Royal Air Force
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- 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 22 Battalion
- 25 Battalion
- 26 Battalion
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- Alam Halfa and Alamein
- CHAPTER 5 — Patrols and Raids
- CHAPTER 7 — The Battle Develops
- CHAPTER 11 — Summary of the Battle
- CHAPTER 12 — The Uncombined Operations
- CHAPTER 13 — Preparations for the Offensive
- CHAPTER 15 — The Eve of the Offensive
- CHAPTER 20 — Advance by 30 Corps
- CHAPTER 24 — The Break-out Fails
- CHAPTER 31 — The End of the ‘Dog-fight’
- CHAPTER 32 — The Pursuit
- CHAPTER 33 — Halfaya Pass
- Bibliography
- Index
- Bardia to Enfidaville
- Battle for Egypt
- CHAPTER 1 — Aftermath of Libyan Campaign
- CHAPTER 2 — A Hazardous Project
- CHAPTER 4 — Division in Syria
- CHAPTER 5 — Rommel Strikes
- CHAPTER 7 — Preparations for Decisive Battle
- CHAPTER 9 — Rommel's Battle Plans
- CHAPTER 12 — Twenty-four Tense Hours
- CHAPTER 16 — Defeat of Ariete Division
- CHAPTER 17 — Thrusts, Parries, and Plans
- CHAPTER 18 — Both Armies Prepare Attacks
- CHAPTER 28 — Raids, Patrols, Consolidation
- CHAPTER 29 — Plans for El Mreir
- CHAPTER 30 — Advance of Sixth Brigade
- CHAPTER 33 — Reorganisation
- Chaplains
- Crete
- Divisional Cavalry
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume I
- Index
- 24 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom (Wellington)1
- 53 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- The Situation in Great Britain after Dunkirk
- 335 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs2 to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 384 — Special Order of the Day by General Sir Archibald P. Wavell, GCB, CMC, MC
- AIR FORCES IN BALKANS AND MIDDLE EAST
- 414 — General Wavell to General Freyberg
- 417 — General Freyberg to General Wavell
- 446 — General Freyberg to the acting Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 447 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Cairo) to the acting Prime Minister
- 448 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the acting Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 453 — Supplementary Report by the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser on the Evacuation of Troops from Crete — [Extract]
- Recommendations
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Index
- 3 — The Governor-General of New Zealand1 to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs2
- 98 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 105 — The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 136 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 138 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 330 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 375 — The Hon. W. Nash (London) to the Prime Minister
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume III
- 1 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs1 to the Governor-General of New Zealand2
- Index
- 11 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom (Wellington)
- 73 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 229 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to the New Zealand Minister, Washington
- 278 — The Prime Minister to the New Zealand Minister, Washington
- 442 — The Hon. W. Nash to the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser (London)2
- 500 — The Prime Minister of Australia to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs1 — [Extract]
- Episodes & Studies Volume 1
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
- [backmatter]
- ATTACKS ON THE GERMAN FLEET
- THE FORMATION OF No. 75 (NZ) SQUADRON
- THE FALL OF FRANCE
- THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
- THE CONTRIBUTION
- PROLOGUE
- IN RETROSPECT
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- A MILITARY LIABILITY
- THE FLYING-BOAT UNION
- CUTTING THE AXIS SUPPLY LINES
- SPITFIRES OVER MALTA
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
- [section]
- First Combat Success and Casualty
- Fighter Operations
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Italy Volume I: The Sangro to Cassino
- Italy Volume II : From Cassino to Trieste
- Journey Towards Christmas
- New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol. I)
- CHAPTER 1 — The Royal Air Force and Early New Zealand Representation
- Per ardua ad astra
- [title page]
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 2 — Early Operations from Britain and France
- CHAPTER 3 — Meeting the German Attack
- CHAPTER 4 — The Battle of Britain
- CHAPTER 5 — Bombing and Reconnaissance, 1940
- CHAPTER 6 — Defeating the Night Raider
- CHAPTER 7 — Air War at Sea
- CHAPTER 8 — Early Bomber Offensive
- CHAPTER 9 — The Part of No. 75 Squadron
- CHAPTER 10 — Increasing New Zealand Participation— Formation of Nos. 485,488, and 489 Squadrons
- CHAPTER 11 — Day Fighters, 1941
- CHAPTER 12 — Heavier Bombing Raids—Advent of No. 487 Squadron
- CHAPTER 13 — Pathfinders and Raids on Italy
- CHAPTER 14 — Battle of the Atlantic, 1942
- CHAPTER 15 — Attacking Enemy Ships With Mine, Bomb and Torpedo
- CHAPTER 16 — Day Fighters During 1942
- CHAPTER 17 — Night Fighters, 1942
- Appendix III — STRENGHTHS AND CASUALTIES
- [backmatter]
- Index
- Petrol Company
- Royal New Zealand Air Force
- The Home Front Volume I
- The Home Front Volume II
- The New Zealand Dental Services
- To Greece
- CHAPTER 2 — The Second Echelon
- CHAPTER 5 — Assembly and Training of the New Zealand Division
- Plans for Barbarity Force
- First New Zealand Troops in Greece
- The Misunderstanding about the Aliakmon Line
- Movement of New Zealand Division to Greece
- Air Support
- Mackay Force bolds up the German Advance
- General Wavell visits Greece, 11–13 April
- 15 April: The Situation becomes More Serious
- Fourth Brigade Completes its Withdrawal, 18–19 April
- The New Zealand Sector
- The Evacuation Plans for W Force
- The Front Weakens
- Embarkations and Movements on the night 24–25 April
- Evacuations Continue during the Night 26–27 April
- The Embarkation of 6 Brigade from Monemvasia, 28–29 April
- New Zealand Troops in Kalamata
- Escape Parties
- The Problems of the Campaign
- The Importance of the Campaign
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