New Zealand

Yugoslav partisans and a New Zealand tank crew in Trieste, Italy, circa May 1945. The 2nd New Zealand Division and units from Josip Tito’s National Liberation Army linked up in the city on May 1st 1945, just one day before German forces in Italy capitulated. The Germans chose to surrender …

Maori soldiers of the 28th (Maori) Battalion, 2nd New Zealand Division, performing the Haka for the visit of Greece’s Royal family. Egypt, June 1941. The Battalion had been recently evacuated from Crete and Greece, and went on to fight in the North African Campaigns until 1943. Almost 3.600 men served …