Freyberg's War

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Freyberg’s War : The Man, the Legend and Reality.

This book will change the way you see one of New Zealand’s best-known historic figures.

Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg led the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force from 1939 to 1945. He became a national hero, exalted by a generation and upheld as one who could do no wrong. Some historians have challenged that view, finding fault in Freyberg’s handling of the battle for Crete and blaming him for the destruction of the Benedictine monastery above Cassino in 1944. But are they right?

In Freyberg’s War Matthew Wright draws on a wide range of documents, including material published here for the first time, to cast new light on some of the crucial questions about Freyberg’s war.

Who was really behind Freyberg’s appointment to command in 1939? How much did Freyberg actually know about the ULTRA code-cracking secret on Crete in 1941? What did he intend in Cassino? What did Middle East Command really think of him?

Wright paints a vivid picture of man and commander, revealing Freyberg to be a complex, multi-dimensional leader whose approach to the war has been misunderstood.

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