New Zealand in the Pacific War: Personal Accounts of World War II

by Bruce M. Petty

Book Overview

With America's 1941 entry into World War II and the movement of Japanese forces into the southern Pacific, a number of U.S. troops were sent to protect New Zealand so that their troops might remain with commitments in the Middle East and other important, established locations. Many American military men found New Zealand to be a second home as they were welcomed and adopted into communities by the locals. Over the course of the next four years,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786435275
• ISBN13: 9780786435272
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher