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Although initially enjoying broad support due to concerns about the spread of. The australian people were forced to take the issues about the cold war, vietnam and the arms race seriously because of australias military involvement in vietnam from 1962 to 1972. This essay is adapted from a longer paper, now we know. It has been written by the lead australian official historian, peter edwards, as a short history to summarise the more expansive nine volume official history of australia s involvement in southeast asian conflicts 19481975. Australia and the vietnam war randwick city library. The vietnam war was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of north vietnam against south vietnam and its principal ally, the united states. Among the most positive is an abundance of topnotch books, many written by veterans of the conflict. On april 29 th 1965, the australian menzies government announced it would be sending an australian battalion to vietnam alongside us troops. Paul hams vietnam the australian war is an excellent read. Australias military involvement in the vietnam war was the longest in duration of any war in australias history. Two viet cong prisoners are led to an arvn command outpost at ha tien. The battle of fire support base ripcord was a 23day battle between the u.
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For bruce davies and gary mckay, the history of vietnam its wars, colonial. For australians, vietnam remains one of most difficult and controversial wars we have fought. If you would like to suggest an event or date or this timeline, please contact alpha history. It is a comprehensive and wellbalanced account of the war and australia s involvement. A slew of war memoirs stand with the best writing of that genre. What was the impact of the war on australia andor neighbouring countries. Army 101st airborne division and the north vietnamese army from july 1, 1970, until july 23, 1970. Australia s involvement in the vietnam war began as a small commitment of 30 men in 1962, and increased over the following decade to a peak of 7,672 australians deployed in south vietnam or in support of australian forces there. Although australia had been fighting in many wars before it decided to send its military to vietnam in 1962, this was the conflict that changed the country forever. The anti war movement grew during the closing stages of the vietnam war. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study.
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