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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 7835223, member: 102103&quot;]New Zealand was a combatant, and many New Zealanders served under UK command in other theaters.&nbsp; Very little combat took place near New Zealand itself, but Japan did a few overflights to demonstrate that it could threaten New Zealand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Australia was much more directly affected by the war, with the Japanese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea_campaign" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea_campaign" rel="nofollow">invasion of New Guinea</a>, which was under Australian administration at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_New_Zealand_during_World_War_II#The_naval_war_against_Japan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_New_Zealand_during_World_War_II#The_naval_war_against_Japan" rel="nofollow">New Zealand in WW2</a>:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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