The 2nd New Zealand Division, initially the New Zealand Division, was an infantry division of the New Zealand Military Forces during the Second World War. The division was commanded for most of its existence by Lieutenant-General Bernard C. Freyberg. It fought in Greece, Crete, the Western Desert and Italy. In the Western Desert Campaign, the division played a prominent role in the defeat of German and Italian forces in the Second Battle of El Alamein and the British Eighth Army's advance to Tunisia.
Bernard Freyberg (pictured) would command the 2nd New Zealand Division for most of its existence
New Zealand Infantry linking up with the Tobruk garrison
New Zealand Soldier with a captured German 88mm anti-tank gun near El Alamein
New Zealand Gunners of 6th Field Regiment in action at the Sangro River
The New Zealand Army is the principal land warfare force of New Zealand, a component of the New Zealand Defence Force alongside the Royal New Zealand Navy and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
New Zealand troops landing stores, Gallipoli in WWI.
New Zealand soldiers in France during 1917
Maori troops performing a haka in North Africa during July 1941
New Zealand soldier from W Company, RNZIR patrols in Vietnam, 1968
