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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.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Allies of World War II (8 C, 48 P) Anglosphere (2 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Military alliances involving New Zealand"
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]
Keith Caldwell - fighter ace and commander of the Royal Flying Corps' No. 74 Squadron; later a senior officer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II and the postwar period [21] Thomas Culling - first New Zealand fighter ace of World War I [22] James Lloyd Findlay - soldier and fighter pilot; Nora FitzGibbon - nurse [23]
Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2005. New Zealand Defence Force: Deployment to East Timor (PDF) (Report). Controller and Auditor-General. November 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2006. "War and Society". New Zealand's history online. "A History of the New Zealand Army, 1840 to 1990s".
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 .
Pages in category "Military history of New Zealand during World War II" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .