6 June 2006
New Book records New Zealanders involvement in the D-Day Landings
The Big Show
New Zealanders, D-Day and the War in Europe
Edited by Alison Parr
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. These stories have
not been widely told previously, and they provide vivid personal memories
of this historic turning point in the European war and of the hard fighting
that followed. Other stories include those of men involved in the occupation
of Germany that ended the war in Europe, of prisoners of war and of airmen
shot down over France who were rescued by the French Resistance. This
book is one of the first projects completed under a Shared Memory arrangement
between the NZ and French governments.
Details:
Title: The Big Show: New Zealanders, D-Day and the
War in Europe
Author: Edited by Alison Parr
Publisher: Auckland University Press in association with
the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Format: Paperback, 256 pages, illustrations
Price: $39.99
Related Links
NZHistory online D-Day Exhibition (Ministry for Culture and Heritage)
www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/dday-introduction
Auckland University Press
www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/aup
A D-Day Casualty (on this site)
www.rsa.org.nz/review/art2002april/article_6a.html
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