Vietnam War

By mikaelamalane

  • Ho Chi Minh Declares Vietnam Independent

  • Australia enters the Vietnam War

    by sending military advisers to South Vietnam

  • Conscription introduced Australia

    via The National Service Act 1963

  • US Combats in Vietnam

    US Combat troops arrive in Vietnam

  • SOS Created

    The Save Our Sons (SOS) group is created in Sydney, Australia

  • Australias Announcement

    Australia announces it will send troops to the Vietnam War

  • Battle of Long Tan

    Australian Soldiers were involved in the Battle of Long Tan

  • My Lai Massacre

  • Peace Talk begins

  • President Nixon's Withdrawal

    President Nixon announces the beginning of the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam

  • Moratorium Marches

    Moratorium Marches held in Australian Capital cities

  • Australia's Withdrawal

    Australian Forces begin withdrawing from Vietnam

  • Conquering Saigon

    North Vietnamese forces conquer Saigon, uniting Vietnam as a communist republic and triggering mass emigration