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The New Zealand Division acted as guard to the right flank of the corps. [51] Arezzo was captured on 16 July [52] and the advance was continued towards the River Arno and Florence. The New Zealand Division's capture of the eastern crests of the Pian dei Cerri hills at the start of August was the turning point of the battle for Florence. [53]
Soldiers of the 2nd NZEF, 20th Battalion, C Company marching in Baggush, Egypt, September 1941.. The military history of New Zealand during World War II began when New Zealand entered the Second World War by declaring war on Nazi Germany with the United Kingdom in 1939, and expanded to the Pacific War when New Zealand declared war on Imperial Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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.
The 27th Machine-Gun Battalion was raised at Burnham, New Zealand, on 3 October 1939. [1] [2] With an authorised strength of around 700 personnel and equipped with Vickers machine guns, the battalion consisted of four machine gun companies, designated No. 1 to No. 4, underneath a headquarters company which fulfilled various specialist functions including administration, signals, transport, and ...
World War II tanks of New Zealand (2 P) Pages in category "Military history of New Zealand during World War II" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
New Zealand's National Art Gallery considered the collection to be of historic rather than artistic worth; and few were displayed. [6] New Zealand's National Collection of War Art encompasses the work of artists who were working on commission for the Government as "official war artists." while others created artworks for their own reasons. [7]
Pages in category "New Zealand military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 451 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The New Zealand Wars Ngā Pakanga O Aotearoa. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books. ISBN 9781988545998. Subritzky, Michael (1995). The Vietnam Scrapbook The Second ANZAC Adventure. Blenheim: Three Feathers. ISBN 0-9583484-0-5. Wright, Matthew (2005). Western Front : the New Zealand Division in the First World War 1916–18. Auckland: Reed.