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The Second World War at home
Civilian New Zealanders remember
The Royal NZ Navy's Bird-class ships
When the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy became the Royal New Zealand Navy on 1 October 1941, it had three brand-new ships working up or fitting out in Scotland.
Battle of the River Plate
New Zealanders in the Pacific War
New Zealand and the Second World War
Our part in a global conflict
The Second World War was the greatest conflict ever to engulf the world. It took the lives of 50 million people, including one in every 150 New Zealanders, and shaped the world that we have lived in ever since.
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