Vietnam War, Australian involvement- Daniel Chalouhi

By princess.toastie

  • Australian Arrival in Vietnam

    Australian troops arrived in vietnam to fight

  • NSS

    National service scheme introduced.

  • first actual war casualty

    selective conscription for 20yr olds

  • Caribou

    the royal australian airfore sent a flight to vung tau.

  • recruit training

    first national service start training for people they have recruited

  • 1st Australian Task Force

    The newly arrive 1st Australian Task Force established its Phuoc Tuy operations base.

  • Long Tan

    The battle of long tan started.

  • Operation Ulmarra

  • Protest in Australia

    anti-war protests were gathering momentum in Australia, everyone wanted to end the war.

  • Cambodia

    US and South Vietnamese troops crossed the border into Cambodia

  • An End

    Australia's participation in the war as formally declared at an end.

  • withdrawal of the remaining troops

    The only combat troops remaining in Vietnam were a platoon guarding the Australian embassy.

  • Fall of Saigon

    communists launched a major offensive in the north of south Vietnam