19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment

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19 BATTALION AND ARMOURED REGIMENT
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19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
Author: Sinclair, D. W.
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19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
Author: Sinclair, D. W.
War History Branch, Department Of Internal Affairs, 1954
Wellington, New Zealand
Source copy consulted: Defence Force Library, New Zealand
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45
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Contents
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19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment p. i
[frontispiece] p. ii
[title page] p. iii
Foreword p. v
Introduction p. vii
Contents p. ix
List of Illustrations p. xi
List of Maps and Diagrams p. xv
CHAPTER 1 — Trentham p. 1
CHAPTER 2 — New Zealand to Egypt p. 8
CHAPTER 3 — Egypt p. 14
CHAPTER 4 — The Western Desert p. 28
CHAPTER 5 — Baggush Box p. 35
CHAPTER 6 — Helwan p. 51
CHAPTER 7 — Over to Macedonia p. 57
CHAPTER 8 — Campaign in Greece p. 68
CHAPTER 9 — Reorganisation on Crete p. 111
CHAPTER 10 — Airborne Invasion p. 126
CHAPTER 11 — Back to Egypt p. 172
CHAPTER 12 — The Division in the Desert p. 186
CHAPTER 13 — Baggush to Syria p. 232
CHAPTER 14 — Back to the Western Desert p. 251
CHAPTER 15 — Infantry Into Armour p. 301
CHAPTER 16 — Egypt to Italy p. 319
CHAPTER 17 — Armour Into Action
[section] p. 329
APPENDIX p. 356
[section] p. 356
10 Army War Diary, November-December, 1943
16 Panzer Division War Diary
CHAPTER 18 — A New Year and a Fresh Front p. 358
CHAPTER 19 — Cassino Fortress p. 366
CHAPTER 20 — The Break-out Into the Liri Valley p. 395
CHAPTER 21 — Rome and the Pursuit North p. 418
CHAPTER 22 — Back to the Adriatic Coast p. 442
CHAPTER 23 — Faenza to Trieste p. 482
CHAPTER 24 — Repatriation and Rehabilitation p. 526
Appendix I p. 531
Appendix II — TALE OF A TANK p. 537
Roll of Honour p. 542
Summary of Casualties p. 548
Honours and Awards p. 549
Commanding Officers p. 551
Index p. 553
[backmatter] p. 560
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Contents
[covers]
19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment p. i
[frontispiece] p. ii
[title page] p. iii
Foreword p. v
Introduction p. vii
Contents p. ix
List of Illustrations p. xi
List of Maps and Diagrams p. xv
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19 BATTALION AND ARMOURED REGIMENT
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19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
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The day Cassino fell