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The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II

Wayne Stack,Barry O’Sullivan
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II Book PDF

Author : Wayne Stack,Barry O’Sullivan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780961125

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The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II by Wayne Stack,Barry O’Sullivan Pdf

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.

The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I

Wayne Stack
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I Book PDF

Author : Wayne Stack
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1849085390

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The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I by Wayne Stack Pdf

Although comparatively small in number, the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I (1914-1918) earned an elite reputation on the Western Front, and the New Zealanders' war effort was a defining moment in their national history and sense of identity. The statistics are astonishing: of the total population of New Zealand of 1 million, no fewer than 100,000 men enlisted - that is one in every five men in the country, and of those, 18,000 men were killed and 58,000 wounded. In other words, 15 per cent of the male population of New Zealand became casualties. The NZEF was first committed at Gallipoli in 1915, NZ cavalry regiments helped defend Egypt and fought in Palestine with Allenby's famous Desert Mounted Corps; on the Western Front the Kiwis were called the 'Silent Division' for their fieldcraft and their uncomplaining professionalism. This book is both a tribute and a history of the crucial contribution made by a small nation.

The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I

Wayne Stack
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I Book PDF

Author : Wayne Stack
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849085403

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The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I by Wayne Stack Pdf

The New Zealand Expeditionary Force earned an elite reputation on the Western Front In World War I, and the New Zealanders' war effort was a defining moment in their national history. The statistics are astonishing: of the total population of New Zealand of 1 million, no fewer than 100,000 men enlisted, and of those, 18,000 were killed and 58,000 wounded. In other words, 15 percent of the male population of New Zealand became casualties. Famously, the NZEF was first committed at Gallipoli in 1915, but NZ cavalry regiments also helped defend Egypt and fought in Palestine with Allenby's famous Desert Mounted Corps. On the Western Front the Kiwis were called the 'Silent Division' for their fieldcraft and their uncomplaining professionalism. This book is both a tribute and a history of the contribution made by a small nation.

Soldiers from the Pacific

Howard Weddell
Soldiers from the Pacific Book PDF

Author : Howard Weddell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Soldiers
ISBN : 0473338300

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Soldiers from the Pacific by Howard Weddell Pdf

"During World War One over 1,000 men from Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Samoa and Norfolk Island volunteered to join the New Zealand Military Forces. Their service included Gallipoli, France, Egypt and Palestine. Despite the fact that 107 of these men died of disease or enemy action, 73 were wounded in action and three became prisoners of war, regrettably their story has yet to be told. They served New Zealand and this is their story"--Back cover.

Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919

G.W.L. Nicholson,Mark Osborne Humphries
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914 1919 Book PDF

Author : G.W.L. Nicholson,Mark Osborne Humphries
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773597907

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Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 by G.W.L. Nicholson,Mark Osborne Humphries Pdf

Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 was first published by the Department of National Defence in 1962 as the official history of the Canadian Army’s involvement in the First World War. Immediately after the war ended Colonel A. Fortescue Duguid made a first attempt to write an official history of the war, but the ill-fated project produced only the first of an anticipated eight volumes. Decades later, G.W.L. Nicholson - already the author of an official history of the Second World War - was commissioned to write a new official history of the First. Illustrated with numerous photographs and full-colour maps, Nicholson’s text offers an authoritative account of the war effort, while also discussing politics on the home front, including debates around conscription in 1917. With a new critical introduction by Mark Osborne Humphries that traces the development of Nicholson’s text and analyzes its legacy, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 is an essential resource for both professional historians and military history enthusiasts.

The Australian Army in World War II

Mark Johnston
The Australian Army in World War II Book PDF

Author : Mark Johnston
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472805225

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The Australian Army in World War II by Mark Johnston Pdf

This book recounts the organization and deployment of one of the most important fighting armies of World War II. Australian divisions made a large and distinctive contribution to victory both in the deserts of the Middle East and the jungles of the South-West Pacific,earning for the second time a unique reputation for aggressiveness, endurance and independence of spirit. The text is illustrated with original wartime photos from all fronts; and with full colour plates showing a wide range of uniforms and gear, together with the complex and colourful Australian system of unit insignia.

Yalu River 1950–51

Clayton K. S. Chun
Yalu River 1950 51 Book PDF

Author : Clayton K. S. Chun
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472837240

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Yalu River 1950–51 by Clayton K. S. Chun Pdf

Following the Inchon landings and the breakout from the Pusan Perimeter, UN forces crossed the North Korean border on 9 October and moved on the capital Pyongyang. Many in America believed the war would be over by Christmas, but some Washington diplomatic, military, and intelligence experts continued to raise dire warnings that the People's Republic of China might intervene. Nevertheless, General MacArthur decided to push on to the Chinese/North Korean border, the Yalu River. On 25 October, Communist Chinese Forces unexpectedly attacked Republic of Korea forces near Unsan. Then, on 25 November, the day after MacArthur announced a 'final offensive to end the war', the Chinese 13th Army Group struck in mass against the Eighth Army in the north-west corner of North Korea, overrunning the US 2nd and 25th Infantry Divisions. The Chinese attacks quickly shattered Truman's dream of a unified Korea. American, UN, and ROK forces could not hold a successful defensive line against the combined CCF and NKPA attacks. At the Chosin Reservoir, US Marine Corps and Army units retreated south whilst MacArthur's forces withdrew from Pyongyang and X Corps later pulled out of Hungnam. Using expert research, bird's-eye views, and full-colour maps, this study tells the fascinating history of the critical Yalu campaign, including the famous retreat past the 38th Parallel.

For King and Other Countries

Glyn Harper,Christine Clement,Rebecca Johns
For King and Other Countries Book PDF

Author : Glyn Harper,Christine Clement,Rebecca Johns
Publisher : Chp
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 0995102996

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For King and Other Countries by Glyn Harper,Christine Clement,Rebecca Johns Pdf

When war was declared in August 1914, many New Zealanders were travelling or living abroad. In the rush to sign up to defend the Empire, it was often easier to enlist locally than travel back to New Zealand to join the NZEF. That's one of the reasons that more than ten thousand New Zealanders fought the First World War under other flags, in the military forces of other nations. If they are added to the total number of New Zealanders currently understood to have served, then New Zealand's contribution to the war effort becomes even more remarkable, but to date they have not been correctly enumerated, let alone included. These New Zealanders served with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), with British Army units, the Indian Army, the Canadian Expeditionary Force and the French Foreign Legion, and they include the considerable number of women who served with other nations' medical organisations. Leading military historian Glyn Harper has scoured archives and museums worldwide to show where and when these New Zealanders served, and to tell their remarkable - and sometimes surprising and tragic - stories for the first time. For King and Other Countries makes a unique contribution to our understanding of our military history.

I Go Where Most Men Go

Clement Wareham
I Go Where Most Men Go Book PDF

Author : Clement Wareham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 1906631719

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I Go Where Most Men Go by Clement Wareham Pdf

This book tells the history of the British Section, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. This unit was formed in England in 1914, were trained on Salisbury Plain and then sent to Egypt to join the Main Body of the NZEF prior to the landings at Gallipoli. After years of research the author, Clement Wareham, provides a fuller account of this company and their acheivements during the Great War.

Belgian Waffen-SS Legions & Brigades, 1941–1944

Massimiliano Afiero
Belgian Waffen SS Legions Brigades 1941 1944 Book PDF

Author : Massimiliano Afiero
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472844323

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Belgian Waffen-SS Legions & Brigades, 1941–1944 by Massimiliano Afiero Pdf

From the German occupation of Belgium in May 1940, Flemish recruits from northern Belgium – considered by the Nazis to be 'Germanic' – were accepted individually into Waffen-SS units. From Hitler's invasion of the USSR in June 1941, additional recruits from the French-speaking south (Wallonia) were drafted. Both communities formed volunteer 'Legions', to fight (according to Goebbels' propaganda machine) 'for European civilization against the Bolshevik threat'; these were a Flemish Legion in the Waffen-SS and a Walloon Legion in the German Army. Both served on the Russian Front in 1942-43; the Walloon Legion was then also transferred into the Waffen-SS, and the decorated Walloon officer Leon Degrelle became a publicized 'poster boy' for foreign SS volunteers. Both Legions were then redesignated as SS Assault Brigades, and thereafter saw extremely hard fighting in the Ukraine and on the Baltic front. In autumn 1944, their survivors were withdrawn from the front and incorporated into two new understrength SS Divisions, 27. 'Langemarck' and 28. 'Wallonien'. This new account, featuring detailed colour plates of uniform and insignia, recounts the battle history of the French and Flemish-speaking Belgian SS, up to their final transformation into full divisions in the winter of 1944/45.

New Zealand's First World War Heritage

Imelda Bargas,Tim Shoebridge
New Zealand s First World War Heritage Book PDF

Author : Imelda Bargas,Tim Shoebridge
Publisher : Exisle Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781775592143

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New Zealand's First World War Heritage by Imelda Bargas,Tim Shoebridge Pdf

Rediscover New Zealand’s hidden First World War history through the places where it happened. No battles were fought here, yet the First World War intruded into the daily life of every New Zealander who remained at home. This ground-breaking book provides vivid new insights into their experiences through exploring the places where they lived, worked, coped and mourned: army camps, fortifications, soldier-settler farms, town halls, wharves, convalescent homes and hospitals, cemeteries and war memorials, dairy factories and woollen mills. From Northland to Stewart Island, our landscape is signposted with thousands of poignant memorials, and behind the façades of old buildings, beneath scrub and behind farm fences lies a less visible landscape of war and hundreds of hidden stories waiting to be told: a soldier’s name carved on a remote railway station, a once bustling uniform factory in the heart of a city, a long abandoned gun battery … This unique book will be a revelation to all New Zealanders. Extensively illustrated with new and period photographs and fascinating maps, it contains original research and information that will open the eyes of every reader to places and stories in their community hidden in plain sight. The impact of the First World War on New Zealanders was immense; its legacy can be seen all around us today.

Phenomenal and Wicked

John A. B. Crawford,Matthew Buck (Author of Phenomenal and wicked)
Phenomenal and Wicked Book PDF

Author : John A. B. Crawford,Matthew Buck (Author of Phenomenal and wicked)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 0478348126

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Phenomenal and Wicked by John A. B. Crawford,Matthew Buck (Author of Phenomenal and wicked) Pdf

Reviews historical reporting of the number of NZ ANZAC troops present at Gallipoli.

ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-1919

University of Edinburgh
ROLL OF HONOUR 1914 1919 Book PDF

Author : University of Edinburgh
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 910 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1363767364

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ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-1919 by University of Edinburgh Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Onward

P. J. Beattie,M. J. Pomeroy
Onward Book PDF

Author : P. J. Beattie,M. J. Pomeroy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 047351463X

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Onward by P. J. Beattie,M. J. Pomeroy Pdf

This is the fifth in the series of volumes, publishing photographs of members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force who served overseas during the First World War. This volume contains over 4100 individual portraits drawn from a variety of sources, with the emphasis being on obtaining the highest quality images available. The majority of the images in this volume are taken from original prints. The photographs are presented alphabetically, with no particular emphasis on any one individual - they are simply titled with the subjects name, service number and the photograph's source.