Events In History
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15 March 1944NZ forces capture Castle Hill at CassinoThe 6th NZ Brigade attacked the Italian town of Cassino as part of the Allies’ advance on Rome. By the time the NZ Division was withdrawn in early April, 343 New Zealanders had lost their lives. Read more...
Articles
The Italian Campaign
Tens of thousands of New Zealanders fought their way up the boot of Italy from 1943 to 1945 as part of the vast multinational force assembled to roll back Axis aggression in far-flung theatres of war across the globe
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Biographies
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Kippenberger, Howard Karl
Leader of the 5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade in the North African desert campaigns of 1942 and 1943, Kippenberger was New Zealand’s most popular military commander, and perhaps its most talented.
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Main image: Germans in the ruins of Cassino
German troops sit inside the ruins of a building in Cassino, 1944.
