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 wer

Courage And Valour Extra – Kay de Lautour

Oct 31st, 2015 21m 49s

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 ver

Episode 10 – Life In The Poor Bloody Infantry

Oct 16th, 2015 2h 23m

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

Episode 9 – Trieste and War’s End

Oct 2nd, 2015 1h 15m

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

Episode 8 – The Adriatic

Jun 28th, 2015 55m 42s

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 bac

Wounded at El Alamein

Apr 18th, 2015 30m 36s

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 tog

The Rubicon

Apr 18th, 2015 7m 19s

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 Ba

Episode 7 – Towards Florence

Mar 11th, 2015 1h 2m

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 defenc

Episode 6 – After Cassino

Dec 5th, 2014 54m 6s

In this episode we continue with the story of the New Zealand infantrymen after they were moved out of Cassino township, following the battle and stalemate they’d endured there. Following a brief respite to recover, they were moved into the mou

Episode 5 – Cassino Part Two

Oct 9th, 2014 1h 21m

In this episode pick up the story continuing on from episode four, joining the kiwi veterans again just following the massive bombing and artillery barrage that flattened the ancient town of Cassino in March 1944. When the dust settled and nigh

Episode 4 – Cassino Part One

Sep 11th, 2014 1h 33m

In Episode Four of Courage And Valour, we hear from veterans of the 2nd NZ Division who fought in the campaign at Cassino. This town was considered the gateway to Rome, if the Allies could take it they would open up the road (Route 6) and the r

Episode 3 – Castel Frentano And Orsogna

Jun 30th, 2014 1h 15m

In this third episode in the Courage And Valour series we hear from veterans of the New Zealand Infantry remembering their part in the battles to take the German regional headquarters and the nearby village of Castel Frentano, and their attempt

Episode 2 – Into Italy, Into Battle

May 27th, 2014 56m 47s

Episode Two: In this episode we hear veterans talking about the New Zealand Division’s preparations in Egypt, for the impending invasion of Italy, and then their arrival on Italian soil. They tell of the further training near Taranto and Bari a

Episode 1 – Joining the Army and Training In New Zealand

May 25th, 2014 58m 33s

Episode One: In this first episode we hear veterans of the New Zealand Army remembering the days when they first joined up, and their training at home, their garrison duties and courses undertaken, and all that went into preparing them for war

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