under CRA's Command
- Operations around Djebibina
- HQ 2 NZ Divisional Artillery
- 4 Field Regiment
- 5 Field Regiment
- 6 Field Regiment
- 7 Anti-Tank Regiment
- 14 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
- 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- CHAPTER 2 — First Desert Campaign
- CHAPTER 6 — Towards the Frontier
- CHAPTER 8 — Beyond Tobruk
- CHAPTER 10 — Minqar Qaim
- CHAPTER 20 — Into 1945
- Index
- [section]
- Friday, 21 November
- Saturday, 22 November
- Sunday, 23 November
- Monday, 24 November
- Tuesday, 25 November
- Wednesday, 26 November
- Thursday, 27 November
- Friday, 28 November
- Saturday, 29 November
- Sunday, 30 November
- [section]
- Alam Halfa and Alamein
- Chronology
- CHAPTER 1 — The Opposing Armies
- CHAPTER 6 — Rommel's Offensive Opens
- CHAPTER 7 — The Battle Develops
- CHAPTER 11 — Summary of the Battle
- CHAPTER 12 — The Uncombined Operations
- CHAPTER 13 — Preparations for the Offensive
- CHAPTER 14 — The Development of the Plans
- CHAPTER 15 — The Eve of the Offensive
- CHAPTER 18 — 10 Corps' Plans
- CHAPTER 23 — Dawn, 24 October
- CHAPTER 27 — The Fourth Day of Battle
- CHAPTER 29 — Australians under Counter-attack
- CHAPTER 31 — The End of the ‘Dog-fight’
- CHAPTER 32 — The Pursuit
- CHAPTER 33 — Halfaya Pass
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- Bardia to Enfidaville
- Battle for Egypt
- CHAPTER 2 — A Hazardous Project
- CHAPTER 3 — Alternative Roles
- CHAPTER 4 — Division in Syria
- CHAPTER 5 — Rommel Strikes
- CHAPTER 6 — Forced March to the Desert
- CHAPTER 9 — Rommel's Battle Plans
- CHAPTER 11 — New Zealand Division Isolated
- CHAPTER 13 — Eighth Army in Last Ditch
- CHAPTER 17 — Thrusts, Parries, and Plans
- CHAPTER 18 — Both Armies Prepare Attacks
- CHAPTER 25 — Enemy Prepares Counter-attack
- CHAPTER 29 — Plans for El Mreir
- CHAPTER 33 — Reorganisation
- Appendix II — 22 BATTALION IN CAPTIVITY
- Index
- Chaplains
- Crete
- Divisional Cavalry
- Divisional Signals
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume I
- Index
- 335 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs2 to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 359 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 367 — General Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, to the Chief of the General Staff (Wellington)
- 376 — General Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, to the Chief of the General Staff (Wellington)
- 394 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Index
- 24 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister of New Zealand1 — [Extract]
- 99 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 101 — The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 105 — The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 108 — General Auchinleck to the Chief of the General Staff (Wellington)
- 109 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 111 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 112 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 115 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 120 — Letter from General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence — [Extract]
- 143 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 147 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 150 — The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 163 — Letter from General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 174 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 190 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 230 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 300 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 339 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume III
- Episodes & Studies Volume 1
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- Italy Volume I: The Sangro to Cassino
- Italy Volume II : From Cassino to Trieste
- Journey Towards Christmas
- Contents
- List Of Illustrations
- Chapter 8 — Murder On The Old Hook
- Chapter 9 — Fox In The Fowl Run
- Chapter 10 — Thursday, Friday, And Saturday
- Chapter 11 — Prison And The Mushroom Country
- Chapter 12 — Syria
- Chapter 13 — While Shepheard's Watched
- Chapter 15 — Out Of The Slough
- Chapter 18 — The End Of The First Half
- (2) Working for Wavell
- (1) The Rivers
- Medical Services in New Zealand and The Pacific
- Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy
- INDEX
- Early 1941
- [section]
- [section]
- The First Battles
- Work of 4 ADS
- Concentration of Dressing Stations
- Fluctuations of the Battle
- 4 ADS in the Battle
- 6 ADS Captured
- Detachment of 4 Field Ambulance
- Pursuit Operations
- Sinking of SS Chakdina
- Detachment of 3 General Hospital at Alexandria
- Return to the Desert
- [section]
- CCS Moves up to Gerawla
- CCS at Tobruk
- Division Moves up from Bardia
- On to Nofilia
- Field Hygiene Section
- Return of Field Units to Egypt
- 1 (Mobile) Casualty Clearing Station
- New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
- Foreword
- List of Maps
- CHAPTER 7 — The Crusader Campaign
- CHAPTER 9 — The Western Desert Railway
- CHAPTER 10 — Neap Tide in Egypt
- CHAPTER 12 — The Turn of the Tide
- CHAPTER 13 — High Tide in Tripolitania
- Roll of Honour
- Index
- [section]
- 19 Army Troops Company
- 5 Field Park Company
- 21 Mechanical Equipment Company
- Railway Units
- SURVEY AND RAILWAY OPERATING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
- 19 Army Troops Company
- The Field Companies
- [section]
- Railway Operating Group
- Railway Construction and Maintenance Group
- 18 Army Troops Company
- 19 Army Troops Company
- 21 Mechanical Equipment Company
- The Army Troops Companies
- 21 Mechanical Equipment Company
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Volume III)
- CHAPTER 1 — Prelude to War
- List of Illustrations
- Appendix I — PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND MEDITERRANEAN CAMPAIGNS 1940–45
- CHAPTER 2 — Early Operations over Many Fronts
- CHAPTER 3 — Western Desert—The Second Year
- CHAPTER 4 — Western Desert—The Third Year
- CHAPTER 5 — Algeria and Tunisia
- CHAPTER 6 — Malta
- Index
- New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy
- Index
- 2 NZ General Hospital, Helwan
- Reception in Egypt of Battle Casualties
- Treatment of the Wounded
- 2 NZ General Hospital
- [section]
- 2 NZ General Hospital
- The Plan of Battle
- New Zealand Division's Part
- New Zealand Medical Units in the Campaign
- Sinking of SS Chakdina
- The ADS with 4 Brigade
- The ADS with 5 Brigade
- The ADS with 6 Brigade
- Detachment of 4 Field Ambulance
- Medical Plan Reviewed
- [section]
- Surgery in Mobile Surgical Unit, 23 November–5 December 1941
- Base Hospitals
- Work of NZ units at Alexandria and Garawla
- Enemy Attacks in Western Desert
- Arrangements for Medical Units
- [section]
- Battle Situation
- Withdrawal from Kaponga Box
- Surgical Treatment During the Battle of Alamein
- General Situation – The Pursuit to the Frontier
- The Medical Units
- Medical Preparations for ‘Left Hook‘
- The Advance to Tripoli
- Splinting of Fractures:
- Closing Days in Egypt
- Petrol Company
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- Roll of Honour
- CHAPTER 6 — The Wavell Show
- CHAPTER 7 — Campaign in Greece
- CHAPTER 9 — Libya, 1941
- CHAPTER 10 — Syrian Interlude
- CHAPTER 11 — Back to the ‘Blue’
- CHAPTER 12 — A Fateful Month
- CHAPTER 13 — Eighth Army Conquers
- CHAPTER 14 — The End in North Africa
- CHAPTER 15 — On to Italy
- CHAPTER 17 — Clean-up in Italy
- Index
- Political and External Affairs
- Prisoners of War
- Problems of 2 NZEF
- Supply Company
- The Home Front Volume I
- The Home Front Volume II
- The New Zealand Dental Services
- The Royal New Zealand Navy
- To Greece
- CHAPTER 4 — The First Libyan Campaign, 1940–41
- CHAPTER 5 — Assembly and Training of the New Zealand Division
- Britain Decides to Assist Greece
- The Misunderstanding about the Aliakmon Line
- Movement of New Zealand Division to Greece
- The Greek and Australian Divisions
- General Wilson's Defence Plans on 6 April
- Fourth Brigade Group
- The Overall Situation
- The Decision to Evacuate
- New Zealand Units in the Desert
- Index
- Part I. GREECE
- War Economy
- War Economy Recipe Book
- War Surgery and Medicine
- Foreword
- List of Illustrations
- WOUND REPAIR
- EXPERIENCE OF NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS DURING THE DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS
- THE WORKING OF A FORWARD SURGICAL UNIT SITED AT AN MDS OR CCS
- FORWARD SURGERY IN 2 NZEF: BY CAMPAIGNS
- SECOND WORLD WAR
- SECOND WORLD WAR
- TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUAL FRACTURES
- Appendix
- Second World War
- PRIMARY LOCAL TREATMENT
- WOUNDS OF THE KNEE JOINT
- Italy
- Index
- [section]
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