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A Job to Do - New Zealand Soldiers of `The Div' Write About their World War Two - Gordon, John (editor)

A Job to Do - New Zealand Soldiers of `The Div' Write About their World War Two

Author
Gordon, John (editor)
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NZ$38.00
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Exisle Publishing Ltd, Titirangi, 2014. Good secondhand condition.

What was it really like for the soldiers of 2 New Zealand Division in the Second World War? How did they spend their time and how did they see their lives as servicemen, from training at home and sailing off to war, to setting up camp, relaxing off-duty, fighting in hostile environments and possibly being taken prisoner? This anthology is a personal selection of material describing the experiences of these men, with the great majority of the collection written from within its ranks. Colloquially known to its members as ?The Div?, it was by far the major part of New Zealand?s Second Expeditionary Force, making it our main contribution to the war. Naturally it had a distinctly New Zealand character, and despite being caught in several difficult situations in its early years ? and not necessarily of its own doing ? it gained an international reputation for courage, reliability and achievement.In this book John Gordon presents a lively and illuminating selection of the published words of members of ?The Div? or those with close associations. The chosen extracts are drawn from memoirs, fiction, verse, news reports and magazine articles penned by soldiers of all ranks. The result is a compilation of the written views and experiences of over 80 insiders, creating an intimate glimpse of life and war within ?The Div?. From the declaration of war to the return home, this is a sample of the experiences of well over 100,000 New Zealand men who served in the Division: how they coped with discipline and disaster, sacrifice and success. They write with the same frankness, humour, wry cynicism and understatement that they used to cope with the challenges of their war...

Format
Second hand Hardback
ISBN
9781775591306
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54070

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