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UN creates the two Koreas
The UN split Korea into north and south -
Start of Korean war
North Korea invaded South and then there was war.
Beginning of the war that would see 1.5 million south Koreans die and 2.5 north Koreans -
RAAF
Australian RAAF is first in Singapore -
ANZUS Pact
A three-way agreement between AUS, NZL and USA. -
End of Korean war
North Korea, that area of the Korean peninsula north of the 38th parallel became Communist, while South Korea was the province of a nationalist, anti-communist government.
340 aussies killed -
Period: to
Armistice
signed int 1953 Australian troops were sent home -
Menzies announces political for Russian diplomat
A Russian diplomat got him and his wife into Australia by handing over documents containing information on Russians spies in Australia. -
Menzies wins election
Menzies uses the spy saga to scare voters from communism to vote for him. -
Vietnam war
An American ship was attacked. It escalated fighting -
SAETO
AUS, FRA, NZL, THA, PAK, PHI, UK, US
nato for the rest of the world -
Period: to
domino
alliances with Malaysia -
Domino Theory
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British Testing
The British tested nuclear bomb is SA -
Communism
Australia was scared all through the 60s -
Domino Theory
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Troubles in Malay
After two Indonesian raids on the Malayan peninsula in 1964 the Australian government deployed a battalion in Borneo -
Combat
Australian combat soldiers sent to Vietnam -
Korean war ends
Australia pulls troops out -
Cease fire in Vietnam
There was a cease-fire signed but there was continued fighting -
SAETO disbanded