Official History Of New Zealand In Second World War: The New Zealand Engineer, Middle East- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (1961) By Joseph F. Cody
The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45 is a 48-volume series published by the War History Branch (and its successors) of the Department of Internal Affairs , which covered New Zealand's involvement in the Second World War. The series was published during the period 1949 to 1986.
The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45 was the largest publication project undertaken in New Zealand.
The book contains a certificate for Sgt. J.K. Jefferies (27989) from the New Zealand Government. Jefferies served as part of the New Zealand Engineers in the Middle East during WWII.
Contents: Foreword; Preface; 'With the Rank and Pay of a Sapper'; The First Offensive; In the Lee of the Storm; The Campaign in Greece; The Campaign in Crete; Non-Divisional Engineer Units in Middle East and England, June-December 1941; The Crusader Campaign; A Miscellany of Work; The Western Desert Railway, January - June 1942; Neap Tide in Egypt; Behind the Retreat, June - October 1942; The Turn of the Tide; High Tide in Tripolitania, December 1942 - January 1943; Behind the Advance, October 1942 - February 1943; Flood Tide in Tunisia, March - May 1943; Reorganisation; The Italian Winter Line; Cassino; 14 Forestry Company in Italy; Advance to Florence; The Advance to the Savio River; To the Senio; To Ronchi; 'Battled Fields No More'; Appendices; Roll of Honour; Summary of Casualties; Honours and Awards; Commanders, New Zealand Engineers, 2 NZEF; Index.
- Hard Cover
- 774 pages
- In Fair to Good condition
