W Force
(Organisation)
Mentioned in
- New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy
- To Greece
- CHAPTER 7 — W Force Moves Into Position
- Britain Decides to Assist Greece
- W Force Moves into Position
- The Monastir Gap
- The Problems of W Force
- The Aliakmon Line
- Units Continue to Arrive
- The Chain of Medical Evacuation
- The Greek and Australian Divisions
- The Supply Problem
- Air Support
- Final Adjustments to the Allied Line
- The Invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia, 6–8 April
- General Wilson's Defence Plans on 6 April
- The Allied Line is Changed
- No Greek Unit can be Transported from the Metaxas Line
- The New Zealanders and Australians Continue to Prepare Their Positions
- The Allied Commanders Decide to Withdraw
- The Withdrawal Begins on 8 April: 1 Armoured Brigade
- Withdrawals and Adjustments during 9–10 April
- Mackay Force bolds up the German Advance
- Plans for the Withdrawal of the Allied Forces
- 11 April: Fighting in the Klidhi Pass Area
- 12–13 April: Plans for a General Withdrawal
- 12 April: The Fighting in Klidhi Pass and the Withdrawal of Mackay Force
- The Situation by Nightfall, 12–13 April
- The Rearguard in Action: Afternoon 13 April
- General Wavell visits Greece, 11–13 April
- General Wilson decides to Withdraw to Thermopylae
- 1 Armoured Brigade Group, including New Zealand units, withdraws from Grevena, night 14–15 April
- 15 April: The Situation becomes More Serious
- Anzac Corps delays the German Advance; Withdrawal Orders are Prepared
- The Withdrawal Plans have to be Changed, 16 April
- The Withdrawal continues through Kalabaka, 16 April
- New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment Witbdraws to the Main Defence Line
- The Withdrawal of 6 Brigade to Elasson
- Movements to and from Servia Pass
- The Germans attack 21 Battalion above the Platamon Tunnel
- The Positions of 5 Brigade about Olympus Pass
- The Withdrawal of 5 Brigade
- The Rearguard assembles at Elasson
- Fourth Brigade Completes its Withdrawal, 18–19 April
- The Germans approach Thermopylae
- The Rearguard at Dhomokos
- Anzac Corps assembles on the Thermopylae Line
- The New Zealand Sector
- The Decision to Evacuate
- The Evacuation Plans for W Force
- Withdrawals from the Thermopylae area, Night 23–24 April
- The Australian Withdrawal
- The New Zealand Withdrawal
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- 25 April: The Second Revision of the Evacuation Plans
- Preparations for Defence
- Action is taken to prevent the Parachute Troops moving South
- New Plans and Further Withdrawals, 26 April
- Evacuations Continue during the Night 26–27 April
- Withdrawal of 4 Brigade from Kriekouki on night 26–27 April
- The Embarkation of 6 Brigade from Monemvasia, 28–29 April
- The Problems of the Campaign
- The Importance of the Campaign
Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "W Force":
- 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.
- 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.
