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Casualities were so heavy that the 3rd New Zealand Division, then fighting in the Pacific region against the Japanese, was demobilized with the bulk of its officers and men then transferred to the 2nd NZ Division to replace losses. Following two assaults on Monte Casino, the NZ Division was employed as an Assault Division of the 8th Army during a series of difficult night attacks crossing major Italian rivers, behind which the Germans had erected their defensive lines. The closing weeks of WW2 saw the NZ Division race to Trieste in northern Italy to confront Tito’s partisans, and prevent that city’s forced absorption into greater Yugoslavia.
One member of the NZ Division, Captain Charles Upham VC and Bar, was the only person to be awarded the Victoria Cross twice during WW2. -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 149.167.113.20 ( talk • contribs) 03:13, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
If you have a list of the "home" divisions please add them to List of New Zealand divite==sions in World War II -- Philip Baird Shearer 10:05, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
The template => Command structure of the 2nd Division (New Zealand seems to be messed up, I can't find the source to fix it. Could someone more knowledgeable have a go please? Ta GrahamBould ( talk) 09:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
The text contains a statement "As no armoured support was available to the Division after their night attack against the Germans at Ruweisat Ridge, a full brigade (3,000 men) was lost during the fighting that resulted when German Panzers counter-attacked the New Zealand infantry the following morning." Some comments:
I have done some minor Manual of Style work on the article and feel that it could be brought up to a B or maybe even a GA class article if the following points were addressed. (I don't have any sources, so I can't really do much with it, sorry).
Just some ideas. Hope this helps. Cheers. — AustralianRupert ( talk) 00:11, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Stumbled across a couple of news articles on the subject. They do not appear to specify a date, but they are announcing (in January 1946) that the division is no more: [1] [2] EnigmaMcmxc ( talk) 04:12, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
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Casualities were so heavy that the 3rd New Zealand Division, then fighting in the Pacific region against the Japanese, was demobilized with the bulk of its officers and men then transferred to the 2nd NZ Division to replace losses. Following two assaults on Monte Casino, the NZ Division was employed as an Assault Division of the 8th Army during a series of difficult night attacks crossing major Italian rivers, behind which the Germans had erected their defensive lines. The closing weeks of WW2 saw the NZ Division race to Trieste in northern Italy to confront Tito’s partisans, and prevent that city’s forced absorption into greater Yugoslavia.
One member of the NZ Division, Captain Charles Upham VC and Bar, was the only person to be awarded the Victoria Cross twice during WW2. -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 149.167.113.20 ( talk • contribs) 03:13, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
If you have a list of the "home" divisions please add them to List of New Zealand divite==sions in World War II -- Philip Baird Shearer 10:05, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
The template => Command structure of the 2nd Division (New Zealand seems to be messed up, I can't find the source to fix it. Could someone more knowledgeable have a go please? Ta GrahamBould ( talk) 09:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
The text contains a statement "As no armoured support was available to the Division after their night attack against the Germans at Ruweisat Ridge, a full brigade (3,000 men) was lost during the fighting that resulted when German Panzers counter-attacked the New Zealand infantry the following morning." Some comments:
I have done some minor Manual of Style work on the article and feel that it could be brought up to a B or maybe even a GA class article if the following points were addressed. (I don't have any sources, so I can't really do much with it, sorry).
Just some ideas. Hope this helps. Cheers. — AustralianRupert ( talk) 00:11, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Stumbled across a couple of news articles on the subject. They do not appear to specify a date, but they are announcing (in January 1946) that the division is no more: [1] [2] EnigmaMcmxc ( talk) 04:12, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
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