The Relief of Tobruk
Contents
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Contents
Page | |
PREFACE | v |
1 AFTER GREECE AND CRETE | 1 |
2 LULL IN THE DESERT WAR | 7 |
3 PREPARING FOR ACTION | 23 |
4 THE CRUSADER PLAN | 37 |
5 EIGHTH ARMY AND PANZER GROUP AFRICA | 51 |
6 FROM BAGGUSH TO THE LIBYAN FRONTIER | 62 |
7 A DISASTROUS BEGINNING | 79 |
8 THE FRONTIER OPERATIONS BEGIN | 110 |
9 HEADING FOR TOBRUK | 135 |
10 SUNDAY OF THE DEAD | 156 |
11 THE ATTACK ON POINT 175 | 173 |
12 THE MATRUH STAKES | 197 |
13 THE CAPTURE OF THE BLOCKHOUSE | 235 |
14 SUCCESS AT BELHAMED; FAILURE AT SIDI REZEGH | 249 |
15 JOINING HANDS WITH THE TOBRUK GARRISON | 266 |
16 A COSTLY NIGHT ATTACK ON SIDI REZEGH | 286 |
17 ROMMEL'S ‘EVIL DREAM’ | 297 |
18 TWO ATTACKS ON CAPUZZO | 315 |
19 THE LOSS OF 5 BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS | 332 |
20 ROMMEL RETURNS TO THE TOBRUK FRONT | 351 |
21 INCREASING PRESSURE ON 6 BRIGADE | 366 |
22 COUNTER-ATTACK ON THE TOBRUK CORRIDOR | 390 |
23 SIDI REZEGH IS LOST | 412 |
24 BELHAMED AND ZAAFRAN | 432 |
25 PLODDING ON WESTWARDS | 466 |
26 GAZALA AND BEYOND | 487 |
APPENDICES: | |
I: Casualties in CRUSADER Campaign | 524 |
II: Minutes of Conference between General Freyberg and his Senior Officers at Baggush, 17 October 1941 | 525 |
NEW ZEALAND HONOURS AND AWARDS IN CRUSADER CAMPAIGN | 528 |
NOTE ON SOURCES | 530 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 531 |
GLOSSARY | 537 |
INDEX | 547 |