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The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II (Paperback, New)
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The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II (Paperback, New)
Series: Men-at-Arms
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Loot Price R336
Discovery Miles 3 360
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In 1939 more than 140,000 New Zealanders enlisted to fight overseas
during World War II. Of these, 104,000 served in the Second New
Zealand Expeditionary Force. Initially thrown into the doomed
campaign to halt the German blitzkrieg on Greece and Crete (1941),
the division was rebuilt under the leadership of MajGen Sir Bernard
Freyberg, and became the elite corps within Montgomery's Eighth
Army in the desert. After playing a vital role in the victory at El
Alamein (1942) the 'Kiwis' were the vanguard of the pursuit to
Tunisia. In 1943-45 the division was heavily engaged in the Italian
mountains, especially at Cassino (1944); it ended the war in
Trieste. Meanwhile, a smaller NZ force supported US forces against
the Japanese in the Solomons and New Guinea (1942-44). Fully
illustrated with specially commissioned colour plates, this is the
story of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force's vital
contribution to Allied victory in World War II.
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