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In 1967 factions within the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese leadership began to call for a change of direction in the war’s conduct
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more then 100 cities attacked and taken over by Australian Army
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The Tet Offensive, launched in early 1968 by the Viet Cong
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In May 1968, just 4 months later, peace talks attended by representatives of North and South Vietnam,
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In 1969 Nixon announced that the withdrawal of American troops was a priority
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In April 1970 the Australian Prime Minister, John Gorton, announced that the 8th Battalion
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Early in 1971 Australia’s Joint Intelligence Organisation, reporting on the progress of Vietnamisation
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Australia’s last two battalions to serve in Vietnam, the 3rd and 4th Battalions, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR and 4RAR) arrived in 1971
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35 Squadron’s Caribou aircraft left early in 1972
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86 Transport Platoon, RAASC, was with one of the last Australian units to leave Vietnam in February 1972.