Western Front: The New Zealand Division in the First World War, 1916-18The New Zealanders surged up the scaling ladders and over the top into the dawn mist. In November 2004, a soldier from the Western Front was chosen to symbolise all New Zealand's military heritage, underlining the way that our experience in Belgium and France between 1916 and 1918 speaks to us over the years and generations. Why did so many New Zealanders sail from the 'uttermost ends of the Earth' to die in muddy foreign soil? and were the tactics really as mindless as climbing out of a trench and walking very slowly towards the Germans until everyone was dead? |
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... Gallipoli . At the same time the Gallipoli experience intro- duced them to the style of warfare that they had to endure later . However , none of this was anticipated when the Main Body of New Zealand's expeditionary force reached Egypt ...
... Gallipoli . At the same time the Gallipoli experience intro- duced them to the style of warfare that they had to endure later . However , none of this was anticipated when the Main Body of New Zealand's expeditionary force reached Egypt ...
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... Gallipoli campaign . The New Zealanders joined the Anzac Corps under Lieutenant - General Sir William Riddell Birdwood , a force that included both 1 Australian Division and Godley's composite two- brigade New Zealand and Australian ...
... Gallipoli campaign . The New Zealanders joined the Anzac Corps under Lieutenant - General Sir William Riddell Birdwood , a force that included both 1 Australian Division and Godley's composite two- brigade New Zealand and Australian ...
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... Gallipoli , the first introduction many New Zealanders had to the truths of twentieth - century conflict . This classic image highlights conditions in Anzac Cove during the landings , late April 1915 . ( Photographer unknown , Alexander ...
... Gallipoli , the first introduction many New Zealanders had to the truths of twentieth - century conflict . This classic image highlights conditions in Anzac Cove during the landings , late April 1915 . ( Photographer unknown , Alexander ...
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New Zealand and the unknown warrior 7 ང | 11 |
Trench culture | 35 |
The Somme | 65 |
Copyright | |
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