A job to do : New Zealand soldiers of 'The Div' write about their World War Two /
A job to do : New Zealand soldiers of 'The Div' write about their World War Two /
edited by John Gordon.
- 368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Peace to war -- Greece -- Crete -- Cairo and Maadi -- The Western Desert -- El Alamein -- The Diamond Track to Tripoli -- Tunisia -- Going home -- The grim digs -- The officers -- Early Italy -- Cassino -- Beyond Rome -- The rivers north -- Endings.
"What was it really like for the soldiers of 2 New Zealand Division in the Second World War? How did they spend their time and how did they see their lives as servicemen, from training at home and sailing off to war, to setting up camp, relaxing off-duty, fighting in hostile environments and possibly being taken prisoner? This anthology is a personal selection of material describing the experiences of these men, with the great majority of the collection written from within its ranks. Colloquially known to its members as 'The Div', it was by far the major part of New Zealand's Second Expeditionary Force, making it our main contribution to the war"--Publisher information.
9781775591306
New Zealand. Army. Division, 2nd
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, New Zealand
Soldiers' writings, New Zealand
940.548193
Peace to war -- Greece -- Crete -- Cairo and Maadi -- The Western Desert -- El Alamein -- The Diamond Track to Tripoli -- Tunisia -- Going home -- The grim digs -- The officers -- Early Italy -- Cassino -- Beyond Rome -- The rivers north -- Endings.
"What was it really like for the soldiers of 2 New Zealand Division in the Second World War? How did they spend their time and how did they see their lives as servicemen, from training at home and sailing off to war, to setting up camp, relaxing off-duty, fighting in hostile environments and possibly being taken prisoner? This anthology is a personal selection of material describing the experiences of these men, with the great majority of the collection written from within its ranks. Colloquially known to its members as 'The Div', it was by far the major part of New Zealand's Second Expeditionary Force, making it our main contribution to the war"--Publisher information.
9781775591306
New Zealand. Army. Division, 2nd
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, New Zealand
Soldiers' writings, New Zealand
940.548193