Brest
(Place)
Mentioned in
- Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
- Crete
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- Italy Volume I: The Sangro to Cassino
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol. I)
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Appendix I — Principal Events of the Second World War 1939–42
- CHAPTER 5 — Bombing and Reconnaissance, 1940
- CHAPTER 7 — Air War at Sea
- CHAPTER 8 — Early Bomber Offensive
- CHAPTER 9 — The Part of No. 75 Squadron
- CHAPTER 12 — Heavier Bombing Raids—Advent of No. 487 Squadron
- CHAPTER 13 — Pathfinders and Raids on Italy
- CHAPTER 14 — Battle of the Atlantic, 1942
- CHAPTER 15 — Attacking Enemy Ships With Mine, Bomb and Torpedo
- CHAPTER 16 — Day Fighters During 1942
- Index
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol. II)
- Prisoners of War
- The Home Front Volume I
- The New Zealanders at Gallipoli
- The Royal New Zealand Navy
- To Greece
Image Gallery
.jpg "Bomb damage in a U-boat pen at Brest")
.jpg "Figure 214.—Aitutaki carved figure (Musee de Hopital de la Marine, Brest, 486). a, front: upper figure (1) with characteristic eyes, brows, nose, mouth, and sharp chin; ornamental band (2) across forehead; pierced ears; slender forearm with three-fingered hand; high hips, slender legs and mesial support (3); lower head (4) similar to upper but with mesial ridge on forehead; square shoulders with square slanting chest and three-fingered hands; lower part (5) with transverse notched ridges from sides. b, back: upper figure (1) with typical head, face, body, hands and slender legs; lower part (2) forms plain panel with side edges and lower border; shows side projections. c, side view: heads with sharp chins, flat chests, slender upper arms, protruding abdomen with low navel (1) on front figure; acutely flexed thighs and mesial support shared by both upper figures; lower front figure shows mesial forehead ridge (2) and flexed leg (3) with projections on leg; transverse notched ridges on lower part")
.jpg "Halifaxes in a daylight attack on German warships at Brest on 18 December 1941")
Searching
For several reasons, including lack of resource and inherent ambiguity, not all names in the NZETC collections are marked-up. This means that finding all references to a topic often involves searching. Search for Brest as: "Brest". Additional references are often found by searching for just the main name of the topic (the surname in the case of people).
Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Brest":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
