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Members of the home guard train in the waikato.

First world war questions second hand phones. New zealand and the second world war. From 1942 it became compulsory for those between the ages of 35 and 50. The importance of the battles on guadalcanal in the solomon islands and the americans naval victories at midway and the coral sea are evident.

The home guard in new zealand was an important force until the threat from japan eased in late 1943. New zealand independently declared war on germany on 3 september 1939. After war was declared against japan in december 1941 many more troops were sent into the pacific though some were later transferred to italy.

Formed in 1940 along the lines of the british example the home guard was at first voluntary with a lower age restriction of 15 and no upper age limit. The experiences and emotions show on every page of the official history of new zealand in the second world war. The second world war was the greatest conflict ever to engulf the world.

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This topic covers the battles fought our defence forces the maori battalion heroes nurses the war effort at home and effects of the ww2 on new zealand. Get this from a library. New zealand electronic text centre.

Published by the new zealand department of internal affairs in the decades after the end of the war this fifty volume series covers all areas of new zealands involvement from detailed accounts of particular battalions to the. 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. 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 great britainthe state of war with germany was officially held to have existed since 930 pm on 3 september 1939 local time simultaneous with that of britain but in fact new zealands declaration of war was not made until confirmation had been.

Civilian new zealanders remember the second world war written by alison parr and published by the penguin group in 2010. It also identifies some of the crucial sites involving new zealand and united states forces in their response to the japanese advance. National library of new zealand topics new zealand independently declared war on germany on 3 september 1939.

Ian mcgibbon second world war american counter offensive. This topic covers the battles fought our defence forces the maori battalion heroes nurses the war effort at home and effects of the ww2 on new zealand.