How We Saw the War: 1939-45 Through New Zealand Eyes

This book tells a new generation of New Zealanders how their mothers and grandmothers learned where their loved ones were and what they were doing during World War II. Republishing newspaper stories from the time which reported on the activities of New Zealand soldiers in the Middle East and the Pacific, North Africa and Italy; in the air and at sea, it also tells of the heroism of double VC winner Charles Upham as New Zealanders first learned of it; of the fearsome fighting of the Maori Battalion; of the roles New Zealanders played in the great air and sea battles. There are stories from the homefront: the Battle of Manners Street when New Zealanders and Americans clashed in the streets; of the mutiny when soldiers on leave refused to return to the war; and of the increasing role women played both in the armed services and in the domestic economy.