Courage And Valour

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New Zealanders in the Italian Campaign

  1. 06/04/2016

    Episode 11 – The Engineers

    Episode Eleven: In this episode we hear stories from Engineers of the  New Zealand Army who served in Italy. The Engineers performed a myriad of important tasks that kept the Army moving forward, from building bridges over rivers and canals were previous bridges had been blown by the retreating Germans; to mine laying and mine clearing; to [...]

    2h 22m

  2. 31/10/2015

    Courage And Valour Extra – Kay de Lautour

    In this Courage And Valour “Extra” episode Dave Homewood has a brief chat with artist Kay de Latour, who is the daughter of Italian Campaign veteran Eric de Latour. She lives very near to Cassino in Italy where her father fought, and she’s very involved with keeping the memory of the war veterans there [...]

    22 min

  3. 16/10/2015

    Episode 10 – Life In The Poor Bloody Infantry

    In this episode of Courage And Valour, the veterans of the New Zealand Infantry Battalions talk frankly about the life of an infantry soldier in the front lines, and behind the lines, in WWII, both in Egypt and in Italy. This is a collection of memories, reminiscences and anecdotes from those men who were there [...]

    2h 24m

  4. 02/10/2015

    Episode 9 – Trieste and War’s End

    This episode covers the New Zealand Infantrymen of the 2nd NZ Division who had been sitting for months at the Senio River. We follow their story as they break out north in the spring offensive, rolling north up through the top of Italy all the way to Trieste, where the war ended. But the kiwis [...]

    1h 16m

  5. 28/06/2015

    Episode 8 – The Adriatic

    Following the victory in taking the vital city of Florence from the Germans, the New Zealand Division rested and re-equipped at Impoli for a short period. They also took on reinforcements here. Then when ready again for action the Div moved back east across the Appenines to rejoin the fight. Now they were formed into [...]

    56 min

  6. 18/04/2015

    Wounded at El Alamein

    In this Courage And Valour “Extra” we hear the vivid memories of 24 Battalion soldier Pat Green recalling not only his first battle but his first wound in battle too, in the first battle of El Alamein in September 1942. This story is pieced together from several memories that came out over several recordings, but show [...]

    31 min

  7. 18/04/2015

    The Rubicon

    The Rubicon is an important river in Italian history, and during the Italian Campaign the 2nd New Zealand Division found themselves in battle to cross the Rubicon, on their way north towards Florence. In this mini-episode we hear from two 21 Battalion mates, Ted “Bluey” Homewood and Charlie Honeycombe, remembering the battles around that area. [...]

    7 min

  8. 11/03/2015

    Episode 7 – Towards Florence

    In this episode we hear from a reinforcement joining the fight, and we follow the New Zealand infantry as they move northwards up through Italy towards the important city of Florence. They encounter the formidable Paula Line, a series of defences around Florence that included the stronghold villages of San Michele and La Romola. Featuring in [...]

    1h 2m
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New Zealanders in the Italian Campaign

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  • Creator
    Courage And Valour
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2016
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
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