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The 2nd New Zealand Division, initially the New Zealand Division, was an infantry division of the New Zealand Military Forces (New Zealand's army) during the Second World War. The division was commanded for most of its existence by Lieutenant-General Bernard C. Freyberg. It fought in Greece, Crete, the Western Desert and Italy. In the Western Desert Campaign, the division played a prominent role in the defeat of German and Italian forces in the Second Battle of El Alamein and the British Eighth Army's advance to Tunisia.

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  • 2nd New Zealand Division (en)
  • 2e division d'infanterie (Nouvelle-Zélande) (fr)
  • 2e Infanteriedivisie (Nieuw-Zeeland) (nl)
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  • La 2e division d'infanterie néo-zélandaise fut l'unité militaire envoyée par l'armée de terre néo-zélandaise pour combattre en Afrique et en Europe durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, à la suite de la déclaration de guerre de la Nouvelle-Zélande aux forces de l'Axe. Elle combattit sur plusieurs théâtres de 1940 à 1945. (fr)
  • The 2nd New Zealand Division, initially the New Zealand Division, was an infantry division of the New Zealand Military Forces (New Zealand's army) during the Second World War. The division was commanded for most of its existence by Lieutenant-General Bernard C. Freyberg. It fought in Greece, Crete, the Western Desert and Italy. In the Western Desert Campaign, the division played a prominent role in the defeat of German and Italian forces in the Second Battle of El Alamein and the British Eighth Army's advance to Tunisia. (en)
  • De 2e Nieuw-Zeelandse Divisie was een eenheid van het Nieuw-Zeelandse leger tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Gedurende het grootste deel van haar bestaan werd zij aangevoerd door luitenant-generaal Bernard Freyberg. Zij werd ingezet in de Slag om Griekenland, de Landing op Kreta, de Noord-Afrikaanse Veldtocht en de Italiaanse Veldtocht. Na het einde van de oorlog keerden zij naar Nieuw-Zeeland terug; sommige delen van de divisie gingen deelnemen aan de bezetting van Japan. (nl)
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  • New Zealand Division (en)
  • 2nd New Zealand Division (en)
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  • New Zealand Division (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/22nd_Battalion_(New_Zealand)_crossing_the_Piave_River_Italy_1945.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/25th_Battalion_infantry_moving_towards_Florence,_1944.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/6th_Field_Regiment_(New_Zealand)_loading_gun_in_Italy.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A_Sherman_tank_of_19th_Armoured_Regiment,_4th_New_Zealand_Armoured_Brigade_supporting_infantry_of_6th_NZ_Infantry_Brigade,_during_a_reconstruction_of_the_action_at_Cassino,_Italy,_8_April_1944._NA13800.jpg
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