Brigadier Stanley Crump : an underappreciated New Zealand military logistics commander : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (History), Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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2022
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This thesis describes the impact which Brigadier Stanley Crump had on the success of New Zealand’s military forces in Greece and North Africa during the Second World War. Brigadier Crump was the Commander of the New Zealand Army Service Corps, responsible for all tactical-level logistics units within the 2nd (New Zealand) Division. This thesis asks how Crump contributed to the success (or otherwise) of the New Zealand military forces, and what challenges he faced doing so. Despite the criticality of logistics to military campaigns, the focus of New Zealand’s military history has tended towards analysing the tactical commanders, such as Freyberg and Kippenberger. No matter how brilliant a tactician a commander might be, any plan is doomed without logistics. Crump was able to draw on considerable experience from the First World War and the inter-war period to command the New Zealand Army Service Corps to become a vital cog in the machine of the 2nd (New Zealand) Division. Without his efforts, countless New Zealand lives may have been lost, and the battles for North Africa may have been much more difficult for the Allies.
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