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New Zealand and Italy were enemies at the start of the Second World War, as Italy supported Germany. However, a closer bond was formed when Italians helped New Zealand soldiers. The officers pictured were guests at a dance in Trieste, Italy, in 1945. Some New Zealanders eventually married Italian women and came back with them to live in New Zealand.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, War History Collection (DA-01514)
Reference: F-3304-35mm-DA
by George Kaye
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