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Nov 25, 2016 · A brief outline of the key events of the Second World War, particularly those involving New Zealand. Jump to: 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 By 1938 developments internationally over the previous 20 years, especially the rise of Nazi Germany, had made the possibility of another global conflict very real.
Apr 28, 2015 · September 3, 1939 - Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany. September 4, 1939 - British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy. September 5, 1939 - United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland.
It was a war in which New Zealanders gave their greatest national effort — on land, on the sea and in the air — and a war that New Zealanders fought globally, from Egypt, Italy and Greece to Japan and the Pacific. The impact on the home front was considerable.
New Zealand’s strategy. Sentimental attachment to Britain, economic dependency and military weakness meant that New Zealand’s strategy in 1939 was the same as in 1914 – to ensure that the Commonwealth emerged at least undefeated, an outcome that depended on Britain’s power.
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.
Timeline of events in the Pacific War 1939. 14 June: Japanese blockade British concession at Tientsin, China; 22 August: Soviet Union and Germany sign non-aggression pact; 1 September: Germany invades Poland; 3 September: Britain, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany
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From 1941 to 1943 New Zealand was involved in the campaign against Axis forces in North Africa. Māori, serving in their own battalion, achieved great distinction in this and other campaigns. In 1941 Japan attacked territories in Asia and the Pacific and bombed Darwin in northern Australia.
