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Attack on the Nino Bixio
118 New Zealand prisoners of war died when the Italian transport ship Nino Bixio was torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea by a British submarine.
Howard Kippenberger

A decorated soldier who became commander of the New Zealand Division in the Second World War,  Kippenberger was New Zealand’s most popular military leader, and perhaps its most talented.

New Zealand Division in Syria
New Zealand army trucks and the locals' donkey-drawn carts jostle for space on the road from Damascus in Syria to Beirut, Lebanon.
Summit of Takrouna
View of the summit of Takrouna in Tunisia, 1943.
New Zealand troops enter Tripoli
Film showing New Zealand troops entering the city of Tripoli in Tunisia, January 1943.
New Zealand gunners in the desert
Film showing New Zealand artillery firing during the North African campaign, 1942
Keith Elliott receives VC
Film clip in which Sergeant Keith Elliott, 22nd Battalion, is presented with the Victoria Cross (VC) in Egypt, 1942.
Artillery fire at El Alamein
Explosions from Allied artillery fire light up the horizon at El Alamein, October 1942.
Keith Elliott VC
Keith Elliott (1916-1989), who won a Victoria Cross (VC) at Ruweisat Ridge.
The breakout from Minqar Qa'im by Peter McIntyre
The breakout at Minqar Qa'im by Peter McIntyre, New Zealand's official war artist during the Second World War.
Fort Capuzzo in Libya
New Zealand soldiers stand in front the battle-scarred Fort Capuzzo in Libya, circa December 1941.
Sleeping in the desert
A typical sleeping shelter used by New Zealand troops in the deserts of North Africa.
Erwin Rommel
General Erwin Rommel looks at a map with senior German officers during the North African campaign, August 1942.
Maori soldiers training in Egypt
Soldiers from 28th (Maori) Battalion leap over barbed wire during training manoeuvres in Egypt, circa 1940-1941.
Kiwi stories - The North African Campaign
Selected audio extracts of New Zealanders involved in the North African Campaign.
Charles Upham

Charles Hazlitt Upham is probably New Zealand's most famous soldier. He became one of only three people ever to win the Victoria Cross twice for his actions in Crete in 1941 and Egypt in 1942. He is the only person to have achieved this as a combat soldier.

Charles Upham memorial

Charles Upham memorial

Italian pistol
Beretta Model 1915-19 pistol taken from a captured Italian by Sergeant Pekama Hunia, C Company, 28th (Maori) Battalion.
New Zealand Forces Club Tui uniform
Uniform worn by a Women's War Service Auxiliary 'Tui' in the New Zealand Forces Club in Cairo during the Second World War.
Second World War rugby ball
A deflated rugby ball used in a game between 19th Battalion, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force and 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment in Egypt, 6 April 1940.
German tank recognition panel
Recognition panel taken from a disabled German tank on 17 December 1942 near the village of Nofilia in Libya.

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