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Australia’s Vietnam War is a rigorously researched and well-presented project that highlights the role of Australian troops in the American War in Vietnam. Providing a comprehensive look into Australian operations during their relatively short stint in-country, it serves as a useful public chronicle of an important but deeply-flawed moment in ...
1 day ago · Nearly all United States-allied forces were armed with U.S. weapons including the M1 Garand, M1 carbine, M14 rifle, and M16 rifle. The Australian and New Zealand forces employed the 7.62 mm L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle as their service rifle, with the occasional use of the M16 rifle.
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3 days ago · The offensive was a military defeat for North Vietnam, as neither uprisings nor ARVN unit defections occurred in South Vietnam. However, this offensive had far-reaching consequences for its effect on the views of the Vietnam War by the American public and the world broadly.
- Phase 1: January 20 – March 20, 1968, (1 month and 4 weeks), Phase 2: May 5 – June 15, 1968, (1 month, 1 week and 3 days), Phase 3: August 9 – September 23, 1968, (1 month and 2 weeks)
- U.S. and South Vietnam tactical victory, North Vietnam and Viet Cong political and strategic victory (see aftermath for details and long-term consequences)
Apr 22, 2024 · Keith Payne was awarded the Victoria Cross for extreme bravery in Vietnam. More than 50 years on, he still can’t shake the trauma of war. But he's learned how to live with it.
- Kirrin Mckechnie
3 days ago · The Vietnam War (1954–75) was a conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. It was part of a larger regional conflict as well as a manifestation of the Cold War.
- Ronald H. Spector
May 1, 2024 · At the start of the war, Australia's military forces were focused upon the militia and what Regular forces existed were mostly serving in the artillery or engineers and were assigned in most part to the task of coastal defence.
Apr 15, 2024 · One graphically depicted a trail littered with the bodies of dead women, children, and infants, and another captured a group of terrified women and children moments before they were shot. These photographs served to galvanize the anti-Vietnam War movement and would become some of the most recognizable images of the war.
