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The New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) was the title of the military forces sent from New Zealand to fight alongside other British Empire and Dominion troops during World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945). Ultimately, the NZEF of World War I became known as the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
The 21st Battalion was an infantry battalion of the New Zealand Military Forces that served during the Second World War. Formed in January 1940, it was part of the 5th Brigade, 2nd New Zealand Division of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. The battalion saw action in Greece, Crete, North Africa and Italy before it was disbanded in ...
It had long been felt in New Zealand that the four-volume 'popular' history of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, the Official History of New Zealand's Effort in the Great War which had been published a few years after the First World War ended, had not matched the standard set by the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918, edited by Charles Bean.
New Zealand. Stack, Wayne (2011). The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I. Oxford, UK: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84908-539-7. South Africa. Pitta, Robert; Fannell, Jeff (1993). South African Special Forces. London: Osprey. ISBN 1855322951. United States. Clay, Steven E. (2011). US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 (PDF). Vol. 1 The Arms: Major ...
On 29 August, the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) landed in German Samoa unopposed, beginning the New Zealand occupation of German Samoa. [ 52 ] Although most of the fighting occurred outside New Zealand, a German merchant raider , SMS Wolf , laid naval mines in New Zealand waters that resulted in the sinking of two ships and the death ...
The 8th Brigade was a formation of the New Zealand Military Forces, which served during the Second World War as part of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.Eventually forming part of the 3rd Division, the brigade served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of the war.
Men of the Māori Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, after disembarking at Gourock in Scotland in June 1940. When war broke out in 1939, New Zealanders saw their proper role as defending their proud place in the British Empire. It contributed some 120,000 troops. [161]
Wellington: War History Branch. OCLC 4373298. Pugsley, Christopher (2014). A Bloody Road Home: World War Two and New Zealand's Heroic Second Division. Auckland: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-143-57189-6. Ross, Angus (1959). 23 Battalion. The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch.