11: The Second World War
The Aotearoa History Show
English - October 31, 2019 18:00 - 20 minutes - 37 MBHistory Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A second world war swept the globe, dragging New Zealand once more onto the battlefield, this time in the Pacific as well as Europe. In the likes of Crete, Greece and North Africa and on Pacific islands Kiwis served and died. At home, women joined those in reserved occupations to support the war effort until finally the Axis powers were defeated.