SOME OF OUR WAR LEADERS
Nov. 11: Axis troops are cleared from Egypt. Nov. 13: Eighth Army fre-occupies Tobruk. Nov. 20: Eighth Army enters Benghazi. Dec. 15: New Zealanders outflank enemy force at El Agheila. Dec. 23: Advanced party of first Commando Fiji Guerrillas, led by New Zealanders, lands at Guadalcanal. Dec, 25: Eighth Army reached Sirte, 1943 Jan. 15: Eighth Army attacks in Wadi Zemzem region, Tripolitania. Jan. 18; Eighth Army occupies Misurata, Jan. 23: English, Scottish and New Zealand troops enter Tripoli. Jan. 30: Eighth Army crosses Tunisian frontier. Feb. 9: Guadalcanal completely occupied by U.S. Forces. Feb, 11: General Eisenhower assumes Supreme Command of Allied Forces in North Africa. Feb. 20; Axis Forces, having broken American lines, occupy Kasserine Pass. March 1-6: Battle of the Bismark Sea. March 20: Eighth Army attacks Mareth Line. March 26: Lieut.-General Freyberg’s New Zealand column, having outflanked Mareth Line, attacks El] Hamma, 2nd Lieut. Ngarimu wins V.C. March 30: Whole of Mareth position in British hands, April 6: Eighth Army attacks Wadi Akarit and forces Axis withdrawal to Enfidaville. April 6: Japanese aircraft attack Guadalcanal; Allied) losses include H.M.N.Z.S. "Moa" (corvette). April 10: Eighth Army occupies Sfax. April 19: Eighth Army launches attack on Enfidaville Line. May 7: British First Army enters Tunis. , Bizerte occupied by Americans and May 13: Last remaining Axis Forces in Tunisia surrender. May 15: New Zealanders begin to move from Tunisia to Maadi Camp, Egypt. May 17: New Zealanders take part in bombing of German dams. June 11: Pantelleria surrenders, June 15: First furlough draft of New Zealanders leaves Egypt. June 16: New Zealanders assist Americans in shooting down 94 of 120 Japanese raiders over Guadalcanal, June 20: Lieut.-General Freyberg arrives in New Zealand. July 2: Fiji guerrillas land in New Georgia. July 10: Allies begin invasion of Sicily. July 12: H.M.N.Z.S. "Leander" in action off Solomons against Japanese destroyers. Furlough draft artives in New Zealand. July 25: Mussolini resigns. July 31: Lieut.-General Freyberg returns to 2nd N.Z.E.F. from New Zealand. _ Aug. 31: Fiji guerrillas land on Vella Lavella. Sept. 3: Eighth Army crosses Straits of Messina into Italy. Italy granted armistice. Sept. 18: New Zealanders land on Vella Lavella. Sept. 25: New Zealand holds first wartime General Election. 6: New Zealanders begin to move from Egypt to Italy.
Oct. 30: New Zealanders land on Mono Island in the Treasury Group. Nov, 2: F/O L. A. Trigg, D.F.C., R.N.Z.A.F., is awarded the V.C. Nov. 27: Having rejoined Eighth Army, New Zealanders take part in Battle of Sangro River. Dec. 22: New Zealanders take part "in defeat of enemy at Ortona, 1944 Jan. 22: Anzio bridgehead landings. Feb. 16: U.S. Forces attack Truk, Japanese naval base, Feb. 17: Maoris attack across the Rapido River at Cassino. March 3: A submarine is reported in New Zealand waters. March 6: Meat rationing is introduced in New Zealand. May 18: After a prolonged and fierce battle, British agd New Zealanders enter Cassino. May 30: New Zealanders take Alvito and Vicalvi. June 2: New Zealanders take Campoli, June 5: Allied troops enter Rome. June 6: D-Day-Normandy is invaded,’ June 15: U.S. Forces land on Saipan. July 27: New Zealanders are eight miles from Florence. Aug. 6: Florence is virtually in Allied hands. Aug. 15: Allies land-in the South of | France. Sept. 13: U.S. Forces are on German soil. Oct. 5: Allies land in Greece. Oct. 23: Announcement of Japanese massacre on Tarawa (October 15, 1942). Seventeen New Zealanders were killed. Dec. 17: New Zealanders take Faenza. 1945 April 12: New Zealand Division back in action in Italy. April 14: New Zealand troops cross Sancerno River. April 26: Infantry seize bridge across Idice. ’ Bis May 1: New Zealanders link up Tito’s forces. May 3: Capitulation of Germans in Italy reported.
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