TEXT: 2nd New Zealand Infantry Division  
           November 17, 1941 
  x 1 
  x 12 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 3 
  4th 
  Infantry 
  Brigade 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  Engineer 
  Battalion 
  x 9 
  x 9 
  x 9 
  7th 
  Anti-Tank 
  Regiment 
  x 1 
  x 4 
  2nd 
  Cavalry 
  Regiment 
  x 12 
  x 12 
  27th 
  Machine 
  Gun 
  Battalion 
  x 6 
         The men of the 2nd New Zealand had begun their 
  WWII service fighting in Greece and suffering through 
  the evacuation from Crete.  The division was reequipped 
  and arrived in North Africa in time to participate in Op-
  eration Crusader.  The division advanced as part of XIII 
  Corps and, though largely successful, bore the brunt of a 
  counterattack by elements of the 15th and 21st Panzer 
  divisions. During Crusader, the 2nd suffered its heaviest 
  losses of the war, losing over 2500 killed and wounded. 
  By Greg Moore 
  gregpanzerblitz.com 
  Revised October, 2009 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  4th 
  Field 
  Regiment 
  Artillery 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  6th 
  Field 
  Regiment 
  Artillery 
  5th 
  Field 
  Regiment 
  Artillery 
  5th 
  Infantry 
  Brigade 
  6th 
  Infantry 
  Brigade 
  x 9 
  x 9 
  14th Light 
  AA 
  Regiment 
  x 1 
  18th Btn 
   
  19th Btn 
   
  20th Btn 
  21st Btn 
   
  22nd Btn 
   
  23rd Btn 
  24th Btn 
   
  25th Btn 
   
  26th Btn 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 12 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 12 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 12 
  28th 
  Maori 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  Assigned 
  to 4th 
  Indian at 
  start of 
  battle. 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Panzer Leader & Panzer Blitz/1940-1943 North Africa/Operation Crusader/2ndNewZealandCrusader.pdf