It should have been a final moment of glory in the Italian campaign; a chance to savour the end of the war in Europe on 8 May, and relax before a speedy return home. Instead, it proved a 'helluva way to end a war', as one soldier recorded in his diary.– Excerpt from the NZ History website about the protracted Italian WWII campaign
With Prussian gestures, he points out where food may be found to feed the 6000 new prisoners of war whom our boys have captured...– The narrator describes a German commander's interaction with the NZ Division, after surrendering to Allied forces
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