After the events of Pearl Harbour there was fear throughout New Zealand. They were worried that they would be attacked next by Japan because they had a lot of similarities to Hawaii. They were some small islands that had bases that would help supply troops and was a stop for the United States while supplying. They sent out propaganda videos to help people be confident in the defences.
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They had some ships beginning bombed outside of the island that just made the create more defences but they never had to use these defences. This doesn’t mean that they were useless they surly discouraged any attackers and helped with the seaport of the war in New Zealand.
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