8 Royal Tanks
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Mentioned in
- 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 23 Battalion
- 28 (Maori) Battalion
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- Alam Halfa and Alamein
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- Supply Company
- The Relief of Tobruk
- List of Illustrations
- CHAPTER 8 — The Frontier Operations Begin
- CHAPTER 9 — Heading for Tobruk
- CHAPTER 11 — The Attack on Point 175
- CHAPTER 12 — The Matruh Stakes
- CHAPTER 14 — Success at Belhamed; Failure at Sidi Rezegh
- CHAPTER 15 — Joining Hands with the Tobruk Garrison
- CHAPTER 18 — Two Attacks on Capuzzo
- CHAPTER 19 — The Loss of 5 Brigade Headquarters
- CHAPTER 21 — Increasing Pressure on 6 Brigade
- CHAPTER 22 — Counter-attack on the Tobruk Corridor
- CHAPTER 24 — Belhamed and Zaafran
- CHAPTER 26 — Gazala and Beyond
- To Greece
Image Gallery
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.jpg "Men of 20 Battalion move past Valentines of A Squadron, 8 Royal Tanks, under heavy fire near Bir el Chleta, 24 November")
.jpg "Valentines of 8 Royal Tanks drive past New Zealand field guns")
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