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About this map
Map of sites used by US military forces in New Zealand, 1942–1945. Click in the map to zoom in and move around or check out the Satellite and Terrain views for a different perspective.
Location and unit information have been taken from the following sources: Warkworth and District Museum; Denys Bevan, United States forces in New Zealand, 1942–1945 (1992); Harry Bioletti, The Yanks are coming: the American invasion of New Zealand 1942–1944 (1989); Keith and Nona Morris, Franklin remembers: the war years 1939–1945 (1992).
If you have further information on any of the sites included or on other sites associated with US forces in New Zealand during the Second World War please send them to us at or add a community contribution to the end of this page.
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Events
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24 May 1943
Turning point in Battle of the Atlantic
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15 October 1942
NZ coastwatchers executed by the Japanese
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17 August 1942
Attack on the Nino Bixio
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7 June 1940
Fighter ace Edgar ‘Cobber’ Kain killed
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24 April 1941
Sinking of the Hellas
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2 October 1941
NZ pilot saves Scottish village
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19 December 1941
HMS Neptune lost in Mediterranean minefield
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13 December 1939
Battle of the River Plate
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19 August 1944
Kiwi pilot's sacrifice saves French village
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27 November 1940
Liner sunk by German raiders off East Cape
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20 May 1941
German paratroops assault Crete
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11 November 1942
Troopship Awatea goes down fighting
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14 May 1941
NZ minesweeper sunk off Bream Head
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15 March 1944
NZ forces capture Castle Hill at Cassino
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26 April 1943
NZ ship torpedoed in Tasman
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23 February 1940
100,000 welcome home HMS Achilles crew
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9 May 1945
NZ celebrates Victory in Europe
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12 June 1942
First US troops arrive in Auckland
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19 June 1940
Niagara sunk by German mines off Northland
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15 August 1945
The war is over! VJ Day
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16 August 1944
CORSO formed
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20 August 1940
Turakina sunk by German raider in Tasman
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3 September 1939
New Zealand declares war on Germany
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5 September 1939
PM declares NZ's support for Britain
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27 October 1943
NZ troops make first opposed landing since Gallipoli
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2 November 1942
NZ Division helps Allies break through at El Alamein
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22 November 1939
Freyberg takes command of NZ Expeditionary Force
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8 December 1941
New Zealand declares war on Japan
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2 August 1983
Protest as USS Texas visits Auckland
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16 January 1941
Women's Auxiliary Air Force founded
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21 January 1944
NZ and Australia sign the Canberra Pact
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25 February 1943
49 killed in Featherston POW incident
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17 December 1944
Major Major, mascot of 19 Battalion, dies of sickness
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7 March 1941
NZ troops arrive in Greece
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19 March 1946
Main body of Jayforce lands in Japan
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3 April 1943
'Battle of Manners Street'
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29 March 1942
Nazi sabotage hoax
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11 May 1945
Upham presented with VC
Biographies
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Howard Kippenberger
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Michael Herrick
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Wilfrid Clouston
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Alan Deere
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Kitty Kain
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Bernard Freyberg
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Geoffrey Cox
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Michael Joseph Savage
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Peter Fraser
Articles
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The Royal New Zealand Navy
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HMNZS Leander
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The Second World War at home
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Royal NZ Navy's Bird-class ships
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Battle of the River Plate
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Military mascots
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Māori and the Second World War
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Second World War - overview
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War in the Pacific
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Treaty signatories and signing locations
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Exploring New Zealand's interior
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D-Day
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The Italian Campaign
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The Merchant Navy
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The North African Campaign
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Prisoners of War
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VE and VJ days
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US Forces in New Zealand
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The Battle for Crete
Community contributions