Summary Operation Goodtime and the Battle of the Treasury Islands, 1943 Part of New Zealand at War Week on WW2TV Today's guest is Dr Reg Newell from Upper Hutt, a small city to the north of Wellington. He did his doctoral degree through Massey University on 3 NZ Division in the South Pacific in WW2 and has written several books about the Pacific Theatre and especially the role of New Zealand's forces. On October 27, 1943, a force of New Zealanders and Americans invaded the Treasury Islands in the South Pacific, retaking them from their Japanese occupiers. Codenamed Operation Goodtime, the action marked the first time New Zealand forces took part in an opposed landing since Gallipoli in 1915. In an unusual allocation of troops in the American-dominated theater, New Zealand provided the fighting men and America the air, naval, and logistical support. Confronting extreme risks against a determined Japanese foe, the Allies nevertheless succeeded with relatively few casualties. Due to the needs for operational security, Operation Goodtime received little publicity and has been relegated to a footnote in the history of the war in the Pacific.

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