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Published in association with the National Army Museum Literary Fund Contents: 1. Raising a New Zealand division -- 2. Freyberg's circus in Egypt -- 3. Greece -- 4. Withdrawal from Greece -- 5. Defending Crete -- 6. Crete : the airborne assault -- 7. Crete : a lost battle -- 8. Preparing for desert operations -- 9. Operation CRUSADER -- 10. The battle for Tobruk -- 11. Breakout at Minqar Qaim -- 12. Ruweisat Ridge -- 13. El Mreir and Alam Halfa -- 14. Alamein : the killing match -- 15. Following the Black Diamond Track -- 16. Orsogna -- 17. Cassino -- 18. Operation DICKENS -- 19. To Florence -- 20. The gothic line and beyond -- 21. One more river -- 22. 'Your magnificent division Summary: A Bloody Road Home is the story of 2 New Zealand Division in World War Two. Commanded by the New Zealand-raised and educated Lieutenant General Sir Bernard 'Tiny' Freyberg, in six years of war it became one of the finest fighting divisions in the British and Commonwealth Armies. The first ever single-volume history of the Division, A Bloody Road Home is a story of trial and error, failure and success. Told in the words of the officers and soldiers who served, it charts the Division's formation in Egypt through to the campaigns of Greece, Crete and North Africa. From the battle for Tobruk to the advance on Tunis; to the onslaught up the spine of Italy from Orsogna via Monte Cassino, Florence; and to the final encounter at Trieste in 1945, no stone is left unturned