The Front Line: Images of New Zealanders in the Second World War

Description

A landmark book exploring New Zealand's second world war effort through over 800 photographs, many never before published and many live-action shots taken by those at the front. The images span North Africa, Europe and the Pacific, as well as action on the water and in the air - every battle and theatre in which New Zealanders fought. The text by one of New Zealand's leading military historians places the images in context. Chapters on prisoners of war, the home front and New Zealand's role in Japan after the end of hostilities in the Pacific round out this rich visual account of a conflict that dominated all aspects of New Zealand life for seven years.

GLYN HARPER is author of many books, including Acts of Valour (with Colin Richardson), Johnny Enzed, and Images of War: New Zealand and the First World War in Photographs. His most recent titles include The Battle for North Africa and For King and Other Countries, part of the First World War Centenary History Project. He is Professor of War Studies at Massey University and was Massey Project Manager of the New Zealand and the First World War Centenary History Project.