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PREFACE |
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ITALY AND HER INVADERS |
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The Strategic Prelude |
1
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II: |
The Land of
Italy |
19
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2 |
RETURN TO BATTLE |
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The Political Decision |
24
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Rebuilding the Division |
31
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III: |
Back in
Europe |
37
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3 |
APPROACH TO THE SANGRO |
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The State of the Campaign |
41
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The Division Moves Up |
45
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III: |
The First Contacts |
48
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4 |
THE CROSSING OF THE SANGRO |
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I: |
Over the River and Up the Hill |
62
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II: |
Castelfrentano and Beyond |
78
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ORSOGNA: THE FIRST BATTLE |
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I: |
Probing for Resistance |
96
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II: |
Operation torso |
105
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ORSOGNA UNCONQUERED |
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I: |
Operation Florence |
121
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II: |
Operation ulysses |
139
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ORDEAL BY STALEMATE |
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I: |
The Winter Line
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148
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II: |
The Lessons of Experience |
166
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3 |
CASSINO: THE PRELIMINARIES |
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I: |
A New Task |
176
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II: |
On the Rapido |
185
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THE BOMBING OF THE ABBEY |
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I: |
History and Policy |
201
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II: |
The Sequence of Events |
205
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Evidence and Argument |
211
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THE FEBRUARY ATTACK |
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Plans and Dispositions |
224
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II: |
The Maoris' Action |
232
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11 |
AN UNWELCOME INTERLUDE |
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I: |
The Origin of dickens |
241
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II: |
Waiting for the Weather |
252
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12 |
THE MARCH ATTACK: BREAK-IN |
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13 March |
267
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16 March |
280
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THE MARCH ATTACK: ENCOUNTER |
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27 March |
291
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18 March |
301
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III: |
19 March |
306
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THE MARCH ATTACK: DEADLOCK |
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I: |
20 March |
316
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21 March |
321
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III: |
22 March |
324
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IV: |
23–26 March |
326
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CASSINO: A RETROSPECT |
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APPENDICES: |
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I |
Casualties in 2 NZ Division, 12 November 1943 – 10 April 1944 |
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II |
A Report on Tunnels at
Cassino |
357
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III |
Some Lessons from Operation
dickens |
358
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IV |
German Commanders in
Italy |
362
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V |
Operation dickens: 2 NZ Division and 6 Brigade Operation Orders |
364
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Bibliography |
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