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D-Day

It was one of the largest amphibious landings in history. On 6 June 1944 a huge Allied military machine embarked on the invasion of German-occupied France. Thousands of New Zealand sailors and airmen were on active duty that day. Read the full article

Page 7 - New Zealanders in the air

By 1944 more than 6000 New Zealanders were based in the United Kingdom, serving in the

Dominion status

On 26 September 1907 the colony of New Zealand ceased to exist. It became, instead, a dominion within the British Empire. Read the full article

Page 2 - Becoming a dominion

New Zealand had its own reasons for wanting to become a dominion. Premier Sir Joseph Ward hoped the term ‘dominion’ would remind the world that New Zealand was not part of

British Empire

Key information and statistics about countries who fought as part of the British Empire during the First World War Read the full article

Page 4 - Dominion of Canada

Key information and statistics about Canada during the First World

Page 6 - Dominion of Newfoundland

Key information and statistics about the Dominion of Newfoundland during the First World