Pathfinders
Battles of World War 2
New Zealanders involvement
These research suggestions and hyperlinks to websites will help you with
your research on
Subject headings, keywords
World War 2, New Zealanders at war, Battles of WW2, Crete, El Alamein, Western desert, Monte Casino,
Pacific campaigns, Captain Charles Upham, Victoria Cross
Dewey Numbers
940.3, 940.54, 92HIT, 993.0
Reference:
Britannica Encyclopedias, World Book Encyclopedias, Encarta, Information file, Battle, New Zealand Heritage, 993
On-line databases and websites
Britannica Online http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/
login on the left side of the page under the EPIC heading
login - darfieldhs, password: 22darfieldhs.
Scroll down to blue highlighted links - 'Britannica online school edition K-12'
or the 'Discovering Collection' (also biographies and science plus more)
Choose either Primary, Secondary or High School levels or 'search all levels'
The following websites have information on World War 2 battles:
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/ Scroll to the bottom of the page, choose World War 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Type in "3rd New Zealand Division" in search (Solomon Islands battles)
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/war-in-the-pacific New Zealanders in the Pacific war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Type in "2nd New Zealand Division" in search
(2nd New Zealand Division in Italy)
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-nz/2div-nzef-ww2.htm 2nd Infantry Division in Greece, Italy and the western Desert
http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/upham.html Captain Charles Upham
http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbupham.htm
http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/TheNewZealanders/9/ENZ-Resources/Standard/2/en
Darfield High School Library Team