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22 Jul 1942. New Zealand. US 1st Marine Division set sail from Wellington, New Zealand for Koro island, Fiji. ww2dbase. [ Wellington | CPC] 5 Jan 1943. New Zealand. Destroyer USS Shaw arrived at Wellington, New Zealand. ww2dbase.
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14 March: German troops occupy Prague and the rest of Czechoslovakia31 March: United Kingdom and France guarantee Polish independence7 April: Italy invades Albania14 June: Japanese blockade British concession at Tientsin, China5 January: First Echelon embarks for Middle East7 January: First Echelon advance party arrives at Port Said, Egypt8 January: Rationing begins in Britain12 January: Second Echelon 2 NZEF begins training16 January: Establishment of Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF)22 January: Tobruk in Libya falls to British and Australian troops3 February: First New Zealand blackout restrictions gazetted7 February: Benghazi in Libya captured by British1 January: Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied nationsNew Zealand casualties in Libyan campaign: 671 killed in action, 209 died of wounds, 1699 wounded, 2042 prisoners of war2 January:3 January: 488 Sqn RNZAF in action at Singapore5 January: HMNZS Achilles badly damaged by bomb off Guadalcanal22 January: Australian and US forces defeat Japanese in Papua campaign23 January: Eighth Army under General Montgomery takes Tripoli29 January:13 January: Decision made to move NZ troops from Orsogna across Italian peninsula to Cassino17 January:22 January: Allied landing at Anzio, behind German lines27 January:17 January: Germans withdraw from Ardennes12 January: Soviets launch offensive in southern Poland16 January: Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz17 January: Soviet troops enter WarsawThe 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. New Zealand's forces were soon serving across ...
The Second World War was the greatest conflict ever to engulf the world. It took the lives of 50 million people, including one in every 150 New Zealanders, and shaped the world that we have lived in ever since. New Zealand was involved for all but three of the 2179 days of the war — a commitment on a par only with Britain and Australia.
Feb 26, 2005 · US Marines In Wellington New Zealand. New Zealand sent its army to the middle east in 1940. The country had long relied on Britain to protect her in times of war. However with Japan capturing ...
Mar 26, 2024 · Tuesday, January 11th, 1944. The first major Allied offensive to take Cassino is launched. Saturday, September 2nd, 1939. The governments of Britain and France deliver their ultimatums to German officials in regards to the German invasion of Poland. Sunday, September 1st - September 30th, 1940.
About the 28th. The 28th (Māori) Battalion was part of the 2nd New Zealand Division, the fighting arm of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) during the Second World War (1939-45). A frontline infantry unit made up entirely of volunteers, the Battalion usually contained 700-750 men, divided into five companies.
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