Desert Road, The: New Zealanders Remember the North African Campaign.

Hutching, Megan With Ian McGibbon (eds.)
ISBN: 9781869505110 Categories: ,

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ANZAC MILITARY HISTOY
Introduction : Up the blue : New Zealanders in the North African Campaign, 1940-43 / Ian McGibbon — Further reading — The longest day of my life / Victor Henderson — Silent death / William Bowling — Up stood a general / Clifford Vause — I enjoyed every minute / Eleanor Fraser — Surrounded by German armour / Ian Johnston — Pipes in the distance / Donald Ross — We met burning ship after burning ship / Howard Anderson — The General wanted a tank / Watt McEwan — A sense of duty / Jean Chalmers — Dust and shellfire, smoke and noise / James Barclay — Wondering whether we’d make it back / Ronald Verity — So close, I couldn’t believe it / Breynton Campbell — The casualties kept coming / Lawrence Wright — Takrouna was a hell of a place / George McKay — They were giving in / Edward Gibbs — We battled our way to the top / Maiki Parkinson.

285 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. #230223 First Edition
New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force, 2nd — History. | World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Africa, North — Personal narratives, New Zealand. | World War, 1939-1945 — New Zealand.

Additional Information

AuthorHutching, Megan With Ian McGibbon (eds.)
Number of pages285
PublisherHarperCollins Publishers in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Year Published2005
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

Fine

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