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List of Maps

	Facing page
The Axis Approach to the Oilfields	1
Syria and Lebanon	19
Minqar Qaim and Alamein: Dispositions on evening 26 June 1942	53
El Alamein	135
Ruweisat Ridge: Plan of Attack and Dispositions on 14 July 1942	201
El Mreir: Plan of Attack and Dispositions on 21 July 1942	315

In text

	Page
The Advance of Panzerarmee on Matruh, 26–27 June 1942	46
21 Panzer Division's Encirclement of New Zealand Division at Minqar Qaim on 27 June 1942	84
Withdrawal of New Zealand Division from Minqar Qaim on night 27–28 June 1942	106
The Rout of Ariete Division, 3 July 1942	168
4 and 5 New Zealand Brigades from 3 to 7 July 1942	174
Ruweisat Ridge: The Morning of 15 July 1942	238
Ruweisat Ridge: Afrika Korps' Attack on 4 New Zealand Brigade, 15 July 1942	288
El Mreir: The Advance and Dawn Counter-attack, 22 July 1942	329
El Mreir: 23 Armoured Brigade's Advance and final New Zealand Dispositions, 22 July 1942	356

The occupations given in the biographical footnotes are those on enlistment. The ranks are those held on discharge or at the date of death.

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