New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Volume III)
Contents
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- [covers]
- [title page] p. i
- [frontispiece] p. ii
- [title page] p. iii
- Preface p. v
- Contents p. vii
- List of Illustrations p. xi
- List of Maps and Diagrams p. xv
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- PART I — MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST
- CHAPTER 1 — Prelude to War p. 2
- CHAPTER 2 — Early Operations over Many Fronts p. 13
- CHAPTER 3 — Western Desert—The Second Year p. 42
- CHAPTER 4 — Western Desert—The Third Year p. 77
- CHAPTER 5 — Algeria and Tunisia p. 104
- CHAPTER 6 — Malta p. 127
- CHAPTER 7 — Sicily p. 160
- CHAPTER 8 — Italy p. 187
- CHAPTER 9 — Beyond the Italian Battlefront p. 214
- CHAPTER 10 — The End In Italy p. 236
- PART II — SOUTH-EAST ASIA
- CHAPTER 11 — Malaya, Sumatra, and Java p. 244
- CHAPTER 12 — The Retreat from Burma p. 269
- CHAPTER 13 — Fighting Back from India p. 284
- CHAPTER 14 — Air Superiority and the Arakan Battle p. 306
- CHAPTER 15 — Operation thursday and the Victory at Imphal p. 324
- CHAPTER 16 — Back to Rangoon—the Last Phase p. 355
- PART I — MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST
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- Appendix I — PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND MEDITERRANEAN CAMPAIGNS 1940–45 p. 375
- Appendix II — CHRONOLOGY OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA p. 381
- Appendix III — PRINCIPAL OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT OF ROYAL AIR FORCE IN MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA p. 385
- Appendix IV — PRINCIPAL OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT OF GERMAN AIR FORCE IN MIDDLE EAST p. 388
- Appendix V — PRINCIPAL OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT OF ITALIAN AIR FORCE p. 390
- Appendix VI — PRINCIPAL OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT OF JAPANESE AIR FORCE p. 391
- Glossary p. 393
- Bibliography p. 395
- Index p. 399
- [backmatter] p. 410