18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
Contents
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- 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment p. i
- [frontispiece] p. ii
- [title page] p. iii
- Foreword p. v
- Acknowledgments p. vii
- Contents p. ix
- List of Illustrations p. xi
- List of Maps p. xv
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- CHAPTER 1 — Early Days p. 1
- CHAPTER 2 — The Orion p. 15
- CHAPTER 3 — Maadi Camp p. 28
- CHAPTER 4 — Garawla Interludes p. 48
- CHAPTER 5 — ‘Freyberg's Wogs’ p. 57
- CHAPTER 6 — Over the Water p. 67
- CHAPTER 7 — The First Encounter p. 78
- CHAPTER 8 — Withdrawal from Servia p. 97
- CHAPTER 9 — Out of Greece p. 109
- CHAPTER 10 — Airborne Invasion p. 123
- CHAPTER 11 — The Crete Debacle p. 143
- CHAPTER 12 — Reconstruction p. 169
- CHAPTER 13 — Attack in the Desert p. 181
- CHAPTER 14 — Calamity in the Desert p. 205
- CHAPTER 15 — The Pendulum Swings p. 220
- CHAPTER 16 — Fresh Woods p. 231
- CHAPTER 17 — Interrupted Holiday p. 246
- CHAPTER 18 — Battle at Minqar Qaim p. 253
- CHAPTER 19 — Alamein Chessboard p. 265
- CHAPTER 20 — Disaster at Ruweisat p. 277
- CHAPTER 21 — The El Mreir Fiasco p. 295
- CHAPTER 22 — Trial by Heat p. 306
- CHAPTER 23 — Farewell to the Blue p. 318
- CHAPTER 24 — ‘Tanks of our Own’ p. 329
- CHAPTER 25 — Back to Europe p. 348
- CHAPTER 26 — The Brick Wall—Guardiagrele p. 363
- CHAPTER 27 — The Brick Wall—Orsogna p. 386
- CHAPTER 28 — On the Orsogna Road p. 405
- CHAPTER 29 — Winter and Spring p. 417
- CHAPTER 30 — East of Cassino p. 432
- CHAPTER 31 — Cassino and the Mountains p. 446
- CHAPTER 32 — The Impassable Hills p. 460
- CHAPTER 33 — Beyond the Liri p. 477
- CHAPTER 34 — Northwards p. 493
- CHAPTER 35 — Tiger Country p. 502
- CHAPTER 36 — Florence—But not Quite p. 523
- CHAPTER 37 — The Road to the Plains p. 539
- CHAPTER 38 — Mud Scramble in the Romagna p. 550
- CHAPTER 39 — Armoured Attack p. 568
- CHAPTER 40 — Through Mud and Water to the Senio p. 583
- CHAPTER 41 — Dark Winter p. 603
- CHAPTER 42 — The Surging Wave p. 616
- CHAPTER 43 — Flood Tide p. 633
- CHAPTER 44 — Retrospect p. 651
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- Roll of Honour p. 655
- Honours and Awards p. 664
- Commanding Officers p. 666
- Index p. 667
- [colophon] p. 677