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Twenty Eight (Maori) Battalion 28 (Maori) battalion, second New Zealand expeditionary force xvi, 514, [16] leaves of plates ill., maps (some col.) Cover title: 28 (Maori) battalion, second New Zealand expeditionary force Facsimile. Originally published: Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1956. (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War, 1939-45) Also available via the World Wide Web Summary: In this history you will read the whole story - how they went overseas from New Zealand in 1940, with the Second Echelon to England, to take part in 'The Battle of Britain'. When the threat of invasion diminished they re-embarked for the Middle East, and arrived in time to take part in the disastrous campaigns in Greece and Crete. Later they fought in the 1941 Libyan Campaign and in the battles in 1942 in defence of Egypt. Later, when the tide changed, they took an active part in the victorious Western Desert Campaign, under Generals Alexander and Montgomery. They finished the war in Italy on the 2nd May 1945. In all these many campaigns this Battalion took a great part, often a decisive part, in the fighting. (Foreword) Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War, 1939-45