New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
Contents
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Contents
Page | ||
FOREWORD | v | |
PREFACE | vii | |
1 | ‘WITH THE RANK AND PAY OF A SAPPER’ | 1 |
2 | THE FIRST OFFENSIVE | 30 |
3 | IN THE LEE OF THE STORM | 60 |
4 | THE CAMPAIGN IN GREECE | 80 |
5 | THE CAMPAIGN IN CRETE | 123 |
6 | NON-DIVISIONAL ENGINEER UNITS IN MIDDLE EAST AND ENGLAND, JUNE-DECEMBER 1941 | 160 |
7 | THE CRUSADER CAMPAIGN | 196 |
8 | A MISCELLANY OF WORK | 236 |
9 | THE WESTERN DESERT RAILWAY, JANUARY-JUNE 1942 | 252 |
10 | NEAP TIDE IN EGYPT | 280 |
11 | BEHIND THE RETREAT, JUNE-OCTOBER 1942 | 320 |
12 | THE TURN OF THE TIDE | 341 |
13 | HIGH TIDE IN TRIPOLITANIA, DECEMBER 1942-JANUARY 1943 | 375 |
14 | BEHIND THE ADVANCE, OCTOBER 1942-FEBRUARY 1943 | 396 |
15 | FLOOD TIDE IN TUNISIA, MARCH-MAY 1943 | 419 |
16 | REORGANISATION | 461 |
17 | THE ITALIAN WINTER LINE | 483 |
18 | CASSINO | 530 |
19 | 14 FORESTRY COMPANY IN ITALY | 569 |
20 | ADVANCE TO FLORENCE | 591 page x |
21 | THE ADVANCE TO THE SAVIO RIVER | 627 |
22 | TO THE SENIO | 651 |
23 | TO RONCHI | 677 |
24 | ‘BATTLED FIELDS NO MORE’ | 717 |
APPENDICES | ||
I: Order of Battle New Zealand Engineers, Middle East and Italy, 1939–45 | 726 | |
II: 2 NZEF Army Postal Service | 727 | |
III: 3 Section, 9 Railway Survey Company, and the Wadi Halfa Extension, 1941 | 731 | |
IV: Extract from Royal Engineers Training Memorandum: New Zealand Engineers in Italy | 734 | |
V: Analysis of Promotions, Casualties and Awards in a Field Company, New Zealand Engineers | 738 | |
ROLL OF HONOUR | 740 | |
SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES | 747 | |
HONOURS AND AWARDS | 748 | |
COMMANDERS, NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS, 2 NZEF | 750 | |
INDEX | 751 |