Panzer Grenadier - New Zealand Division

Between March 1941 and November 1942, the 2nd New Zealand Division fought in all the major battles in the Western Desert, Crete and Greece. After the victory at Alamein, the Kiwis helped lead the Allied pursuit of Erwin Rommel’s fleeing Axis army across Libya and into Tunisia.

New Zealand Division is a Campaign Study (a short book of scenarios and history) based on the operations of the 2nd New Zealand Division between December 1942 (the Battle of El Agheila) and May 1943 (the fall of Tunis). The New Zealanders, down to two brigades after the destruction of 4th New Zealand Brigade in July 1942, took a lead role in the Eight Army’s penetration of the Mareth Line in southern Tunisia and fought until the Axis collapse.