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Book The Samoa  N Z   Expeditionary Force 1914 1915

Download or read book The Samoa N Z Expeditionary Force 1914 1915 written by Stephen John Smith and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I

Download or read book The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I written by Wayne Stack and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book The Samoa  N Z   Expeditionary Force 1914 1915

Download or read book The Samoa N Z Expeditionary Force 1914 1915 written by Stephen John Smith and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book JOHNNY ENZED

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  • Author : Glyn Harper
  • Publisher : Exisle Publishing
  • Release : 2015-07-27
  • ISBN : 1775592383
  • Pages : 977 pages

Download or read book JOHNNY ENZED written by Glyn Harper and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 977 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Zealand soldiers who left these shores to fight in the First World War represented one of the greatest collective endeavours in the nation’s history. Over 100,000 men and women would embark for overseas service and almost 60,000 of them became casualties. For a small nation like New Zealand this was a tragedy on an unimagined scale. Using their personal testimony, this book reveals what these men experienced – the truth of their lives in battle, at rest, at their best and their worst. Through a comprehensive and sympathetic scrutiny of New Zealand soldiers’ correspondence, diaries and memoirs, a compelling picture of the New Zealand soldier’s war from general to private is revealed. This is not a campaign history of dry facts and detail. Rather, it examines minutely the everyday experience of trench life in all its shapes and forms. Diverse topics such as barbed wire, the use of the bayonet, gas attacks, rats, horses, food, communal singing, infectious diseases and much more feature in this riveting account of the New Zealand soldier in the First World War. It is the story of ordinary men thrust into the most extraordinary circumstances imaginable. Written in an accessible style aimed at the interested general reader, the book is the product of a substantial amount of research. The text is complemented by a range of maps, illustrations, graphs and diagrams.

Book The Great Wrong War

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  • Author : Stevan Eldred-Grigg
  • Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
  • Release : 2014-08-15
  • ISBN : 1775530884
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book The Great Wrong War written by Stevan Eldred-Grigg and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entirely new look at the shocking impact of the First World War on New Zealand. For New Zealand, World War One was wholly avoidable, wholly unnecessary — and almost wholly disastrous. Stevan Eldred-Grigg believes that the enormous cost of the war to our people was way too high — and that we still feel its effects, both socially and culturally, today. This is excellent narrative non-fiction, analysing our history in a novel way. It's very accessible but is backed up by meticulous research. Stevan goes against the accepted line and gives us a fascinating look at our social history before, during and just after WW1. Why did we go to the war in Europe? Was the country united in its desire for war? What were the economic and social consequences? What has been the impact on the psyches of New Zeland men? These and many other questions are answered in this fascinating book. In 2007 Harvey McQueen wrote in a review of New Zealand's Great War (an anthology of essays) that '[there is] a need for a general, popular history of 'our' Great War... we need a skilled writer in the mould of Sinclair, Oliver or King to give an overview and link the various elements into a coherent whole.' This is that book.

Book The New Zealand Official Year book

Download or read book The New Zealand Official Year book written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New Zealand s First World War Heritage

Download or read book New Zealand s First World War Heritage written by Imelda Bargas and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book New Zealand s Great War

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  • Author : John Crawford
  • Publisher : Exisle Publishing
  • Release : 2014-06-18
  • ISBN : 1927147344
  • Pages : 682 pages

Download or read book New Zealand s Great War written by John Crawford and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of essays arising out of the OCyZealandiaOCOs Great WarOCO conference organised by the New Zealand Military History Committee in November 2003. In 32 essays by distinguished military historians from New Zealand and around the world, various aspects of New ZealandOCOs involvement in World War One are discussed. Subjects include the Pioneer Maori Battalion, women who opposed the war, the early years of the RSA, Gallipoli, the infantry on the Somme, New ZealandOCOs involvement in the naval war, prostitution and the New Zealand soldier, the Home Defence, religion in the First World War, and the Armistice. New ZealandOCOs Great War is a fascinating miscellany of informed comment on and insight into the event that did most to shape New Zealand as a nation. Contributors include New ZealandOCOs own Chris Pugsley, Glyn Harper, Terry Kinloch, Monty Soutar, Megan Hutching, Vincent Orange and Bronwyn Dalley, as well as Peter Dennis, Jeffrey Grey, Jennifer Keene, Jenny McLeod, Pierre Purseigle, Peter Stanley and Gary Sheffield from overseas."

Book Handbook of Western Samoa

Download or read book Handbook of Western Samoa written by Western Samoa and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Samoa Tula i

Download or read book Samoa Tula i written by Featuna'i Ben Liuaana and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Expeditionary Forces in the First World War

Download or read book Expeditionary Forces in the First World War written by Alan Beyerchen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When war engulfed Europe in 1914, the conflict quickly took on global dimensions. Although fighting erupted in Africa and Asia, the Great War primarily pulled troops from around the world into Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Amid the fighting were large numbers of expeditionary forces—and yet they have remained largely unstudied as a collective phenomenon, along with the term “expeditionary force” itself. This collection examines the expeditionary experience through a wide range of case studies. They cover major themes such as the recruitment, transport, and supply of far-flung troops; the cultural and linguistic dissonance, as well as gender relations, navigated by soldiers in foreign lands; the political challenge of providing a rationale to justify their dislocation and sacrifice; and the role of memory and memorialization. Together, these essays open up new avenues for understanding the experiences of soldiers who fought the First World War far from home.

Book Salute to Service

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  • Author : Julia Millen
  • Publisher : Victoria University Press
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9780864733245
  • Pages : 476 pages

Download or read book Salute to Service written by Julia Millen and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the role of the RNZCT and its predecssors, the NZASC and the RNZASC. It examines the roles of those organisations within the army - transport, supply and catering - and tells the stories of the many thousands of New Zealanders who worked in them. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The author has written many books, including a biography of Ronald Hugh Morrieson.

Book The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List for

Download or read book The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List for written by Great Britain. Office of Commonwealth Relations and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Neglected War

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  • Author : Hermann Hiery
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 1995-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780824816681
  • Pages : 416 pages

Download or read book The Neglected War written by Hermann Hiery and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: .

Book Colonial Office List

Download or read book Colonial Office List written by and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: