RE: WW2 facts.
September 12, 2020 at 3:21 pm
(This post was last modified: September 12, 2020 at 7:48 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Other facts that may be of interest:
Even though NZ was never directly attacked, they contributed more combat troops (as a percentage of population) that the US and Britain proper combined.
NZ had a higher combat death rate per million population than the US, Britain or Australia.
NZ was in a formal, declared state of war against the Axis longer than any Commonwealth nation except for Britain and Australia, and for over a year longer than the US.
73 NZ pilots serving with the RAF qualified as aces in the ETO.
Boru
Even though NZ was never directly attacked, they contributed more combat troops (as a percentage of population) that the US and Britain proper combined.
NZ had a higher combat death rate per million population than the US, Britain or Australia.
NZ was in a formal, declared state of war against the Axis longer than any Commonwealth nation except for Britain and Australia, and for over a year longer than the US.
73 NZ pilots serving with the RAF qualified as aces in the ETO.
Boru
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