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Australia since World War 2 - 28 m - Chapters 3 & 4 The 1960s - Rock n' roll, contraception, communism, commitment to USA, conscription, Caldwell, Menzies, Vietnam War, protest movements, civil & social rights for Indigenous Australians.
Australia and the Vietnam War - Exploring Australia's involvement in the Vietnam war, the public's initial reaction, the bloody conflict, a changing in public mood and the aftermath and legacies of the most controversial conflict this country has ever participated in.
Australian History : Part 2 - Highlights significant events in Australia's history including Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.
Australians in Vietnam - Looks at Australia's involvement in and reaction to, the war in Vietnam such as increased this commitment and opposition to conscription which led to huge public protests.
Cold War in Europe and Asia - Traces the development and collapse of successive alliances and conflicts in Europe and Asia that culminate in the struggle against the much feared spread of Communism. The causes of the Korean and Vietnam wars are presented.
Conflict in Indochina: Post WWII - Why was the US in Vietnam, and why did they lose the war?
Vietnam History: A Culture in Conflict - this is a presentation of the history and impact of conflict from French colonialism to the present. Using remarkable footage on Hanoi and surrounding areas, an outline of life in modern Vietnam 20 years after re-unification is discussed.
Vietnam War - This program looks at Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. It heralded a time of massive social upheaval and political controversy throughout Australian society, and brought into question the whole notion of following our political and strategic allies into combat.
Trying not to remember (Australian's at war ; ep. 7) - The Vietnam War was our longest war, and one that divided the nation. It was a war where the line between ally and enemy was blurred, and where the constant questions were whether the war was valid, conscription was just and if the war could be won at all.
Vietnam's bloody secret (Battlefield Detectives) - In 1961, President Kennedy authorised the first American military advisers to aid South Vietnam against the communist forces of North Vietnam. Twelve years later, with more than two million American and Vietnamese dead, America withdrew all their troops from Vietnam, humiliated and in disarray.
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