The Big Show
Subtitle: New Zealanders, D-Day and the War in Europe
Contributors: Helen Clark (Foreword); Hamlaoui Mekachera (Foreword); Alison Parr (Editor)
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: September 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781869403652
Subjects: Oral history; True stories: Second World War; Warfare & Defence; Second World War, 1939-1945; History - General History; Military Personal Narratives; World War II; History; New Zealand; History: World; Australia & New Zealand - General; Military - World War II; History / Australia & Oceania; World War, 1939-1945; Military; Oceania; Campaigns; France; Normandy; Personal narratives, New Zealand
Description: This book provides eyewitness accounts from thirteen of the 10,000 New Zealand servicemen who were on active duty with the RAF and the Royal Navy at the time of the D-Day landings in June 1944. This book is one of the first projects completed under a Shared Memory Arrangement between the New Zealand and French governments.