Description
Reed Books (Auckland), Published 2002. Paperback, 194 pp.; 24 cm; First Edition; illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps.
Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition. Glossy pictorial paper covers, the front with a desert photograph of the Second New Zealand Division. Light bumping to corners and light shelf wear to edges, binding tight. Small scratch to the back cover about 3 inches from the bottom edge. Interior clean and unmarked. Otherwise unmarked. An illustrated narrative history of the Second New Zealand Division's four-year campaign in North Africa, from the Egyptian desert through Operation Crusader, the breakout at Minqar Qaim, El Alamein, and the Tebaga Gap. Drawing on Sir John White's archival and photographic collection and New Zealand documentary sources, Matthew Wright re-evaluates Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg's leadership and argues that the division performed well beyond what its small South Pacific nation might have been expected to field against Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika. Well illustrated with wartime photographs and campaign maps. Contents: Preface; Egypt; Crusader; Minqar Qaim; El Alamein; Tebaga Gap; The Desert War in Retrospect; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.