New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials of the Western FrontThis is a guide book that provides directions for those who wish to visit the graves of their forbears or to examine the places in which so much New Zealand blood was shed, often in horrifying conditions. Brief descriptions of the various battles in which the New Zealanders took part are provided to give the visitor a perspective on the numerous New Zealand battlefields, monuments, and cemeteries. |
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&ntiH>ductiari/ he First World War, which broke across the world like a clap of
thunder in August 1914, is arguably the most traumatic event in New Zealand's
experience. It was the country's first large-scale involvement on the world's stage;
...
&ntiH>ductiari/ he First World War, which broke across the world like a clap of
thunder in August 1914, is arguably the most traumatic event in New Zealand's
experience. It was the country's first large-scale involvement on the world's stage;
...
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From Wisques you might want also to visit nearby Wizernes, the location of a
Second World War German V2 installation that has been opened to the public.
Alternatively, Paris is very accessible from Reims on the A4. Notre Dame
Cathedral ...
From Wisques you might want also to visit nearby Wizernes, the location of a
Second World War German V2 installation that has been opened to the public.
Alternatively, Paris is very accessible from Reims on the A4. Notre Dame
Cathedral ...
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General John Keegan, The First World War (London: Hutchinson, 1998). Lyn
Macdonald, Somme (London: Michael Joseph, 1983). They Called it
Passchendaele (London: Michael Joseph, 1978). To the Last Man: Spring 1918 (
London: Viking ...
General John Keegan, The First World War (London: Hutchinson, 1998). Lyn
Macdonald, Somme (London: Michael Joseph, 1983). They Called it
Passchendaele (London: Michael Joseph, 1978). To the Last Man: Spring 1918 (
London: Viking ...
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Contents
Visiting the battlefields | 6 |
MessinesLa Basseville | 27 |
ArmentieresLys | 36 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials of the Western Front |
| Author | Ian C. McGibbon |
| Contributor | New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. History Group |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0195584449, 9780195584448 |
| Length | 96 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Australia & New Zealand History / Military / World War I |
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