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- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) abstract "The 20th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the New Zealand Military Forces, which served during the Second World War as part of the New Zealand 2nd Division. During the war it was converted to an armoured regiment.The 20th Battalion was formed in New Zealand in 1939 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Howard Kippenberger. After a period of training it embarked for the Middle East and then onto Greece in 1941 as part of the 2nd New Zealand Division. It participated in the Battles of Greece and later in Crete. Evacuated from Crete, it then fought in the North African Campaign. It suffered heavy losses during Operation Crusader, when it was effectively destroyed by the 15th Panzer Division. Brought back up to strength, the battalion played a key role in the breakout of the 2nd New Zealand Division from Minqar Qaim in June 1942, where it had been encircled by the 21st Panzer Division. The following month, the battalion suffered heavy casualties during the First Battle of El Alamein.In October 1943, the battalion was converted to an armoured unit and designated 20th Armoured Regiment. To replace men lost at El Alamein, personnel were drawn from a tank brigade being formed in New Zealand. The regiment spent a year in Egypt training with Sherman tanks, before embarking for Italy in October 1943 to join the Eighth Army. It participated in the Italian Campaign, fighting in actions at Orsogna and later at Cassino. The regiment finished the war in Trieste and remained there for several weeks until the large numbers of Yugoslav partisans also present in the city withdrew. Not required for service in the Pacific theatre of operations, the regiment was disestablished in late 1945.".
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) activeYearsEndYear "1945".
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) activeYearsStartYear "1939".
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) battle Battle_of_Crete.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) battle Battle_of_Greece.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) battle Battle_of_Monte_Cassino.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) battle First_Battle_of_El_Alamein.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) battle Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) battle North_African_Campaign.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) battle Operation_Crusader.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) battle World_War_II.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) commandStructure 2nd_New_Zealand_Division.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) commandStructure 4th_Infantry_Brigade_(New_Zealand).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) country New_Zealand.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) disbanded "1945-12-02".
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) militaryBranch New_Zealand_Army.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) militaryUnitSize "~800 personnel".
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) notableCommander Howard_Kippenberger.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) notableCommander James_Thomas_Burrows.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) thumbnail 20th_Battalion_infantry_marching_in_Baggush,_Egypt,_September_1941.jpg?width=300.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageID "36773441".
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- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageOutDegree "101".
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageRevisionID "704838363".
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink 15th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink 18th_Battalion_(New_Zealand).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink 19th_Battalion_(New_Zealand).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink 21st_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink 2nd_New_Zealand_Division.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink 4th_Infantry_Brigade_(New_Zealand).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink 4th_Infantry_Division_(India).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink 5th_Infantry_Brigade_(New_Zealand).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink 6th_Infantry_Brigade_(New_Zealand).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Armoured_warfare.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Baggush_Box.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Battalion.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_honour.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Crete.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Greece.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Monte_Cassino.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Bernard_Freyberg,_1st_Baron_Freyberg.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Brigade_of_Guards.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Burnham,_New_Zealand.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Cassino.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Infantry_battalions_of_New_Zealand_in_World_War_II.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_units_and_formations_disestablished_in_1945.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_units_and_formations_established_in_1939.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Upham.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Crete.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Crusader_tank.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Distinguished_Service_Order.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Egypt.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Faenza.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink First_Battle_of_El_Alamein.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Galatas,_Chania.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Greece.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Hora_Sfakion.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Howard_Kippenberger.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink I_Canadian_Corps.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Infantry.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink J_Force.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Jack_Hinton.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink James_Thomas_Burrows.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Lamone_(river).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Lieutenant_colonel.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink M4_Sherman.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Maadi.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Major_general.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Maleme.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Mersa_Matruh.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Middle_East.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Minqar_Qaim.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Moro_River_Campaign.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Nazi_Germany.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink New_Zealand_Army.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink New_Zealand_Expeditionary_Force.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink North_African_Campaign.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Crusader.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Panzer_Army_Africa.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Regiment.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Sangro.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Savio_(river).
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Senio.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Trieste.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Army_North.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Victoria_Cross.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink Winter_Line.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink File:20th_Battalion_infantry_marching_in_Baggush,_Egypt,_September_1941.jpg.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink File:HowardKippenberger.jpg.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink File:NZARMYCREST34.jpg.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink File:Sherman_of_20_Armoured_Regiment,_May_1945.jpg.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLink File:Transporting_a_Sherman_over_the_Po_River.jpg.
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLinkText "20th Armoured Regiment".
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLinkText "20th Battalion (New Zealand)".
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLinkText "20th Battalion".
- 20th_Battalion_(New_Zealand) wikiPageWikiLinkText "20th Infantry Battalion".