Freyberg's War: The Man, the Legend, and Reality

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. In Freysberg'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 crucial questions about Freybuerg's war.