Bardia to Enfidaville
Contents
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CHAPTER 1 — The Pause at Bardia p. 1
- [section] p. 1
- The Halt at Bardia p. 3
- Reorganisation p. 6
- 5 Infantry Brigade Group p. 9
- 6 Infantry Brigade Group
- CHAPTER 2 — Squaring Up to the Agheila Position
- Air Power p. 11
- Operation torch p. 12
- The Enemy Retirement into the Agheila Position p. 13
- Montgomery p. 15
- Rommel and the Enemy p. 16
- The El Agheila Position p. 21
- Plan of Attack p. 22
- Preliminary Moves p. 24
- In the El Haseiat Area p. 26
- The Enemy in early December p. 29
- CHAPTER 3 — Left Hook at El Agheila
- [section] p. 32
- Across the Rift p. 33
- Pushing on—14 December p. 37
- Enemy Reaction p. 40
- Into the Blue—15 December p. 41
- 6 Brigade Advances p. 47
- The Enemy escapes—16 December
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CHAPTER 4 — Nofilia p. 58
- Tidying Up p. 58
- Attacking Nofilia p. 60
- Outflanking Nofilia p. 63
- Night Operations p. 67
- Gone Away p. 69
- After Nofilia p. 70
- CHAPTER 5 — Preparing to Hurry to Tripoli
- Tunisian Front p. 74
- The General Situation on Eighth Army's Front p. 75
- From the Enemy's Side p. 77
- Christmas Interlude p. 80
- Back to Business p. 82
- The Terrain p. 84
- Plans for Operation fire-eater
- The Division moves Forward p. 88
- Divisional Orders for the Advance p. 91
- The Enemy p. 92
- 2 NZ Division Closes up for the Attack p. 93
- CHAPTER 6 — ‘On to Tripoli’
- 15th January p. 96
- The Enemy on 15 January p. 97
- 16 January—across Wadi Zemzem p. 98
- The Enemy on 16 January p. 99
- 17 January—across Wadi Sofeggin p. 100
- The Enemy on 17 January p. 102
- 18 and 19 January—Bottleneck at Beni Ulid
- The Enemy on 18 January p. 104
- 19 January at Beni Ulid
- The Enemy on 19–20 January p. 106
- 20 January—into the Gebel p. 107
- The Enemy on 20 January p. 108
- 21 January—the Plains of Tripoli p. 109
- The Enemy on 21 January p. 111
- Action at Azizia, 22 January p. 112
- The Enemy on 22 January p. 114
- 23 January—Tripoli Captured p. 115
- The Enemy on 23 January p. 117
- Mr Churchill's Visit p. 118
- CHAPTER 7 — The Medenine Incident
- Early Days in Tripoli p. 122
- Demonstrations and Discussions p. 123
- Dock Labour p. 125
- Other Activities p. 126
- The Casablanca Conference p. 127
- The Enemy Attempt at Disruption p. 128
- Allied Counter-action p. 131
- In the Background—Operation pugilist p. 133
- Operation ‘pugilist’ — General Plan of Eighth Army
- 2 NZ Division Moves to Medenine p. 136
- 5 Infantry Brigade Group and 4 Light Armoured Brigade in Position p. 137
- The Remainder of the Division p. 142
- Lull before the Storm p. 144
- The Enemy Prepares p. 145
- The Enemy Attacks p. 146
- The Enemy Withdraws p. 149
- Some Thoughts on Medenine p. 151
- CHAPTER 8 — Preparing for PUGILIST
- The Terrain p. 154
- The Outflanking Problem p. 155
- 2 NZ Division Prepares p. 158
- NZ Corps Moves Forward p. 162
- NZ Corps Operation Order No. 1 p. 163
- Administrative Instructions
- Final Preparations p. 167
- First Army Front p. 172
- The Enemy p. 173
- CHAPTER 9 — PUGILIST — a Check
- [section] p. 176
- Delayed Attack p. 178
- 22 March p. 186
- The Enemy—22 March p. 188
- NZ Corps—23 March
- The Right Flank on 23 March p. 190
- The Main Mareth Front p. 192
- NZ Corps winds up pugilist p. 193
- The Enemy p. 195
- Change of Plan p. 196
- CHAPTER 10 — SUPERCHARGE—a Victory
- [section] p. 198
- Preparations on 25 March p. 203
- Orders for supercharge p. 204
- Starting Positions for supercharge p. 208
- Artillery
- Rate of Advance p. 212
- Air Support
- Brigade Operation Orders p. 213
- The Enemy p. 215
- An Outline of supercharge II p. 216
- 8 Armoured Brigade p. 217
- 28 (Maori) Battalion p. 218
- 23 Battalion p. 221
- 24 Battalion p. 222
- Flanking Units p. 226
- 1 Armoured Division p. 227
- The Enemy
- Point 209 p. 230
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CHAPTER 11 — Concentration at Gabes p. 234
- Reorganisation p. 234
- Dealing with the El Hamma Bottleneck
- New Zealand Corps advances p. 238
- 5 Infantry Brigade Group on 28 March p. 240
- The Enemy on 28 March p. 241
- 10 Corps' Orders p. 242
- Gabes Captured p. 243
- The Enemy on 29 March p. 246
- The End of the supercharge Phase p. 247
- Tebaga in Retrospect p. 249
- CHAPTER 12 — Breakthrough at Akarit
- Eighteenth Army Group Plan p. 251
- Eighth Army Plan
- The Terrain p. 252
- Enemy Dispositions p. 254
- 2 NZ Division is Relieved
- Plans and Orders p. 255
- 2 NZ Division Orders p. 256
- Artillery p. 258
- Brigade Plans p. 259
- Divisional Activities, 1–6 April
- The Enemy p. 261
- The Attack at Akarit
- Position at the End of 6 April p. 265
- The Enemy
- Advance from Akarit p. 266
- 8 April p. 270
- 9 April—to the Sfax-Faid Road p. 272
- First Army Front p. 275
- 10 April—Cross-country Journey
- 11 April—Rest and no Rest p. 276
- 12 April—the End of Desert Fighting p. 278
- CHAPTER 13 — Up Against it at Enfidaville
- First Contacts with the Enemy Line p. 281
- A Halt on 14 April p. 285
- The Tactical Picture p. 286
- Comparative Strengths p. 289
- Eighth Army p. 292
- 10 Corps' Plan p. 293
- 2 NZ Division, 15–18 April p. 295
- 6 Infantry Brigade and Enfidaville
- 5 Infantry Brigade and the Takrouna Area p. 296
- Other Activities
- Patrolling p. 297
- 10 Corps' Orders p. 299
- 8 Armoured Brigade p. 302
- 6 Infantry Brigade
- 5 Infantry Brigade p. 303
- 28 (Maori) Battalion p. 304
- 21 Battalion p. 305
- 23 Battalion p. 306
- Plans Reviewed
- Lining up for oration p. 308
- The Enemy p. 309
- CHAPTER 14 — ORATION—a Soldiers' Battle
- [section] p. 312
- 6 Infantry Brigade—26 Battalion
- 24 Battalion
- Other Arms in 6 Brigade p. 315
- 5 Infantry Brigade—28 (Maori) Battalion
- 21 Battalion p. 318
- 23 Battalion p. 323
- 23 and 28 (Maori) Battalions p. 326
- The Assault on Takrouna p. 327
- Situation at First Light, 20 April p. 328
- 6 Infantry Brigade on 20 April p. 329
- 5 Infantry Brigade
- Takrouna, 20 April p. 332
- 21 Battalion p. 334
- Situation at the End of 20 April
- 20–21 April—Some Reorganisation p. 335
- 21 April—the End of oration p. 336
- Operations on Djebel Garci p. 339
- oration in Retrospect
- CHAPTER 15 — The End in North Africa
- [section] p. 342
- 2 NZ Division after Takrouna p. 343
- The General Situation up to 26 April p. 350
- Eighth Army Plans p. 351
- Change of Plan p. 354
- 2 NZ Division from 27 April to 3 May p. 356
- The Last Plan p. 357
- Operations Around Djebibina p. 359
- The Campaign Ends p. 364
- 2 NZ Division after the Surrender p. 368
- Back to Egypt p. 369
- CHAPTER 16 — Conclusion p. 372
- Appendix I p. 385
- Appendix II p. 387
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Bibliography p. 391
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UNPUBLISHED p. 391
- New Zealand p. 391
- United Kingdom p. 392
- German and Italian
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PUBLISHED p. 393
- OFFICIAL p. 393
- NON-OFFICIAL p. 394
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UNPUBLISHED p. 391
- Glossary p. 395
- Index p. 405
- Editorial Advisory Panel p. 417