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Shellfire blighted everything it touched.

Aerial reconnaissance photo, 1918

Aerial reconnaissance photo of the battlefield near Bailleul, northern France on 11 August 1918.

1918: Amiens, Bapaume and victory - Western Front campaign

In 1918, a series of major German and Allied offensives broke the stalemate of trench warfare on the Western Front, resulting in the collapse of the German Army and the end of the war within the year. New Zealand units played an important part in the Allies' final push for victory.

Schlieffen Plan and German invasion of 1914

Map showing the 1905 Schlieffen Plan and actual German advances of 1914

Armistice and occupation of Germany map

Map showing area evacuated by Germany after 1918 Armistice and German zones occupied by Allies

Advance to victory 1918 map

Map showing advance of the Third Army, including the New Zealand Division, between September and November 1918

Battle of Bapaume map

Map showing the New Zealand Division's progress during the Battle of Bapaume, August-September 1918

German 1918 spring offensives map

Map showing the limits of German advances during the spring offensives of 1918

Battles of Broodseinde and Passchendaele map

Map showing progression of front line on Western Front following Battles of Broodseinde and Passchendaele, 1917

Battle of Messines map

Map showing positions of mines, objectives and troop movements in Messines Sector, June 1917

Somme battles 1916 map

Map showing objectives and movements of British forces in the Somme battles of September-October 1916

Armentières sector 1916 map

Map showing the Armentières sector of the Western Front in 1916

The Western Front 1916-1917 map

Map showing the Western Front and major battles along it in 1916-17

Andrew Hamilton Russell, 1918

Photograph of Major-General Andrew Hamilton Russell at New Zealand Divisional Headquarters, Bus-les-Artois, France, on 21 May 1918

First World War cemeteries map - Western Europe, UK and Ireland

Find the location of the the 428 cemeteries in Western Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland which include graves or memorials for members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force who died during the First World War.

Godley addressing NZEF troops in France

Officers and non-commissioned officers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force Infantry.

First NZ soldier to die on the Western Front

Grave of Sapper Tobin – New Zealand’s first death on the Western Front

Section post on the Somme

New Zealand machine gun post on the Somme in 1918

Inspecting gas masks in 1918

New Zealand soldiers inspect their gas masks during the First World War

Troops and tank in France in 1918

New Zealand troops and the tank 'Jumping Jennie' in a trench at Gommecourt Wood, France during the First World war